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    figure of olive branches , a rays . tery ; and at ^ jLjb ^ end qi the | $ me epistle , he gives the same name to the gospel while yet metaphorically described by the prophets , or presignified by types of the law . While the apostle calls godliness a mystery , he illustrates its nature by describing the facts on which the gospel is fou \ uled in a mys . tejious oj ; figurative language . He opposes & £ p $% ftpd , to cap ^ flesh , as tneaping immortal and incorruptible , ip contradistinction to corruption ai * d death . His' object

    was tp assert , in opposition to the ffJUe ^ teacher , that Christ pos . sessed ^ Teal body ; and that though lie , sii ] bmitted to death , he . prQyed Jiji ) a 5 el ^ divine and im * morfal by ^ Jjia ^ restoration to life . f I | his ; -u % f . of : fteo $ is common in Oxeek authors * . ' , . Heraclitus , in allusion to jiie supposed immortality , oT the Jujman soul , calls meji ^ B Oi § yiffiH 9 mortal gods ; a #$ i Cl ^ nieut .. . of Alexandria ,

    by the Jews , he was preached to , and received by the Gentiles ; and , finally , though he submitted to the ignominy of the cros ^ , he ascended to heaven in glory . " The wisdom , goodness , and power of God were ^ personified by the apostles under the name of Logos , which having descended upon , and united with , the man Jesus , led them to spedPk of his divine authority , as if they in * tended to speak of his person * To this Logos Paul principally ailudes when he htre seems to ascribe to Christ , the principle of divinity . In my Sequel I J > aye thus paraphrased his words : " The Logos of God , the great entity , the all-perfect model of material things , existing in the mind of God , became a man . —

    This prrnrijyie of incorruptiou shewed itself in the most corruptible of all things , namely , in human flesh . Jesus , being thus constituted the Son of God * having received his Logos , th > e firstborn of God , from above , w ^ s justified , or proved to be so ^ = b y the Spirit of God which raised him from the dead . His angels >

    messengers , or heralds , saw and conversed with him after his res * foratiou to life , as the first fruits of the resurrection of all mankind . Agreeably to the commission given them , they went and preached to the Jews and to the

    Gentiles , the glad tidings of immortality , which * though rejected by the former , was received in the world at large . ' * p . 379 . Now for 3 " £ Q £ , the Vulgate reading , GriesWch has introduced ' OS ;

    af ( i 4 endeavours to support the change by one of the . most elaboratenQtes in his volumes - Yet I wilt engage tp s > b , ew that he has proved

    wrAte t 3 5 ( Cohort , ad Graecos , p . 8 ) V / Tb $ ; JUogos became , roan , in order that rrmn might become a god . " ^ Vo ? y 0 £ ojtov &sov yevo ^ svog qvQ p aj-7 ? QS ' x . .. ivot ccyQpuu 7 tQ $ yevyTOCi Szog . Each clause in the language of

    the apostle ha $ great propriety , as contrasted fy * ith each other , or wit , h \ f ^ cts which necessarily force themselves on the attention of the R acier . Tbus , Though Christ

    is $ i ? ine , and icnmortal , he was yeally : ; if * yes ted , with flesh . and blood ; though he was condemned fcy ^ the ru | ers , he was justified by

    fh e Spirit of God , which raised hjim , fjrqnn fhe gfave ; though he did not shew himself to his eneifibiesi after his resurrection , he

    was seen b y a [ pgels ~ by thp na ^ n commijjsioned to preach .. ijs ^ -ggwpel m the worlds though reacted

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    Mr . John Jones on the Controversy on Acts xx . 28- \ % i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1814, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2437/page/49/