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    $ ie second he renders , " Thii charge I commit unto thee ^ sati Ticaothy , according to former in- * structions unto thee , that by them thou mightest war a goad warfore ; " the last , — "By the-word q { God we understand that the

    ages were compacted together by faith , so that the things which arq seen were not formejd of things which appeared /* We can admire the talent and

    research displayed in this Essay , without feeling ourselves called upon to adopt ail the translations , ice . wbi £ h it'proposes Jn th ^ nfjXt ( xiv ) ^ iwhich is of

    greater length r&nd ' importance , u The Y&fio , u $ character ^ and titles of Jesus Christ ?* ar ? ^ explained ; and sb ^ n fo be a ll cansistentwitb

    hi * proper'buft } 8 Bity ^ It . is divided intd fouarxhgpfcei-s ; i the first of which treats off appellations ( figurative and Irter&l ) : < peculiar to Jesus (^ KrisC ; tbe > seoond ^ .. of-titles and characters ^ of Jesus similar to thos ^^ vhicH are * applied- % o other m £ fi : thq third , of nmnes and apf > $ lations ; of Jesus Christ the sam £ as those which are ascribed

    to other human beings ; atid the remaining one , of titter and * charac ^ tprs appliedow / y to Ji&u&'Christ ai ^ d to the . Father . VWioetfer Is desirous of ddfng the / mak

    in | &k ^ M jiisti c ^ to Unitiarian coii ^ yer ^ y ^ should e himself familiarly acquainted with this part ^ of Mr ! 5 Simpson ' s labours . TfilV&e iiTiistrations and argu . inputs of the learned writer" will

    Jeitffe e ^ ajcitfythe same favouraWe imWe ^ iSh on tbfe niihcls even of mdst 6 f 019 V ^ aders , ^ it woiild be e s | H | t ( & lippe . Neyerthelefl ^ ffigS' ^ ny well lessen t ^ e cotiTOeace of those who affirm AiVth ^^ fer ^ seol ^ jgy , 0 $ scripture

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    represents fat * £ bri'J ^ s uV Christ a ^ possessing a a ? vine tmt ! iTe aiirf descending from a pre-existerit ' state , ill order to substitute hiinself ifi tke place of smners , « nd make satisfaction to the offetided Majesty of » h ^ aren .

    Mr . Simpsbn renders the phras ^* 0 vio $ -re xvipouTfe , the Son of the Man , i . e . of David ( 244—254 ) . It " alludes , " he tells tits , " hot to the depressed or exalted iiW ^ fiition of Jesus , but to his lineage atid ancestry , as one character o # the * Messiah / ' We entertain & < lduW

    whether the article has ifl ^ 'tfcfttp place exactly the force ascribed to it by our author : we are raftt ^ inclined to consider -f ^ < xy ^ pdsm ^

    as put , by way of emphasis , for the human racey and not . for any particular individual * - The ^ Es ^* sayistV 'own observation' ( 270 )' respecting the omission 'dJ ^ theF article in Matt . xiv . 33 and Rom .

    i . 4 , may shew m thatj in ihe ^ criticism of the New T ^ stiinnteii ^ no vfery gr ^ at strfess should b 6 j&i cfct on either its occurrence , or it ^ absence . f ^ We have already aninfiadvefted ^ on the opinion that Jesus Christ is descried personally ia Isaia | v

    xU ^ 3 ( £ 8 $ ) i , TWt JVIr . i 5 ^ should argue to this effect , 2 » ee n ^> the more wonderful , in ctm * M& * » quence of fiis having excelfeoi ^ K pointed out ' " ( 2 fl 4 ) the various , ways in which God' the Fathe ^ and Jesus ate clearly distinguished froni each other , as two diflferientr

    beings . >^ He explains Rev . xxi . 6 and sonie similar , texts , very , iagents ously , and , tfiua paraptiratfe * the words , " I am the Alpha dridthe Omega , < &c . * V ' 4 'I shew , p r re * - veal , the beginui ? n& aad th ^ end ; or th& : whole course of events

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    Review *—Simpson ' s , Essays onthe ^ ng ^ A ^ $ crtjt&it $ * 7 $$

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1813, page 795, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2435/page/43/