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Christianity * This assertion Mr . J . endeavours to prove in chapters vii . and viii- of his Researches . The Esseftns divided their goods in the manner it is recorded of the iirst converts in the Acts of the
Apostles ; and Philo describes their persecution nearly in the words of the apostle Paul . The most essential difference between the believing and
unbelieving Jews , was , that the former interpreted the writings of Moses in a fi gurative or spiritual sense , { or in their own words , they were ministers of ihe new
coveimtit , not of the Utter , but of the dpirit 2 Gor . iii , 6 ) , while the Letter understood them in a literal sense ; ahd Philo expressly declares , that the Esseans did look
tij !> on tbei * scriptures as' containing , under their literal , a spiritual signification . Accordingly , they regarded the ritual code as of little value , and dedicated them , selves , as the only rational sacrifice which they offered to God .
Philo savs of God , that he sent bis image , his Son , to wash away the impurities of sin , and to prepare men far a divine inheritance . Now , the same writer says , of that branch of the Esseans who
were in Egypt , that , like divine -physr&atis , they healed the moral disorders of men , though other , wise irremediable , and communicated the consummate bless- * ing tvUcls ^ they enj oy ed , to the ¦ Greek *" - dind to the Barbarians :
tend dial- ' -their - doctrine was at at that time , spread over most |> arts of the inhabitable world * This description is true of the gospel at its firfct propagation ; &nd no ether doctrine stood fortli ; n Judtn , orih any ^ lher couMfy to
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which the language of Pbilo cart be applied , with ihe least appearance of troth . Such are the contents of this
curious work . A small paTt oi it was anticipated by the author , under the signature of Thetrtogus ^ in our Sixth Volume . Mr . Jones
has lately published another vo \ ± ume , as a Sequel to the Researches , which we shall bring before our readers in an early number .
We have not room to remark upon Mr . Jones ' s style of writing . If it be impassioned , let it be fo . collected that the subject is important ; and if his tone be confident , let it not be forgotten that he considers himself as having
made a discovery , of which abundant proofs are in his possession . He appeals to the learned public ; they will , we hope , accept his invitation to an amicable
discussion of the points in question ; and we cheerfully offer our magazine as the medium of discussion .
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Re&iw . E ' *~~ iRn& * Sermon for Worthingttm * $ &
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Art , II . Usefulness the great Ob ~ jtct of the Christian Mutistty . A Sermon preached at Wor ^
hib-Street , Finsbury Square , Sunday Morning , August 15 , 1813 , on the decease of the Rev . Hugh Worthington . By John Kv 4 i * s A . M . 8 vo pp . 70 . 2 s . Sherwabd and Co . [ A Second Edition
is just published . ] Twenty years' friendship with Mr . Worthington , fully ' qualified Mr . Evans to describe his mftici
and character , and he has sdc » ceeded remarkably well in placing the p *> puhir preacber of f&tty y £ &rfc before the eye of the reader . The Sermon is introduced ti'lth some judicious remarks on 4 be
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1814, page 53, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2436/page/53/
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