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    that we . ar £ members 0 / his bod ^ r , ^ oFfctsllesh aftjfl of hjs bone $ , tp exffressthe union oftrife bejfevyrs tfnder Christ as tfacfr head ; hence , ft is reasonable to expect that hitch writers will use figurative lattgtmge concerning Christ ; and

    It is necessary ir * reading their Wrkitigs / to distinguish carefully between what is literal and what Is' figurative . With respect to Pabl , there is little or no evidence

    to be produced from his larger epfsttes , in favoar of the popular rfocffrhe concerning the person of

    pHrist ; the principal appeal being to th 6 epistles to the Philippians and Cfbldssians , which are figurative throughout beyond all others

    ant } to the ejiistle to the Hebrews , thd&uthdr of which is doubtful , atnfr in Which the writer indulges

    himself m an ingei > iou £ but forced and fanciful analogy between the Mosaic institute and the Christian dispensation . The first passage which Mr . Belsfratn explains , according to

    his own theory , is that contained in the commencement of the go $ * £ el by St . John respecting the Logos : th

    text , John . 111 .. I 3 p ic Now no man RajtH aiq ^ nd ^ d up to lieaven , but lie t ^ jLJt cfi ^ P = 4 p ^ n from heaven , ^ y ^ n the sci n of nian who is iu l |^ aven , Vt - F ! 9 $ ^ Uthor gi ves tl ^ e in . ^^ 4 ^^ W ^ ^ f ^ P e P 9 P ' ^ h Socini . ^^^ r ^^ V r ^^ . ^ ^ ^ Mm ^ % pi JM ^ ? & P ^ ^ m | then # 4 % * $ M <" itH m ° n , common f ?? AI # l s ^ P ^^ N ^ B 9 SJ ^ the W&& ; ' m W $ K ^ hatc ? nded up < $ Mim $ n » , hPv * * th ^ t w one is t ^ t 1111 ^^^^^ vm *^ ' - w $

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    ( ascendtp ketgoen , U f . f 1 § b ? rw fqm ofe $ prkssipn to cjenpfe t ^ e knenv lectge iif thi ^ s rri ^ st < B | ioii 3 antf remo te from common apprehension . Ojf this Mv . B . brings abuindap t evidence : hence , the passage is ex , plained ^ No man hath ascended

    up to heaven * ue . no one ism . structed in the divine counsels ; 4 c but he that came down from heaven , even the son of man , " \ . e . excepting the Son of Man , wtm had a commission from God to reveal his will to manWnd . T ^ s

    sense , says our aUtaor , as a torsi of expression useq m pcripturetp express what is of divine origin or authority ; of this h < e product ^ ample teslimony : besides , the seme of

    best suits the £ OBpectic ^ ttfe words . ; The clause ' who is ^ n heaven ^ i ? probably , WJiitei ^ plitiori ; but if it be r |^ yd ^( i is t | e genump ' text * then it ^ fi ^ % £ ? $

    side red as a cpiitinuatipn of . t | e figiire , < The son , of jnaji wi ^ ^ in heaven / ' i . e . jvyK f > & ii ) stj | K ^ i of

    in the gracipiis pyrpos ^ s ppS to man . This explanation j * serve as a key to oiher pa ^ &f of Ithe same import ^ it ^ being $ ferred that the phras ^ to $ e $$ *

    irom heaven M do ^ s . apt ne ^ SWfff ly signify a locsil ^ escent > ' 7 ~ $ * l it sometimes . ^ > cpi * es ? es npth ^ more than coming / ^ i ^ h ^ 4 lv Aff commission , as is eyid ^ ni tjrpff 1 Matt , xxi . 25 ; a « d tfcerf fq ^ P ^ P argumeat cau be ' delved in fev ^ of the pre . existence of Jesus CtfWt ,

    unkss the words Uiaujd opcur ^ a connection \ vhi <; h n # ^ i $ ¦? solutely necessary U > ija ^ f ^ P them in a literal apd ) pp ^ sen ^ On the same princjpii ^ JM ^ Pfr sham ^ x pjlains qn $ fl ] l »^ W ^ W passages iii the ^ i /^^ flfcg sgectiflg - ^ br ^ d ofe ^ MlS Cometh ^^ liiMg ANl W «^' "

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1811, page 672, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2422/page/32/