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    petfeet Kitby thai < xocL will" reward the works ofcall tfoase who ^ perform his c $ raman 4 meitf 3 , and punish- those wfootrangress his laws . : . ] £ » 1 believe , with & firm and perfect faith , that * h e Messiah is to

    came ; although he tarrieth , I will yfrit and expect daily his coming . 13 . I believe , with a fir , m . ami perfect faith , the resurrection of the dead l sfiall happen when God shall think fit . Blessed and glorified eternally be the name of the Creditor * Amerii ¦

    I hope some liberal-minded and , learned" son of Israel will favour U 3 through the medium of . . your Repository ,, with & brief historical account of the : compilation of thi » . creed and the ^ comp ilation of thi » . creed and

    the prayers ia use amongst the . woriftippers of Jehovah in trie Synagogue at mis day . * . " It is I think more than provable that the writer of the Athanasiari

    Craed had-never bee «< a J ew * for in jueh creed * as * h ^ - ; above- there is perspicuity and no tincture pf illiberality . Notwithstanding all that the enemies offAthana ^ iiiV hav e advanced against him * historical evidence acquits bim of ha vfb ^ written * ^ Sfe creed whic h is passed on the woHd under his qame .

    Ifstfte writer hac | drunk deep of the streams of J ^ olytheistn , and acquired a smattering t of the learning of the schools , it is . not difrjcult to account for t \\ esingularity of me composition . Some persons jgn the supposition that the author i ? -unknown , have coxisidened it &s a jmi fresprit to shew what c 6 iwiqtieiibe ^ tv ^ rfc ^ f **\ f deducible ^ to ^ doAriii ^ tifalid ^ in ^ Not However to treat lightly what is consid jJ ^ ijy ^ oftie ^ Si rtstari s as- st ) femnly ftlrgioua ^ J ^ ^ appveliertd there can be neither levity , nor heresy in according witha til ^ hiMhep TUiotsonj who did not hesitate to say , " I wish we were

    wefrwehof it . V 1 \' -l fetnain ^ ' i > v : i . a YourV respectful ! y ; MELANCTHOJ ^ . t" \^ l ' - ^ f » ' ^ ' ; . " ii "' . j " y _ € . ' "" * ' ' ' '

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    se * tdti&ns on Man actjbrajcte ^ s < i .. mj ^ f f ^^ attetrtion out of ^ tis owni country \ &&M > k hWfeeii traridlflited intci Fretich , nSL , Wlafiter $ fe- % t piibricatioa ja 1 55 SJ I lately met WitJvVao jap ^ ht ^ joC ^ fivt eirVitierit French physician , trfib % ^ ; ~ al « O ptitsued his inquiries beyond ^ n §^ s own profession , , - -.. V

    This was Dr . Astruc , who died , a * , Paris in 1766 , aged 83 . . In " litt ^ ; concerning the Present State of t& $ f ~ French Kation ^* 17 ^ p . 53 ^ is ^ list of his numerous publication ^ , nearly all medical except the fbUowh ' ing , of which perhaps some of yo ^ f readers may be able to give aa ac * r counts Conjectures sur 7 es vidmafces , ;

    ongvnaux dont ilparoit que M ^ ei ^^ i ^ setvi pour composer le livre de la Gene $ e l £ mo . 1753 . Conjectures concerning the original records from which Moses appears fci have compiled the Book of Genesis , i Dissertatiim sur rimmaleriaiit /; Vimrnortxditi , * t la , UberU de Came , 12 aia . 1756 .

    Dissertation on the immateriallythe immortality and the freedom < jjf the soul . Whatever opinions Dr . Astruc > maintained , they do not appear , tq , have brought into question ? nis ^ feUW ^ in revelation , though h « r ^© uld scarcefy ^ have held the common notion of

    inspiration m connection with tl $ 6 > first of these publicaliphs , r I ^ tW ^' Nov . Diet , fiistor , V ^ lij ^ ' ^ ^ 3 Si ) 1 both works are ^ ineBfione ^ , a , nd ^ e ^ T , author is inkttke ^ ia t ^ y \ , ( xnj ^ e ^ i ^ i ^^ i r dispiaying Vardeur et le zele d ^ n ^ ie ^ ^ Z cin 9 ami de Ckumanitj et ^ un philos ( n ^ Chretien The ardent z

    siciai ^ > the friend of humanity aid f&S- , - a philosophic Christian . \ " ' ^ f , " ¦'¦ v In the Letters which I have quoted ^ ^ - there is also a list of the numerous works of Calmet . Among them I observe Dissertation sur les uppaHtixfns des esprits , 12 mo , 1 * 746 , arul L ) issert& ~

    tion sur les vampires ou revenans de Hpy- * grie . 12 nao . 2 vols . \ 74 > Q . It w&uid , » , be a gratification to curiosity to ^ powi ^ how a learned father of the ll ^ n ^ i ^^ * J Church ha # treated those ^ ub ject |^ ^ so late a perio ^ ais tbq nd ^ e ^ fif Mhd :

    last century . Jrom a jppfe to o ^ g . Qf ^ ^ Lord Byro ^ s poeqas ^ t ^ ppeaff H » for r Hungary i ^ s f ^ ouftr % sfecte ^ xS ^^^ duhty and ^ speq ^ JIy W Ar \* £ \ iQ W *( i + vampirei * . " . sWa & ¦ -.. V ^ DflWffl KflTn ^ *

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    CEVERAL professors of xAedjcinre ^ " ^ fti- 'cfQwMit Brrtam , have f 1 xkn knorfni ^^ awViter'S or tK ^ blo ^ ^ nd ^ taptqrttcrsp Amongtlie&Ppf . ^ arti lcy i % U 8 ftoAU ^ ij % otehed # ^ hose Oh ~

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1816, page 713, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2459/page/21/