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to mv Letters , illustrative of the Gospel history . I have , it will be observed , taken no notice of any passages in the epistles where the phrase the coming of Christ ' occurs—but I have , in a . distinct treatise , I think , satisfactorily shewn that when St .
7 Paul in his celebrated description of the man of Sin , ' says , now concerning the coming of Christ /' he alludes to u his coming as the Messiah . " When St . Peter says , 44 We have not followed cunningly devised fables when we made
known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jet > us Christ ; ?> it is demonstrably evident that , he uses it in the same sense . Bishop Horsley had a fine opportunity of
enquiring into the meaning of this passage ^ in his four Sermons upon the sure word of prophecy—tmt I da not find that he takes the small * est notice of it ; though , it was evidently the foundation of the
Avhole of the apostles subsequent reasoning . In fine , -the epistles and gospels appear to me to harmonize most admirably in their use of the phrase , u the-coming of Christ * " and they strongly urge our attention to St . Paul ' s remark , that there is no other—or better fi 6 foundation /* for our guide in the study of the New Testament * ' than that which is laid , ' which is ^ that Jesus is the Messiah . " If I
have contributed , in any degree , to convince ray readers that this is tl ^ e true method of doing justice to the sacred writings , I shall think I have not lived nor laboured in rail ]* I am Sir , yours &c . N . NISBETT .
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Bishop Horsley ' s interpretation of Dan . iv . 17 . Now since we are got clearly
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above the * earth , into the order of celestials , —Who are the princes that are jfirst , or at the head of all ? Are they any other than the ftiree persons in the Godhead ? Michael therefoie . is one of them . Gabriel , speaking of him to Dan ! iel calls him JVJichael your prince * and the great priAce which stand . ' eth for the children of the pP 0 . pie . From all this it is evident that Michael is a uarne for our Lord himself , in bis particular character of the champion of his faithful people , &c . Of how high order must these 4 c Watches and holy ones" have been , on whose decrees the judgments of God are
founded ! It is surprising that such men as Calvin ^ ^ Lowth and others , should not have their eyes open to the error and impiety of an exposition which makes them «» . gels * The plain truth is that these appellations denote the persons in the Godhead . God who , in regard ot the plurality of the persons , is described , by these two plural nouns , in a verse preceding my text is in regard to the unity of essence ^ described by the same nouns in the singular number , u Watcher and holy one . " And this is a lull confirmation of the
truth qf this exposition : for God is the only being to whom the same name in the singular and in the plural , may be indiscriminately applied . To make the declaration the more solemn and striking
the terms in which it is concei ved distinctly express that cdusent and concurrence of all the persons m the Trinity , in the design and execution of this judgment , which mu $ t be understood indeed in eve ^ act of the Godhead . — -Honk }' Fast Sermon , on Dart , iv . * '
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294 / Bishop Horsleys Interpretation of Daniel .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1811, page 294, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2416/page/38/
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