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ev < et { f Bttt where is the prophet , m ^ s ^ ng ^ , aj angel , of whom sij ^ h thihjgs arcj $ aid , where is there
one of them addressed in such terms of homage , —one of them thjat according to the Jewish Ianguage is commanded to be worshipped ? It is evident that Psalm
xlv . cannot refer to Christ . How can it be said of him , in the 5 th verse of this Psalm , that < c his arrows are sharp in the heart of the King ' s enemies ? " How can it be said of him , in the 8 th verse , 4 C All thy garments smell of
different kinds of perfumes , out of ivory palaces ? " And lastly in the 9 th verse , how can it be said of him , ** King ' s daughters are among thy honourable women ?" Ke who can apply these things to Christ , can never be at a loss for
a prophecy . But is not such an exposition , or application , a mock of prophecy ? Verse 9- The author of the epistle proceeds to quote from the 7 th verse of the same xlvth Psalm , where Solomon ' s exaltatioil is re .
corded , and where the reason assigned is , because he loved ' righteousness and haled iniquity * Pro * bably the Hebrew poet here refers to the choice m&de by Solomon , A ^ heii he preferred intelligence to opulence . It may be said that this 9 th verse is more " applicable to
-f To read , " God is thy throne for cv ^ r and eve r , "" instead of the common reading , "Thy throne , O God , is for ever and ever , " some contend , is to have recourse to an unusual and unnatural
translation of the original . In the present case , may not the Trinitarian be safely allowed to have his own way ? Let him take his choice * It is evident the words are not spoken of Christ , but of Solomon . It is therefore the busi - ness of the Trinitarian , rather than of any other , to explain them .
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Christ than to Solomon . True ? and what is said of an ambassador in the days of Queen Elizabeth , raa 3 in like manner be more applicable to the superior character and different services of an ambas - sador in the reign of King George the Third . But are we thence to
infer that what was said of Queen Elizabeth ' s Ambassador , was a prophecy of any of our ambassadors during the present reign ; or if you please , of any of those at present residing at any of the foreign European courts ?
Coincidences not foretold are not prophecies , else the lives of Caesar , Pompey and Hannibal are prophecies ; else every thing may be a prophecy ; and this is much the same as to say , that prophecy is nothing , or signifies nothing . The argument of the author of this epistle then is this : to Jesus is given the name of Son , but Son
is a more honourable name than that of angel or messenger , which was conferred upon the prophets . Let'the history of our Jewish fathers be examined * Is not the name Son given to Israel , David and Solomon , individually * and to
some of them more than once ; and is not each of them having received this name , spoken of in terms of honour and endearment , such as have not been applied to any of those who were calted only
angels or messengers . Jesus , therefore , is to be preferred to all the angels or prophets , and other servants of God 9 and as a Son of God , ranks with your most celebrated characters ; and hence the author of the epistle naturally draws the inference in the 1 st verse of the second chapter : " We , Jews , ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which w *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 712, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/52/
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