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Socak ing ^ f ^^ ability own ,- ^ g WSTiis "to argue from , the SS&a f ^ ure , " he adds , by way ^ aiustiatien ,. ^ If- W instance , we compart the ^ ' rituJitfoii of out chutch with it ' s jLatiott at a former period , we must have our apprehensions , and perhaps our forebodings /'
^ re think it unfortunate that Dr . M . loses sight , even for a moment , of the c haracter and dignity of the Academical Professor , to re-echo the illfounded complaint of ecclesiastical alarmists . The situation of " the 5
church ; is perfectl y safe , provided jjeY ^ gnitaries are enlightened , tolerant and candid , and offer no violence to the spirit of the times , by urging claims which are alike discountenanced by the Scriptures and by the genius of
our civil constitution . It is with pleasure we make a quotation of a very different kind ; happy when our humble judgment on points of theology % is confirmed by the sagacity and research of this learned Lecturer :
« even a late Prelate of our own eburch , * has' very incautiously subscribed to the Jewish doctrine , that evil spirits have the , power of working miracles : a doctrine which tends to destroy the argument from miracles , since the performance of a miracle , if it does not in itself imply divine a / utho , rity , cannot possibly do so by
any accidental circumstances , whether of beoevoleBcs or of any other attribute , which . , * sftay acepmpany the miracle . " [ Note pp . 33 , 34 . ] Th $ twenty-first Lecture principally , consists of examples of literal prophecies , relating to the Messiah j in the selection : of which the Professor
follows Bishop Chandler . Though we do not uniformly agree with Dr . M . tad his able precursor , in respect of the translation and application of these passages , yet we are in general instruc te d as well as gratified by their observations .
In " the remaining Lecture ( No . ^ XII . ) an inqu i ry is mad e into the foundation Of secondary senses ascribed W Hebrew prophecy . The difficulties JJ ^ ta g this 'notion , are justly and J ™ ngly representfed . And the . Lecw « ri 8 iparticularl y succcesful in shewfog that the allege ^ double sense of
X Mon * RccpQft . VJ . 237 . Horsley . See the last note .
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prophecy has nothing analogous to the double sense of allegory . From the whole of his investigation he concludes " that there is no system whatever , by which we can either establish the existence of secondary senses , or by which , on the supposition of their existence , we can discover their real meaning . We must be contented , " he adds , " to resolve the question of secondary senses into a question of authority . " He allows " that there are some
passages of the Old Testament , which really have a secondary sense : " In this class he places Jer . xxxi . 15 , quoted in Matt . ii . 17 , 18 . Whether it should be ranked among them , depends how-(ever on the meaning of the formula then was fulfilled , ' which not
improbably , expresses accommodation , rather than the completion of a prophecy-In the whole range of theological literature nothing perhaps is more arduous than to ascertain the exact signification
of this mode of speech and of some kindred expressions . Indeed , Dr . Marsh is far from having exhausted the topic of the double sense of prophecy ; although he has said enough to make us suspect that this notion is untenable *
' The celebrated author oi the Divine Legation , " explained secondary senses in Hebrew prophecy on the supposition of their ' logical pro p riety and moral fitness : ' he conceived that they were essential to the genius of the
Jewish dispensation , in its refereuce to the Gospel . Dr . Marsh has admirably exposed the difficulties accompanying this hypothesis , and with reason pronounces them " insurmountable . "
From the fourth part of his Lectures we have derived Jess pjeasure and in- , struction than we expected . Besides the unsatisfactory manner in which be treats of types and the double sense of prophecy , we have to complain of some
capital omissions iu this pamphlet ; , and particularly of two . - A- course of Lectures on the interpretation of ' Jrrqphecy ought in reason to contain remarks on the prophetic style and figures , logethjer with an arrangement of the predictions of the Old and of the New Testameo *
in distinct classes . We are willing to believe that the Professor means ro deliver his sentiments on these matters to the University an $ l to the public when he resumes his academical * duties ; though , to ' say the truth , fe ha »' givqn , / no > i ^ tifU ^ Uon of this clffttgn . %
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our Review . — MarsKs Lecturers . Part IK 601
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1816, page 601, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2457/page/37/
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