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eKicMate and support each £ t her 5 ^!^; I ^ k ^ fst ^ ^ rf ¦ ' the * ann u neu a $ bn explains and supports ; Matthew Vfia ^ ativ ^ in bis S&th 4 * etfse > j ^ td hi ^ ory 6 f : the ;« ng ^ V addi-ess tfi ^ fbse | rtii ia 7 t ^ er 2 Oth } and the s ^ kj ^ tWf MN ^ r * s j © y , in the 4 atb
vei-se of Lu }^ , is explained and Sff ^^ ted by wh ^ at - # e-. find of Jta&e |> h * s state of mipd ^ concerning ^ ^ ftosev and his change of . F * .- » it Wits i ^ a ' . - " » _ ^ m . » A « . _ . ^ j ^« ome
inirpose in the 19 th and 24 th verses ^ M ^ ttftew . S things in the ^ ffiiliV ^ s sire of such a n atu re * HaStf ^^^ wifeW Hk ^ ly * to bring the ^ feplfthytft , ci ) JBtroversy : such as ^ t i fiigeT ) ioUS fo rge r would have ^ vf ^ iifefl , ^ ^ probable ; such' as
Hvotfld haidly have presented themseWestohis imagination , or if they 'jn ^ d ^^ ticR ; as he Woul d have , rej ¥ ^ C ( dt , ielit they should discredit Bis fiCti 6 n . -Of soine it was not r pVobabIe that they should be either
itttenaed or undertaken , nor was } t within the comptotis of human |> bwer , 4 b ^ bring them about , e . g , ^ tfefe tiiuriifcy lip Bethlehem with
M&fy * s 6 % r ffdSfanced in her pregttahcy / was not a thing that Joseph idodld be supposed to chuse , and , ^ it b ^ d been 10 his desi re , that ihia character of the Messiah ,
that htMfttuld b * born in that place , i ^ ^^^ e ^ KttUd be born ^ t . tfte lEimel ^ f enrollment , should be ac COWpHihedih his son , it was not fW % o ^« f ^ secure either < he * e pbWt 5 ; these events the e an e ^ niial eharncteriafic of
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th ^^ M ^^ alv-, thev ^ i } ip ** $ ? $ * & and itti ^ oiitaat ^ Wft ' ^ f ^^ f ^ fe ^ f his bmh fca t ^ e . sii ^ pherdSv , t 0 ^> pear ed more like thfe real < jfurc o 4 pr 9 r videiice ^ and . its powerlivl dv ^ ppSfil and control ^ than tbck % ^ lM ^^^ R 3 ? veiuion and studied manageme ^ xt
atwi El i ^ abethy v for ^ Ite } ^^ 9 J |^ ijx | % - tion o € Mary s feiik in die ^ nge |^ prophecy , seems » ci 4 . ber ^ atu ^ qr ^ c ^ 4 oimagine f < m tl ^ $ § #$ f 3 © j and had it been ^ fictipjiy , l ^ scene would not havp beef > 4 4 a »« in a place $ 0 publk : y aj ^ d t ^ 3 t 4 < Br the observation of so rojMsj ! j ^^ ptei the circumstances would ^ not have
been made so niaa ^ CQU ^ § 0 p * cular and so extraordin ary ^ ' $ i ® p would it bave b ^ ir ^ jrein md ^ dt ^ Mt the transaction | vasrW ^ eA 8 t ^ o ^ and made deep impressions on lk « minds of th ^ ^\ f hrfeoiC ^ n |« aivit 7
Again , as in these thi « gf there ^ f hazards ' of ^ detectionfio ^ v hifcyfe ; & fprger would not h ^ ye i j ^ icur ^ d , so , also , in other instances , the ^ ia such wonderful igpoff ^ iy in numerous particulai ^ W vvouW
not have occurred ito an . ampip > tor . Jfoz ins ^ tancQ ,. the . aogeH * . m asa ^ to the shepherds ^ C < yisid ^ j ( ved \ as intended to engage theit attention and belief , is most admirably proper ; it is conceived i « tefnis ,
all of them alluding , |» . ardent prophecies of the ,--l ^ fls ^ stajb ^ . ^ wpaify one of which has 4 sii ^ uJa , r ptv ^ i - nence and energy , jandtli ^ wtpje shews circumspection , , comprehension and , attention . q (' ,, mind ,
ivhich a forger would , proUabJy not have possessed : tbb , ^ gswp ^ swffis more like % hp care © jf , fi ^ yii | lWQc , than the invention of ** forger , v ** I now proceed i& * &A a jjeflection or two o £ another kind ,, pd * - u If Jeatis wa ? th < ison of Jtoteph , then assuredly h « ; wa * . ncr
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1 ^ 0 Mr . ^ tfp ) ic on ^ X (? MiWc « i # tt $ > J 8 f /^ A ^ Ohrist .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1813, page 190, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2426/page/42/
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