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    tnat he has discussed the topic , in « &&ie measure , though at no great length , with references to natural religion , and has considered what jfooofs reason affords of the existence of such a being . ' 'Mr . S « aroues that the common

    notions of the devil or satan , are contradictory to natural and revealed religion , and inconsistent with each other , and that the meaning of the words under his

    review , is , in scripture itself , pointed out to be adversary . His rules of-intepretation are abstractedly good ; yet some of them seem to be framed with a specific view to the purpose of ihis essay .

    Among the contradictions of the popular notions of the evil « pirit to the language of scripture , the following is entitled to particular regard ( 106 ) . i € H is generally imagined , * * observes ettr author , * ' that the devil will be

    the in flic ter of the future punishment © 4 £ he , wicked . Yet Christ says to the Wick e d , Matt . xxv . 41 , *< Go into the fife for the age prepared for the devil and his angels •/ ' that is , for their punishment , if it be taken literally Is

    it probable , then , that the devil will be ? the punisher of others ? On the contrary , Jesus tell us that his angels shall inflict that future punishment on the wicked , Matt xiii . 39 to 42 ; to which he himself will sentence and ondemn them . He repeats this , Matt . xJS . 4 Q , 50 , "

    Whether the two last of the three texts cited by Mr * Simpson , be not appropriated to the destruction of Jerusalem , is at least doubtful ; if that be the event to which they refer , the Roman armies were the predicted angels ^ or mesengers , of the Son of juan .

    . The writer of these Essays sub joins to his quotation of 1 Cor

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    vii . 5 * [ lest Satan tempt you on account of your ihcontinenct ] the sentence , ' Incontinence , unruly passion , is pointed out as the tempter . ' Now , surely , theapos . tie himself has discriminated , j n the clearest manner , between Satan and incontinence ! We take the

    signification ot the passage to be 4 there is danger lest , by reason of your want of self-conn oul , the tempter ( whether a supernatural or a human adversary ) gain a readier and greater advantage over you U . pon ' Zechar . iii . 2 . ** And the Lord said unto Satan , the Lord rebuke thee , O Satan , " M r * Simpsonf produces the reasoning of Barker ^ who looks upon the scene there recorded as a prophet . ic vision . The essayist docs not seem to have been aware that

    Blayney , J a more unexceptional ble authority , held the sanie opinion ; he delivers it as the inost probable sentiment , that " bv Sa . tan , or the adversary , is here meant the adversaries of the Jew * j' ¦ ish nation in a body , or perhaps

    some leading person among them Sanballat for instance , who strenuously opposed the rebuilding . of the temple , and of course the restoration of the service of the sanctuary , and the re-establiihment of Joshua in the exercise of bis

    sacerdotal ministry . The phrase delivered to Satanf does not necessarily mean delivered to bodily diseased We acquiesce in the reasoning of a

    cor-• P , 113 , + 125 . t In his Inquiry , into the SaripW * meaning of the word Satan &c m ^ § Translation of Zech . Not . U » »• % « 3 , * J * .

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    • 7 B Review *—Simpson ' s Essays on the Languageof Scri pture *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 678, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/54/