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with and subordinate to the supreme agency and judgment of his heavenly father . " Why then should 6 ; the absolute supremacy , perfection , and all-sufficiency of Jehovah forbid" it . since the
former , on this supposition , is consistent with and subordinate to the latter ! Our Lord when upon earth declared , " I can do nothing of myself , the Father
that dwelleth in me , he doeth the works . " It is I think the prerogative of God to work miracles ; to change instantaneously the established course of nature ; it
requires infinite power to effect it ; yet when this divine operation has attended the prayer , the word or volition of any man , many i n- * stances of which we read of in the sacred history , it is ascribed to him , arid he may be called the deputy of God .
" To Jesus , the Father gave the spirit without measure / ' and was always with him , by his supernatural influence , to produce the miracle which our Lord wished to be performed , and thought the occasion required , for the relief of human distress , and the
confirmation of his divine mission . For instance , when , he cried with a loud voice to his beloved friend at Bethany , who was lying in the tomb a senseless and inactive corpse , " Lazarus come forth , " the supernatural power of his
heavenl y father , was immediately exerted in restoring life to him ; but Jesus is said to have raised him , because God vivified the feid body , at his word . This
of miraculous operations , removes the objection , which some entertain to the doctrine , of the resurrection of the dead , and hind judgment by Jesus Christ ,
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as exceeding the powers of any creature however exalted , to effect . For in the same sense in which Almighty God raised Lazarus from the grave by our Saviour , i . e . at his woTd or
volition , it may be said , that he will restore all mankind to life * and exercise judgment on them by Jesus Christ , at the last day . And how would it be any infringement of " the supremacy ,
perfection , an ( Jtall-sufliciency of the Father / ' in the latter case more than in the former ! This view of the subject reconciles J , Cor . vi . 14 . with 2 Cor . iv . 14 . " God
hath both raised up the Lord , and will also raise up us by his own power . " " Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus , shall raise up us also by Jesus , and shall present us with you . ' * We are , so little acquainted with the nature of this solemn trans
action , of the future judgment and state of retribution , that there may be abundant reasons of wisdom and propriety , for ought we can determine to the contrary ,
in the appointment of Jesus Christ to a personal and distinguished part , in conducting this awful process , as a reward of his unparalleled piety and benevolence .
To some of your readers , who have not Dr . Priestley ' s Notes on the Scriptures , it may be gratifying to see the last sentiments of that celebrated philosopher , learn- *
ed divine , and pious Christian , on this interesting and important subject * They are contained iix his note on " Matthew , xxv . 31 « When the son of man shall come
in his glory , and all the holy an * gels with him , thon shall \ ie sit upon the throne of his glory . "
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Mr . Ilozve , on the Judgment of the World by Jesus Christ . 565
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1808, page 565, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2397/page/41/
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