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of th 19 * taa learned adversary was perfectly conscious . T £ e fact assorted by Dr . Priestley is , ' that the great body of He * breiw Christians , in the two first centuries were believers in the simple humanity of Jesus ; and to
establish this assertion , he appeals , amongst others , to the testimony of Origtm * Bishop Horsley , upon the authority of Moshdm , denies the fact ; stigmatizes Origen as a liar , ^ uid contends for the existence of
an orthodox Hebrew church at iElia , the new name which Adrian had given to Jerusalem , or rather to a colony in its vicinity ; which H ^ fcrew chthrcli consisted principally of returned emigrants from Pella , who abandoned the rites of Moses to secure the privileges of the colony *
Of this orthodox Hebrew church , now first heard of , Dr « Priestley questions the existence and calls upon the Bishop for his proof ; who finding to his great disappointment that the authorities appealed to by Mosheim were nothing to the purpose , proceeds to iccfnstruct a formal demonstration
¦ Iff * his -own * This demonstration &fegitte with six professedly gratuitous propositions ; which , how" fevei ^ todo the lie ^ med prelate justice , fae frankly acknowledges , of themselves prove nothing . And
it concludes With a seventh , upon -wiiich the principal stress is laid , but which , as the Bishop in his last disquisition v ^ ry fairly owns , proves barely find singly the ex . isteftce of a body ? of orthodox HebreW Christians , existing some * Dvhere in the world in the time of
JTerortie , -250 yeara after the reign of Adrian . And this cypher beifeg added to tilt six preceding cyphers
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constitutes r what the-cBishtop \ i pleased to "gaUdthe- entite ^ proofs of the existence of the orthodox Hebrew church at JElra . in the
time of Adrian . This statement , Mr , Urban , of Bishop Horsley ' s ^ ar gument may appear somewhat Utttid&ms , but I pledge , myself that it is correct . It would be easy-to exhibit it rn the bishop ' s own ^ yords , in a way which must convince the most iocredulous . I have done this in a
small volume , entitled ,: 4 C The Claims of Dr . Priestley re-st ^ d and vindicated , " &c . ; and I challenge your Right Reverend correspondent to disprove this
representation . * Speaking of that small publication , Mr . Urban , I cannot sufficiently deplore the painful sensations which have been excited in
the breast of his lordship ; and other " friends of truth , of Chris , tianity , and 6 f the Church of England / ' by a typographical error in oneof the newspapers , which
represented that little volume as * ' dedicated bp permission , to the Prince Regfent ^ ' Not having any concern in those advertis ^ - ments , 1 had heard nothing of this unfortunate mistake tilKi sawrit in your pages . But , though his lordship , with his usual perspicacity , intimates a suspicion of fraud , I cannot think that either the compositor or the bookseller , with whomsoever the > ^ fa ult lay , could have any inducement to a fraudulent act . And as to the book itself which was so advertised , no child who is capable * erf reading the title-page , tould « "iiistake the meanitig . Indeed , Mh Urban , I hav ^ little "inducement to dedicate any publication ^ ^( mine to the Prince Regent . J
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* b $ Mr . Be Is ham ' s Mnsw&feto Bpl Bifrgeit .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1814, page 608, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2445/page/20/
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