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    ri ^ 'IFtarinff * frd tmlj ^ ut One vflfytiolf * ffie 6 v « 3 teir ^* et ^ swiati € cd of this wondrous ^ 'floctrifte is tb be sfcfe overwhelming : yet Mr . Yartes , tffoeonvinc&i and unap palled , thus replies—

    -< € If thti * translation ( Hear , O Israel , J f &omfe our Gods is one Jehovah ) had hcert proposed by a tJnttatriatiS , I have no doubt ft would have been said , that he did it with a direct intention to burlesque the S&ipfttres * I believe that Mr . Wardlaw bad ittJt this design ; btit his version

    cerfainrry produces this effect . To my niind uothittg cart sound more offensive . I do Hbr -hfe ^ ever reject this argument from the fdtc&vf ittfcre feelings ^ however justifiable , bkfc from the following considerations : 1 . If the plural termination of Aleim ,

    &d . iG ^ icatetf plurality at all , it denotes n * st only a plurality of persons or subsistences , but a plurality of Gods , for on this supposition , Mr . Wardlaw ' s translation is undoubtedly correct , Jehovah our Gofcs * " But this I presume is more than evfh IPrinrtririans will be inclined to

    admit . * & . **! ' observe , secondly , that the trte Wiipfeiiati ^ n of the use of the plural ratttfbcr in this case is known to every t | r \> \ xt ffebrew literature . The whole XBf $ k&fin 2 Lj he resolved by a short ^ tiotatt 6 rjf-froni that useful book , the Hebrew GVatatfrar :

    u < Worw that < express dominion , dignity , nftjfesty ^ are conrmonVy put in the plural , ' ¦~ -rP * ilf& > i ' * ftebpetu Gramirurr , p » 97 O . ** "Hms it is evident to mere English readers , that the plural termination of the' * ¥ fe $ rew names for God , far from beirjk an anomaly as Mr . Ward law calls it , to of

    is Mfe ^ abter a common rule syntax . I Wffi illustrate tliis rule by a few example ^ f * teen . -x ^ i ^ . 9 , 1 O . On account of tfi ^^^ frVat dignity and authority of the pa ^ tJRSrtfb Abrah « nfi the word At > oNiM , trUhslated' master , is put in the plural ntntfteerV ^ Tti * liberal translation * of th *

    p < i $ sage is'tberefore as follows : * And * th £ seVtiftfrt pittt his hand under the thigh of jdrtfrnhartt his m ' ctsters 9 and sware to him cofltermrrg that matter : and the servant tc >^ t * Hen camel s of the camels of his

    // wwwj and departed ; for all the rood * of h&mfisters were in his hand . ' Potipbftr i ^ OT ^ ed * the masters or lords of Joseph . Pfiftroftti'is styled the lords of'bis butler Sift 3 * ££ err ari ^ l Joseph as governor of lfiif , ^ 8 d"enomhittied Adonim or lords . Wmt ^ klieti beetots of Mtf WardJaw * a

    af&utnent frdni"' «» - ' FfcbmlSmV Ifl be mfeferr , ^ r here irttiy fern- * ' » . The phrni ^ liljffin aiioli i ^ emplott ^ f in s ^ eakifl | f uot ^ ia ^ oMM ^ rw € ifriy b «* a *^ of-Fa 4 » e dcitirs . £ xod . xxidi . 3 , 4 ~^ 7 » 9 % # T . 3 mtae ** 6 **> < + ** r *«« ** . ^ / . c- ^ c -

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    4 . * ¥ ffia argnment ria « been rejected hf matry of trw most learned THnitariatts . Ai % others Calvift" himself denies tbf * . the plural termintittairis any evidence of the pUifttiity of pertwrts in the Godhead . * t € Wt . WaTiil * w argden for a pluiatrty of persons tn the < jodhead , from tbe con *

    struction of the Hebrew names fer God , which verbs are sometimes in the singular number and sometimes in the plural . He calls this construction an anomaly or irregularity . But' those who have learned Hebrew know that when a plural noun is

    used to denote a single object ( which is the case in various instances ) , the verb is sometimes put in the plural out of regard merely to tbe pi oral termination « f the noun . See Patrick and Le Olcrc on Gen . XX . 4 . 8 . "—Pp . 135 , 136 \ 138 .- " *

    Our limits will nol allow us t 6 follow Mr . Yafces in his reply to the other arguments adduced tyy Mr . Ward law in proof of a plurality of persons in the Oodhead . The passages we have quoted exhibit a perfectly fair specimen of its « tyje and manner . Xo us it appears ^ t& be most satisfactory and compfetethtbugH * out . , v

    Mr . Wardlaw thus reptesetttl me importance of his own xie > V of the person of Christ : il it b $ indeed a truth t | iat Je » us Christ is God over all , it Is \ itterly impossible that it can " -be a at it ttru ^ t rank as a J&h ' j > rinc 4 ple ~ - * ui artiiJle ^ df prinffe importance—a foundation dion ^ in

    the temple of troth—« a star of the ^ ery first magnitude in the he « risphere of Christian doctrine . For my own purt' I believe it to be even more than this ; & kind of central sun , around wbicb tbe

    wbol « system of QhrisUaoity in all its , glory and in all its b ^ rmpny revolves . This view of its importance is cojifiripecl when we consider it in connection with our most interesting and solcfrin ctuiteSy I mean the duties which we otre to tfiS

    great Object of supreme reverepce , worship and obedience . If Jfesulf Chriirt ^ be not * God , then we , who 6 tfeY t ^^ im f # at homage of our hearts whidl is"due * to ' OSd alone , are without dotibt gvtltty of' toloieftry , a « reaily gtiilty as th € * v «« r » hiivpcrs of the deified heroes of Greece and Rmae .

    * ' Tbe same thing isjunaoimt from to * intimate relation wbicb this dcnetrinc bijars to others . It < is an integral jiart ^ o ^ jt systesduof truths wbi ^ h otggbd or fal ^ alopg wiia it . It is ^ n ^^ % c ^ jp ^ inL th ^ . &i > mt& . iw iifHsr ^^!^^ tjbywwn p ^ of . Cbiist ' vftppeiMciince ^ i ^ p oo ^ artfc iS ) d the

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    §§ & ' jW ^^ : — Cn iMridh Co ? iffi&&fyTn Stefan 3 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 296, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/40/