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    Mr * &&Mm * $ Repty tit Mr . Carfsnfer ' sRemarfol Mt

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    pressed in * a , £ aint ? 4 f fe& 4 ; atf b * and assumes the ; ve ^^ ubie nafiies of seriousness , candour , moderation and sv-f&titlws And Intrust Chat for { hc / iUn ^ all to Jwhom it may

    appertain wijlstaud reproved ,, and that they will suffer the said Nonsense to pftss unnoticed . and un-HioJesitCjdl , ; when shfc appears with a suitable attendance of

    solemnity , gravity , and dulness . ^ i . j The only- j * £ rt off , my friend's letter whicEcbeans the . semblance of argument is the last paragraph , Xtwrn , says nay worthy : opponent ^ tk&t I yv &k mueh surprised at his bold / declatatkto ,. ! c f It > appears

    4 emons £ mt { le "fipm-. the histdry tii X , ilke , ; lhatt Jcsiis was not born A \)\ upwards of % wq and ppotoably -uj >\ Vai * d 3 q £ three y ^ k rs a ^ teKthe . dtath oif - i H < TQft . ^ My * jfriend Justly a'dds ^ . * l if -this l ? e t he > caise , * ye . mu&t -. githeg-. gi-ve udlthe ' bi ?

    csdijbilky ; of Matthew , or'ackiiawledge that tbe ; first- -chapters are . spttrioii& . V Unquesttonprfily t -and ^ is the torixi er sup position is i n ^ di * | Xl i s 9 i ^ le tbe ) Ia ! fcer nanst toe truet . My friend chari » es ;« ne with * '

    pjipjsisitig date $ to facts . . What the yeaning of jthis charge raay ^ d ^ I cannot -c ^ fepreftehd . Mylargunient is I , conceive , sufficiently plain swd obv ^ o ii s * A rom Luke H : I ^ ppe ^ -fB that ^ Chris . c was born o . oly iiftfcer * years before the death

    of .-Augustus : axid Dr . i Lardiier hA $ proved ^ t *> the ; sa tisAittioii / of ; ill spholars , that -Horod died se < - ventQoti or eighteen , yrarfc -. bc-tVi | pe that < icmperor an ? d . consequently H'orxWj . \ Must . ; have » dke « i ubelbi'fe

    Christ iwfcis born ; . My iVjrend ; pairrios tiija argmwioiit r . byi < at «^ orti ^ g that , IV Jti f is / noi x ^ sJy ! matter vto a ^ ce ^ iia Ahta time i ^ f Me rod ^ death , or the commencement of the rei&n o £ VTiberra ^/ f' rBti fc heo

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    ought to know tnat as to the time of . Herod ' s death ; theitejis little ] on ni > difference of opinion ambngst thic learned ^ Aiiid whatever my frieod ^ or even Dr . Lardner hi m * self may suppose to help * out aii hypothesis , there is not the least difficulty in ihe world in ascer * ac

    tain ing the date of Tiberius ^ : ^ cession * So 5 far from : petgiEirding himself as colloagiie ^ with Augas * tus in the empire and his natural and undoubted successor , tie pre * tended ! great . reinciantfecat assuming the / ititle after ' that princess death ;! i iheitxA&& < even suspicious that Germ ^ ni eus vmi&Ut be

    are-/ erred before hiai'i ari&lhe would not assume the imperial rdigmiiy till it was for € e < t i : ujk ^ r ? himhjlqr the unanimous voice of the

    ob-Mkjuious senate ' . biVtyl friend niay if ( he pleases reaid ' ithe ^ caccount of ithet ' tdi ^ sia&ulatidfi practised by the subtil priqee ; ijponTLthis critical ocdasion inithe first > book off « J " a *

    citiis-sAnnnilsi And as to the practice of giHii ^ r a / cfc ) , xi 61 eid » fe tci th ^ j rHgw >©^ an emperoirywfc wal / be » fer l ^ sard ! x > f : ttill thb times of / thc ' : 16 werrenroi $ e , > nlofig , aftet 1

    the periaA . hiMvhieh wearc now speak nig . \ ^ S ^»» . that what D ^ IJardner supposes ^ icannot iriva . lidate andi * vt ;< ksidr ^; vvijat Dr . . JLfirdAen has jxrdvid : The fact is , that it never occurred . to that

    learned writer that the ^ p aces to the ^ gQsjJels of Matthew and Luke n ^ ight be spurlow .: and thorefore he has proftoised . bypotiicses the rpost imprtjbktbla if > . themselves , though p < i haps th 4- best which ' the < rksc admittt <* - in > toniw to r

    cMnciler these ? suppdsed' » hitftori ; es , to ' establbhod ialcts ^ 'f , i ? i nil My frien ^ ttlU ^ Ws thh t the ] Ebio « nite copy of Matthew ' s gospel , >^ anttJ ^ Hh e tWv tfrst chapters *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1808, page 361, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2394/page/9/