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which had been bestowed uppp the prophets * or even inanimate objects . It i $ therefore the name Soa which had been bestowed
upon Jesus , and not his office or character as the Messiah , which the writer proceeds to illustrate * ^ - How does he prove that the name Son is more honourable qr
excellent thai * that of angel or messenger . He proves it , probably , \ v \ the same manner as an English writer would prove that tb $ title Ambassador was more honourable than thatt of Envoy , or Consul . The English author would , no doubt , refer us to the customs of
courts and | he records of history ; and does apt ; tM Hebrew author in this epistle also make his appeal to Jewish , ; history ? JJe recites several pa- ^ gss i \\ wbieh tfr § name Soa occurs , or sftw&oi tbq $$ in which a person is mentioned , who is well k ^ kQwn to h $ yereceiyfHj % h $
name ; and then in a spirit of animation , and Jevyish pr ^ tpry , he asta , which oi th § angels had received sqch Jipnourj or been men * -
tioned by God fyj $ 8 § l £ irj terms pf such ai ^ enrjpent * $ , Jj ^ cl been $ pplied to thQse \ yfro indi visually had received th $ name of a son , Qt of a son of CU > d . The lij ^ steation of thi& subject occupies the # ve following sverses , viz . $% 6 , 7 , 9 , ^ idO , &It
Vers ^ , asked , to which pf lhe former angels , or nies $ en * gers , did Gpd say " Thou art my Son , this ds-iy Jhave J begotten thee , " as ] He rfi 4 to David , Ps . to
" . 7 ; ^ n < J as He did Solomon , when J 3 e said , "I will be bis Father , and heshal } be my soji ;¦*• » 2 Sana . vii . 14 *— Where are arty P * the a , ngels , px Messengers who * te ev « r ^ pokcu of in ftvicb terms , ?
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V ^ rse 6 . Again , when God introduceth hirp ^ yho Ji c ^ fe # ^ Hh firrf-born , ti ^ % aitb j «* iMm tj ^ fe angels of God $ & him ho ^ akg ^* ' * This caunot bs a quotation from Ps . xcvii . 7 y because , in the whole
of this Psalm ; np § on , nor Soft of God , nt > r any one who can be called a son of <*< kL is once mentioned It is herd taken for granted , t ^ at the reference i $ tp DeuiL xxxii . 43 , according to the
LXX . Seei Imp . Yers . m locd . The meaning then appears to be this : let the angels or messengers of God , that is , let the prophets pay homage , or yield respect Jo Israel j or jto Israel in bis posteri ty * whom J have called my son , or first-born . Hpvv inferior the £ are
angels to him who Imtb rgc ^ ivep the ng . me Son , since they sire totlo hom ^ ige to hioi , py , stccoxding tp Jewish language , ip \\ rprshipbti 3 a |» Verse 7 . Consider , an the othfer hand , what is the rank , or station of those beings to which is given the name of angels in Psalm civ .
4 , where eyen the winds of h < e | tveti , or the blasts of air , ape caHe 4 thb angels of ( prod , and a flame of fire is said to b ^ his minister * The most bumble objects , even thosB that arie without life , hav $ the name given them of angel $ and ministers .
Verse 8 . 3 ut on tlie contrary , where is the name Son applied # > any such o ^ j ec ts or to any persons except jhps £ who ^ erp highly honoured by God ; as Solbtnon who was d ^ crare ^ l to be a son ^ t > r Ci my sopLi * 3 and * do you rej ^ emher what &re tlie terija ( 3 in which
he is addressed , Psalm xlv . fi ? He is acjdressfed under the title of a ( / od , where it rs said , *• TBy throne , p Go < J , 13 for ? ver »« U
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 711, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/51/
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