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Mjfr&rfttti ifflhrid ^ rtatW s& tiWfitmwffi&'nmei" d ^ tr
upon a ctass . * ; j itb $ te btrik £ f the two grattd < liv 5 &Bris erf iriahkirirf , ftite toe&fc iDg ^ of raul ana his companions Was unacceptable : for they
dislifced the subject of it . * We pikdbb ? remarks this af * 6 slte , 4 rist crucified , to the Jews a stfumbling-blocfc , ' * or occasibn of faffing from their privileges , " and td tft < e Greeks foolishness . " The
Jiraish' people expected a princfe WBr 6 Wd % id deliver them from subjection to th <* Romans * ^ nd tfterefoi-e they turned with scorfl iSi ^ k ii ^ e r from the religion of on ^ i ^ tt& # 5 s crucified as a rri ^ ilefactor :
tie hiiathehs , accustomed to what they styled philosophical refcedrche $ ) anaifond of thfe enticing words df Titian ( visdom , revolted it the d ^ trihe of jesus who had expired b ^^ so * ignominious a dbath ; nor ^ 6 uW they believe that he was M \ i ; £ llire .
y Wtiat , however , was Paul's own jliiJgrn ^ bt 6 f the doctrine of Chrisi &iicifit d& Having affirmed that rt vvrs to the jews a stumblinghUck and to the Greeks foolishness , he subjoins , " but unto them yi \ io arie called , both Jews and
Greeks , " to those , of botli clashes , Vh 6 ernbra ' ce the gospel , " Christ / t iBr' [ the religion of Christ , is " the Jirower 6 f God and the wisdotn of vod ; ' his power , inasmuch as
tlils despised faith is hot only attesfcd by numerous miracles but lia ^ a \ Vcndei fu l efficacy upon the ft ^ art knd life—his wisdorh , sin <^ e it kcc ^ rnplishes the best ends by tfre fittest rheana , and manifests
s » Ip xer i ( 8 , he calls this declaration flu ¦ ptqactiing . of the cross * f See Acts u » $ 6 .
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arf ^ fiiifW ^ upefi&rfty tft ? huttiafi ByitetiiVdf divinity attct ftkH-aM ^ Tlte ^ ofd etu evfied Occurs sevefrteten tSAies in the gospels , In about twelve 6 f which exatfipte ^ iU is applied to thfe particular i * ode of our Lord ' s death , and in tbe
olhfeis to the puitisbrnent of th « two crirhinals who suffered together with hiin . We find it iri onl ^ three texti in the Acts 6 / the Apostles : aitd in thes ^ i as ik tfe ^ foregoirig histories ; the ekpr ^ ssreft demotes th ^ bare fiict , ari d has fidfc
the slightest reference to its silpai posed nature and effects . In th ^ t eriistleis w ^ fneet Wit h this # W $ rhore rarely than a common rHratef or faearer would irtt ^ igine &n ^ fe *
serving the frequency of such lsn « - gua ^ e in ftibdern ptiblic&tidfrfc&hd discbtirse ^ . AM in the rtv ^ tii ^ of thosl ^ passages it is etti ^ oyfefcl histcricalty , or ^ vith ttb bth ^ f ^ tev ^ than to describe the ev $ tot ± At& $ fi
\\ h \] p m the rest it i& applied ilga i ; raiively tb a true Chrisii& ^ s st 4 ffi denial , and the moderation of to worldly desires and pdrstofft . Df the same force with tiie ' ex «*
pression Christ crucified is ^ thfc phrase tht cross of C&rnt . I Mite instarites ih tire ^ ofep ^ ls it sigrii # efc the persecution ^ especially thk extreme persecution ^ tirrd ^ rgoti ^ by a Christtan oil accdunl < rf Ms religion i but in the tt ? h -fetft&ittitt ' fc Verses of tfie New Tei&tameM ^ hfei'e
it presents ftself , it geherally ittif ^ ports the iniBtrum ^ nt and tile rn&ttu ner of ptir Saviour * s death . Ttit cross of Christy and the pfieacfiifijg of the crosSy ar # boih spoken of in the chapter tthc ^ ice Da M ^ gcfe has selected Kb Wxt : fcttd , « ts rflfe result of afti ekammatiori of tfteirii ,
we learn that trie cross of Christ h there identical ^ vith tf * reiigidn
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4 W Hemv ^ Dr . Maget oU Atonmeni ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 420, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/36/
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