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with the clause , * ' thou art anxious land troubled about many things / ' Let no man censure this criticism as novel : if antiquity can recommend it , such a recommendation is not wanting . Do'ddridge * himself admits that the comment is as old as Basil and Theophylact : to neither of those writers can
exceptions be fairly made as authorities in the case ; and a most capable judge-f has pronounced of Theophylact ' s expositions of the books of the New Testament , that they " are very useful and valuable . " Nor will any enlightened admirer of Doddridge attempt to vindicate the disdainful terms in which
he speaks of the explanation that these fathers have proposed : little do they merit the accusation of being guilty of " fiigid impertinence . " It is not in this manner that a knowledge of the contents of the Sacred Volume can be
acquired or communicated . J Within the last two centuries , divines of various denominations have adopted the less comprehensive interpretation . To myself , and to many others , the names of JVakefield § and Kenrick are justly
dear . Yetjsome of my readers may possibly regard them as exceptionable . What then will be said of Bengel and of Bishop Pearce ? By whom will they be suspected of a propensity to latiludinarian criticism ? From the
Gnomon , &c , of the Abbot of Alpirspach I transcribe a few sentences , which may at least shield me from contempt : < c Unum hoc videtur in eodem genere dici , atque multa * Unum ( iv , non to kv ) ad necessitatem victus , sine apparatu distrahente . Congruit da autem bis adhibitum . Unum
necessanum , m genere rerum spiritualium , seque commendatur , quando 77 ccyaOr ) f * f-pi <; dona ' a pars appellatur : adeoque si iv , unum , referas ad frugalitatem hospitii , uberior , non rnodo non tenuior , fit doctrina totius perioehee . Nil tamen definio . DixL videtur .
* Exposit . ( Fam . j in loc , note , and Rosenmiiller , Schol ,, ib . t Lardner , Works , ( 1788 , ) V . 331 . X Mon . Repos ., IV . 738 , 739 . § Note in Joe , to TransL &c ., and
Evidences of Christianity , ( 2 d edj 71 , 72 . Mr . W . says , " This interpretation was first suggested , as far as 1 know , by Bishop Pearce" From Grotius , in loc , and from the various readings in Onesbach , its antiquity is manifest .
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Quod ad rem attinet , sententiae vis non imrninuitur . " The current interpretation of this verse , does no justice to the skill and elegance of Christ ' s instructions : And it is liable to much abuse : " Many
cloisterai men of great learning and devotion ,- " saye- Isaac Walton , * " prefer contemplation before action ; and many of the fathers seem to approve this opinion , as may appear in their commentaries upon the words of our Saviour to Martha , Luke x . 41 , 42 . "
John xviii . 36 : " My kingdom is not of this world . " It were fanatical to infer hence that Christianity has no effect on civil society , or that it commands men to retire from the duties and enjoyments of the present life : This would be not only an absurd but
a dangerous comment on the passage . The legitimate conclusion from it seems to be , that the kingdom of Christ is altogether different from an earthly kingdom ; that the dispensation of the gospel neither requires nor admits the
interference of the magistrate in its concerns ; that it cannot , will not , be protected by his sceptre or his sword . Consult the genius of this religion : think upon the just ends of government ; weigh the nature , the design , of the office of civil rulers . You sav .
and you say correctly , that taking the law of Jesus for our standard of right and wrong , and cherishing his spirit , we are not to regard any attack on his claims as an offence punishable by the judge : there is nothing vindictive in his doctrine ; the weapons of its
warfare are not carnal . But surely it is as much opposed to what coriupts and debases its votaries , to whatever saps their principles , and renders them the vassals of the world , as it is to acts of revenge , and the exercise of intolerance , on the part of its pretended
friends ! And should you allege that expediency and a view to the best interests of the people demand from the state the protection and patronage of Christianity , do not the veiy same considerations demand that it be
protected as well by the judicial restraint of its enemies as by an appropriation of some of the public funds to its ministers and teachers ? How ** a n you draw a Jine of distinction ? There is * Complete Augler , ( 1808 >) 104 .
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150 Notes on afeiv Passages in the New Testament .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1821, page 150, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2498/page/22/
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