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tarian appears to have a great practical advantage over others , in the study of the Christian Scriptures : for although all Christians ought- with the same readiness to admit this view of Christ's holy character , as formed to its beauty and perfection by the
discipline of religion , and the operation of truth upon the human mind * since they all profess that Christ was perfectly man , and had a complete and distinct human nature—yet the Unitarian , whofrom the better opinion he has of human nature and the ends
for which it was formed , is disposed to think , that both the perfections and the offices of Christ might belong to the man Christ Jesus , without the union of any other nature , is more
likely to view the life of Christ in this interesting and useful light . In the following words of Lightfoot , the sense and connexion of this passage are well given : "Is it so indeed ? Do the Gentiles desire to see * me ?
IHie time draws on wherein I must be glorified in the conversion of the Gentiles ; but as a corn of wheat doth not bring forth fruit , except it be first thrown into the ground , and there die , but if it die it will bring forth much fruit , so must I die first , and be
thrown into the earth , and then a mighty harvest of the Gentile world -will grow up , and be the product of that death of mine . " St . Paul , in 1 Cor . chap . xv . makes use of the same beautiful and very significant emblem of the resurrection from the
dead . As our Lord proceeds in thi » discourse , the thought of his approaching death so forcibly impressed upon his mind , becomes the occasion of much disturbance to him ; as he himself acknowledges , ver . 27 , " Now is my soul troubled , and what shall I say ? Father * save me from this hour ? But
for this « atifte came I to this houn Father , glorify thy name /* That H 4 In the anticipation of my sufferings ; my soul is now troubled , and what desire shall I e * press in . prayer to my
Father ? Shall I say , Father , save me from this hour ? But for this cause , namely , to suffer these things , I came to this hour ^ it was the object of my undertaking , and the end of my being sent with this Divine mission to the world . I will > therefore , only say , Father , $ hn % fy thy turn * . Accomplish
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the great purposes which thou . hast in View , and caiTy into eflfeet beyond all reach of Opposition , thy glorious designs for the reconciliation and salvation of the whole World , by whatsoever means may , to thine
unsearchable wisdom , seem best ; I yield my self to thy whole wiH / ** Then came there a voice from Heaven , saying , « I have both glorified it and will glorify it again . The multitude , therefore , who stood by , and heard it , said , that it thundered : others said , an angel
spake to him . Jesus answered and said , * This voice cattie not because of me , but for your sakes /' This corresponds to what he says in the 11 th chapter in this Gospel , ver . 42 , and the import ptobably is > tkis voice came not 50 much for my sake as for
your sakes ; agreeably to a common figure of speech , see Proverbs viii . 10 , for we cannot suppose that Jesus could be insensible to the encouragement yielded by so remarkable a sign of the favour of Heaven . Indeed , if we recount the transactions of the day ,
and especially if we consider that it was in the very temple itself that this Divine voice was uttered , it will appear to have been the most glorious and triumphant day during the Whole of our Lord ' s earthly ministry . Ver . SI , " Now ih the judgment of this wotld , * row the prince of ( his woi * ld will be cast out * " As if he had
said , * Now is fit hand a gveat dnd awful crisis of things , in which the cortupt and kicked powfci-sthat sWay this world , arid ate opposed to all that t £ nd& to t ; h £ happiness and salvation of mankind , will be overthrown : for
the prevailing influence of spiritual wickedn < esa tri high places , which resists the glorious Goapel , and is contrary to ail men , shall be cast out . It will pfevttirso fa * > as to lift me up upon the cross > it toil ! deliver nie over
to death $ bi * t in so doing it will sfeal its-own destruction ; and I shall , thetev by , be set tip as a standard , which Will draw all men unto it . ' " And I , if 1 be lifted tip from the earth , will draw all men unto wife . '
The Improved Version gives a different translation of this passage , " And although I shall be lifted up from the earth , I Will dfsrW all men after nie / ' But the 6 fense does not appeal- to require that we should depart from the usual meaning of the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1817, page 486, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2467/page/38/
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