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opinions ) &c . of Le Cl ^ rc 3 nd 6 tlief | j which appear junfavpurable to the authehtjcity and truth of thei * £ ntateuch : in the second , ttfe answers objections taken from the circumstances of some of the
miracles til Moses , concerning which he adopts and quotes the reasoning of Mr . farmer . Ta the third part of his work , he examines the objection urged from the destruction of the
Canaamtes , against the divine origin of Ike Mosaic law . This fact he Considers in reference to the suffercrB and to the instruments of the punishment . He endeavours , moreover , to account for the
fremient relapses of the Jews into idolatry , and to explain and justify ^ fce visitations of the sins of the fetters upon the children . While he admits that the doctrine of a
future state is taught in the Old TWlLmSBt , he does t ^ ot look upon it as foaming a sanction of the re * Tigkm ofMoses ; lastly , he gives a sketch of the influence of Judsu
iem oh the Heathen world , and -peipts out the manner in which * e dispensation of the law prefXu ^ d tke way for that of Chris . iiantty . Br . Ofaves displays considerable tpfomation and ability in the exetuftoil of hi * design , and Hs parti-¦ itlarft ttucceisfal in these lectures
mVuM : 't ( # meat the unintended « ih » cide «« ie « betwewi Dcwteroao * ya « dlU look * of Exodus , Le-% kicuf Jittrf N ^ mbere , and tke e * - c « Wei » c 4 of * e theological ! and « Wrt » l t £ >*« , and of the civil and jp ^ al cdhrtituti on of th « Xw « . w' ^ ii " aniteei * -1 » ohjeettogasy a « ifi not , in our judgment , equ « % •• Wtftf »« il ^ - " happr . We Aiuk "litat ^ <> ceii ^ L ) i ) iy , he contend * for Aw >*« ic * , * W h « b « tr » v » tom « , . i 'i , ¦ . . tu . r . .
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jtromifiSiS to fanciful theories , an ( j tKiit hei ^ rre Jp , tke W ^ r ^^ tiqii pf idoctrjixes Wluch ^ b ^ sidesl tfaat . they are not universally , received by believers in reyeJ ^ tiQi ^ have po , ne .
cessary epp ^ cJu ? nt ^ h thp tr ^ tib cf . tie jewpfo religion * Tie de . served popularity of P ^ y ?§ ^ rk on the JEvid ^ iices of CferistiaD ity ^ is partly pwine to the absence ftom
it of all extraneous ipat t ^ s , and It $ strict adhexeiice to coi ^ mon principliBS of re ^ oning , , We lay before O ; ur readers a few examples of the ggfipwl xmxk of these Lectures , /
Vol . I , p . 2 * 0 ! , Xh 'e following remark hp-s ^ very ^ x ^ ejasiv ^ ^ nd i ^ por tftnt ai ^ lipatioa & . ** \ i he Jjth % p ^^ J ) iv | flity ] delegated to iaferior beings the regulation of tl \ is ri ^ enar wptW ; if all its cQncerj ^ \ y ;^ con 4 iicted
by their inmiediate ^ g ^ nc ^ , andiill its blessings op c ^ ipities i }^ n - bt | te 4 by iheix imv ^ i ^ V ^ d ^?^ " nation ; it s € ?^ med ';^ atiop ^ I ,. and even necessary , to > upplic ^ te their favour and submit to their
authority ; and neither unwise nor unsafe to ncjjtect tji& . )^[^ : ifai though all perfect and supreme , vroald on this supposition appcafi wilfe respect to mankind , altou gether iisoperiitive /' Pp ; 3 S 54 , &c Ow aurttor ^ o ^ servations on the Mosaic J ^ nal
codfeare w eH worthy of being ttadV efibedf .- — - . . » < if Qne striking difiteyence c ? ci ? ti bctwiieii the Mqsafc p « p 4 ^ a 3 id thatf , I believe ; pf ' ^ ost !^ a ^ m states * ^ o injuvyv ^^ only projMJrt ^ , ; . « M ^^ p ^ wiib ^
^ rftettth ; restitution Wtti ^ ttW ' mr an ad ^ itionHl . jjhie fw |^ s « o > tuit ^ d ixr the TOtHjre of tib « S *^ w , n * Afe afa ^ t ^ if ti > otf # w « t too pop * t ^ lm «» c ris » titttW ^
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174 Retttett ) , — -Grflf <*?* Lectures on the Pentateuch .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 174, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/46/
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