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the Father' where the term seen is manifestly equivalent with known . To justify this exposition , which , in it ' s principle , agrees with Dr . S . Clarke ' s ., * and with Rosenm tiller ' s , ^ it may be remarked that in the New Testament persons are not infrequently
denoted by the word things , % as in 1 Cor . i . 27 , 2 £ ; that the Father is the appropriate name of God under the dispensation of the Gospel , and expressive of his parental relation to all mankind ; that the Son is a title of
office ; that nothing is more common than to state general propositions in an absolute form ; and that the concise modes of speech in use among the Eastern people admit and receive li ght from the occasions and the subjects an respect of which they are employed .
The true sense then of the passage before us I take to be the following * that at the time when these words were uttered , no one , but the Father , the only God , knew the extent of our
Saviour ' s commission , including , as it really did , the whole human race ; and ,. on the other hand , that no man save the Son , none but Jesus Christ , possessed a knowledge of the merciful designs
of the Father being thus unlimited although it was a truth which the Messiah had the privilege of communicating at his pleasure . ' How well this interpretation accords with facts , and with our Lord ' s character and
circumstances , it is unnecessary to-represent . Of a double meaning the passage does not appear to be susceptible . Consequently , if I have succeeded in ascertaining it ' s just signification , all other paraphrases of it must be
erroneous . Jf , for exampfe , any persons will infer from these words that the nature or the essence of the Father and of the Son are known mutually to themselves ; and to those who are favoured with this
knowledge by Jesus Christ , let such expositors be informed that they substitute their own imaginations for tbq language and the meaning of the Bible . The Bible does not profess to instruct us in the essence of the Deity , but
declares that he is a perfect r spirit , and conveys to mankind the most valuable knowledge with regard to his character , * < d . Paraphrase , Sfc . in log : -f- Scholia in JV . 2 \ in loc : X Hammond , Sec . in loc :
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Observations on Matt . xi . 27- 633
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f those to whom it had been first offered , and especially by the leading persons in the Jewish nation , by the ] ect who possessed the chief honour and influence among them . It was a consolation however to the benevolent mind of Jesus Christ that some of the lower classes of the people had received his doctrine with willing hearts , and
that he could look forward to the further diffusion of it , particularly beyond the limits of Judaea . , On this account , he , accordingly , presented to the God whom he worshipped the following devout acknowledgment : " I thank thee , O Father , Lord of heaven and earth , because thou hast hidden these things from the wise and prudent , " from men who are such in their own
conceit , " and hast revealed them unto babes , " to persons of humbler attainments and pretensions , and of teachable dispositions " Even so , Father , for so it seemed good in thy sight . " Here it is observable that our Lord expressly distinguishes between what is hidden and what is revealed : and to this
admirable devotional address succeeds the declaration , all things , &c . &c . " From this reference of the passage to it ' s connexion , we learn that Jesus is speaking throughout of the designs of the Father , and of the instrumentality andcommissio ? i of the Son , in the scheme of the Gospel . Let us now consider somewhat more
minutely the words themselves : " AH things , " all matters relative to the Christian dispensation , all persons of every nation , who are to be the subjects of it , " are delivered unto me of my Father , " committed unto me by God , the only possessor of linderived and essential power : or , as the same
wet is expressed , John iii . 35 , " the father loveth the Son , and hath given all things into his hand . " " And no man knoweth the Son , " or is as yet ^ quainted with the comprehensive ob ject of his office , « but the Father , " ]* ho putteth the times and seasons in ms own power , and worketh according to the counsel of his own will-: " neil "er knoweth any man the Father , " n ° ° ne Is in possession of the extent of l plans of Divine grace , " save the ° ^» and he to whomsoever the Son w "l reveal him ; " which fatter senti-1 m « U is illustrated and supported by | ^ Lord ' s words in John vi . 46— «' not nal man hath seen the Fatheriiave ne who is of God , he hath seen
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1816, page 533, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2456/page/33/
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