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    by Dr « . Kippis sum . its subsequent # 4 itors , to which their owp initials are 3 nne&ed 4 " How desirable and grati * tying / ' exclaimed I to inyself , < £ would it be to inspect in a similar manner the eutogr $ pA $ 9 or the identical copies proceeding from the pens af Matthew ,

    M $ rk 9 L % ke and JcJml" This , how * ever , must not be expected ; it is in the nature of things impossible . They have long * ago mouldered into that pommon dust whence every terrest trial object hath arisen , and fey which

    all human things tnust be ultimately absorbed and forgotten I But let us * instead of repining * be thankful that we have in our possession a number of ancient wwmtseripts , on which , diligently collated together , we can rely , and from which , for the formation of

    our faith $ s well as the regulation of our practice we may derive every reasonable satisfaction . From this source learned men , both of the JBstablishaient and among the Protaslant Dissenters , ( witness the New Ver-$ ion 9 founded on Archhi&hop- Newcomes translation of the New Testament ^)

    stre educing fresh testimonies to authenticate the records of eternal life I And approximating thus nearer to the primitive purity of the sacred writings , it is to be hoped that the professors of Christianity , however diversified their creed or varied their mode of worship , will be yielding more substantial proofs of their virtue and piety . J . EVANS . iiiiii

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    irresistible * , a aew a ^ . powerful £ vfdence will break forth hi { avooir of the gospel * Indeed , no que » tioB connected , with . the credibility of our faith , seems to me moire surprising ?

    interesting and important * than that € > n which I om wow entering : and 1 trust that this importance feeing felt to a certain extent by others , will induce the more intelligent part . of your readers to peruse . them with candour and attention . Before . I .

    commence , it is necessary to premise -two remarks ,. Though Christians &re in the habit of distinguishing between Judaism and Christianity , they were origiually the same : and they were known and maintained to be so by Christ and

    his follower * in Judea . Moses and the prophets taught the existence and government of one true God ; inculcated virtue and piety as the only effectual means of pleasing him -- predicted the advent of ^ Messiah , his death and resurrection , and thus

    opened the door for faith . in the rer surrection of the dead and a life of immortality * The gospel is but a fulfilment of these predictions : and hence Christ , is not so much the author or founder , as the jfinitker $ f Christianity , having himself taught

    no new- truths , but explained and enforced those already known l > y new sanctions . Paul , though deemed p . heretic * taught only the heresy of Moses and the prophets . Gw Lord tao assures us that he cai ^ e to fu Kik not to destroy the law ; and he diyect ^ his adversaries to exaBiiue the Jewish

    Scriptures as containing eternal life - If Phila and Josepbus believed io the Divine mission < of Jesus , they couW not but entertain the same notion : and my object is to shew that ,

    whenever they speak under any term of the Jewish religion , they meant by it that religion * improved and spiritualized by Jesu& Christ * •< I have to remark ,

    Secondly , that , when the religion of Jesus was separated from Jjwlfti&W » properly so called , the zealots , who opposed him , ceased to make proselytes to their system among the

    GentilcB : fov however aealous they might be to gain uaiwests among the . H ^ - thens * their doctrine wa& calculated only to insult ^ and ta repel thw : tlAoy lield forth a , triumphant Me& * i ^

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    S | g Mr . Jofie $ m PA * fo&ntf-JTa ^ l ^ £

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    « . Mr . Jones . in proof of JPhilo and Josephus being Christian Writers * No . L Sir , Jan . 6 , 1818 . npiHOUGH the Ecclesiastical Re-JL searches have been now some

    years before the public , their contents still remain little known . I avail myse therefore of your wishes , Mr . Editor , that the leading arguments calcnlated to prove Philo and Josephus to be Christian writers , be laid before the readers of the Repository *

    In doing this 1 will be as brief as possible . My proofs will be but inferences drawn from passages in those authors . If they are not conclusive , &ome of your learned readers will , it is . presumed , expose their weakness or lallacy ; vtfiile on the eontrarfr ; if they appear solidl and

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1818, page 38, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2472/page/38/