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they were in a particular manner favoured < by , or consecrated to , that great Being whose name was thus , as a mark of dis- < tine don , communicated to them , or that they represented or resembled him ; or in the case of places , that he had performed , or intended to perform , some
great display of his power or goodness there . . Thus , as I have remarked in my former letter , ( p . 32 , ) the great prophet who slew the priests of Baal was called Elijah , that is , < my God Jehovah / So one of the sons of Jeroham was called Eliah , meaning also * God / or * my God Jehovah / 1 Chron . viii . 27 . In like
manner the name Hoshaiah , that is , * Saviour * or * Salvation Jehovah , ' was given to the father of Jezaniah . Jer . xlii . 1 . The name of Jehoshua ^ that is , * Jehovah the Saviour , ' to Oshea the son of Nun . Numbers xvi . 13 .
" I am aware that you , in common with many other Trinitarians , believe , though without any proof , this name to have been given to him , because you consider him to have been a type of Christ . But this does not assist you at all in the
present instance ; inasmuch as the name still appears , upon this supposition , not only to have been communicable , but to have been actually communicated to a type ; and if its being communicated to the type does not prove him to have been more than a man , neither does its
communication to the antitype prove , per se , one jot more . The salvation of Jehovah , as it respected the Israelites , by delivering them out of the hands of their enemies , and establishing them in -the land of Canaan , was wrought by the instrumentality of Oshea the son of Nun , to whom , therefore , the name of Jehoshua was on
that account given . Another great salvation of the same Jehovah , and a more extensive one , as embracing the whole human race , was wrought by him , through the instrumentality of Christ , who is notwithstanding represented by the Apostle " Peter , even after his exaltation , to be a man approved of God by miracles , signs
and wonders , which God did by him ; and consequently if the same name be considered as having been given to him , it will not carry the matter in the smallest degree further ; but we shall still have to look for other proof of his being , —contrary to . every rule of construction , and
to all the analogies furnished by a similar application of the name in other instances , —actually that Jehovah himself , by whose name he wias called . € X The name Isaiah , which means also « Salvation ^ JeJioVah / is likewise given to # ip fon ot Amos . Isa . i . 1 . The name Jfjios ^ abeatfr , that is , < The fulness of J «) iovab / iti given to a princess , the
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daughter of Jehoram . 2 Chmn . xxii . 11 , The name Kolajah , that is , ' The voice of Jehovah / to the father of Pedajah . Nehera . xi . 7 . The name of Raamiah , that is , ' The thunder of Jehovah / to one of the companions of Zerubbabel . Nehem . vii . 7 . And the name Ahijah , that is , * Brother of Jehovah / to one of the sons of Jerahmeel . 1 Chron . ii . 25 . This last
name is a most curious one , and well deserving the attention of all such as fancy that our Lord , or any other person , must be what he is called . " We find , also , that the sacred name of Jehovah is thus communicated , by the great Jehovah himself , to the city of Jerusalem : ' In those days shall Judah be saved , and Jerusalem shall dwell safely : and this is the name wherewith she shall
be called , Jehovah our righteousness ( or prosperity )/ Jer . xxxiii . 16 . And by Moses to an altar or banner in the following words : * And Moses built an altar , and called the name of it Jehovah Nissi , that is , Jehovah my banner / Exod . xvii . 15 /'—Pp . 132—135 . The Barrister adds , on this subject ,
In 2 Sam . v . 16 , we find the name Eliphalet , that is , < The God of deliverance , ' given to one of the eons of David . In 1 Chron . xii . 5 , Eluzai , which is , * God my strength , ' given to one of David ' s mighty men . In Isaiah vii . 6 , the father of the prince whom Reziu king of
Syria , and Pekah king of Israel , combined to raise to the dignity of king of Judea in the place of Ahaz , whom they intended to dethrone , is stated to have been called Tabeal , that is , < A good God / In 1 Chron . xii . 20 , one of the captains of thousands , who revolted from Saul to David , appears to have been called Elihu ,
which means , * He is my God / In Job xxxii . 2 , the reprover of Job ' s three friends is also called Elihu , * He is my God , * and his father , Barachial , which' is , if possible , still stronger , meaning , * The very God / In Isa . xxii . 20 , the son of Hilkiah appears to have been called
Eliakim , meaning , * God ariseth / In Ruth i . 2 , the husband of Naomi is called Elimelech , that is , < My God the king / In Nehem . xi . 7 , the father of Maaseiah is called Ithiel , which signifies , * God with me . In Numb . xxvi . 8 , one of the descendants of Reuben Is called Eliab , that is , * My God the Father . *—I shall close this list with two or three Instances of
the name * God' having been given to places and things . Thus in Gen . xxxii . 30 , Jacob called the name ojf a place Peniel , that is , « The face of God / In Geii , ^ xxv 4 u 7 , it appears tjiat Jacob built an altar at Bethel , and called the name of the place El Bethel , that is , « The
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422 Review ^—A Barrister ' s Letters in Defence of Umtarianism .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 422, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/42/
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