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ways . 1 st . By shewing that stronger language had been used of the prophets in the Jewish scriptures . In those scriptures , " which can . not be broken , they to whom the word of God came were called
Gods says he , which term he had not used . 2 ndly . By explaining his own meaning in a far different sense from that entertained of his words by the Jews . He clearly declares that his words amounted to an assertion only that he was u the son of God , "
The argument altogether amounts to this . " If the prophets were called by the exalted name of Gods , why is your anger kindled against me for using a far less assuming appellation ? that of son of Gody which is the true interpretation of the words / and my father are one" Let any man who can , prove that this is not the genuine purport of this . part of the scriptures .
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How much should we value such passages , the true meaning of which is explained b y the author of our salvation ? Who will be bold enough to dispute the
comment of Jesus Christ ? It is decided by the highest authority that the words , " I and my father are one / ' mean exactl y , " I am the son of God . " To say that they mean that Christ is God
is to repeat the contradicted and perverse comment of the Jews , who ever persecuted him , and perverted his words . Compare , Christians , your words with those of the divine oracles , your comments with those of the Jews and
the son of God . That the attention of the Christian world may be drawn to an attentive study of the scriptures , a consummation devoutly to be wished , is the humble prayer of your s , PRIMITIVUS .
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this view of the case is correct , I have the strongest persuasion which presumptive evidence can give .
Hoping that I shall soon be able to furnish you with materials for drawing a short sketch of my predecessor ' s public life , and for making a tolerably just estimate of his talents , virtues and principlesj I remain , Sir , Your obedient servant , JOHN KENTISH .
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66 % * Mr . Kentish on the Death of the Rev . John Edwards .
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fc ! R . KENTISH ON THE DEATH OF THE REV . JOHN EDWARDS .
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To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .
Birmingham , sir , October 6 , 1 S 08 . In consequence of the manner in which the death of the Rev . John Edwards , is noticed in your last number , I think proper to state the simple fact , as I receive it on the authority of a very respectable correspondent at Exeter , and after a careful examination of his circumstantial narrative of the event ;—Mi \ Edwards lost his li fe , while he was bathing * That
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1808, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2397/page/38/
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