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apostle Paul to be a good Christian , and yet speaking of himself as at the same time carnal , and following his sensual inclinations , in opposition to the dictates and remonstrances of his own conscience ? Is not the delusive notion hereby encouraged , that the gratification of the passions , and a course of licentious conduct , are compatible with the requirements and cheering hopes of Christianity ? When the apostle really speaks of himself with respect to his moral state , religious conduct and future prospects , his language forms a striking contrast
to that of the character described in the chapter we have been , considering . " I keep under my body and bring it into subjection , lest that by any means when I have preached to others , I myself should be a castaway . Be ye followers of me , even as I also am of
Christ , For our rejoicing is this , the testimony of our conscience , that , in simplicity and godly sincerity , not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God , we have had our conversation
in the world . I have fought a good fight , I have finished my course , I have kept the faith , henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness * which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day . ''
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" The word was God /' Jesus , the bearer , the revealer , of the word of God , was his representative , and in that character is called God , as customary under the old dispensation ; a custom recognised by Jesus himself , when reminding the Jews that they were called gods , to whom the ward of God came .
John , therefore , an enlightened Jew , familiar with the import of Jewish phraseology , though « ' the last and most sublime of the evangelists , " was strictly within bounds when he bestowed this high appellation upon Jesus , synonymously with *< the Word . "
But , is there throughout the whole Gospel of John a line ( with its context ) leading us to believe , that if , instead of designating our Saviour metaphorically by " the Word , " he had opened his gospel thus : " In the beginning was Jesus /' He would have added , " And Jesus was God" ? BREVIS .
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Mr . Jevans on Rom . ix . 5 . X > OM . ix . 5 : " Who is over all , J \ j God blessed for ever . Amen . " " * God , who is over all , be blessed for ever . Amen . ' Which Erasmus had
proved to be a translation consonant to the original Greek , and the style of the apostle . " Lindsey on the Unitarian Doctrine , p * 27- I shall endeavour to prove that these words refer to our heavenly Father . And
1- The Apostle Paul is here enu * merating and extolling the religious privileges of the Jewish people , and , therefore , lie certainly would not omit to mention the name of their God , which was the greatest of all their
advantages . Moreover , the apostle rises gradually from mentioning lesser privileges to notice greater ones , and completes the climax in a perfect and striking manner with the name of their God .
2 . Some persons have hastily concluded , that this passage refers to our Saviour , and is introduced itnmedi * ately after the mention of his human nature , to shew that he is also th $ Supreme Being , But most certainly this observation is without foundation ; for as the words hcctcc cafH&w in ver . 3 , signify nothing more tb * n natural descent , that is , real Jew * *
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6 B £ Biblical Criticism . — -Brief Notes on the Bible . No . T .
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Brief Notes on the Bible . No . 1 . Sir , HAVE some desultory notices I and observations in my port-folio , scribbled during ray perusals of the Bible , which may find their way into your Repository , if you incline to honour them with your acceptance ; such as ,
No . I . Genesis opens thus : " In the beginning . " Of what ? Unquestionably of our visible creation , —the subject-matter of the historian .
John ' s Gospel opens thus : ( evidently in allusion to the old covenant , whilst announcing the new , ) «« In the beginning . ' Of what ? Of something certainly that had a beginning . Not of eternity , for it had none . But , of the subject-matter of the historian , i . e . of the new covenant or gospel dispensation .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 632, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/32/
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