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which he commends , and pronounces highly valuable . For the fear or reverence of the Supreme Being takes for
granted a previous knowledge of him : and he who works righteousness , can scarcely be conceived ignorant of a rule of duty . If a virtuous and beneficent course of life be every thing even in
cases where an acquaintance with the gospel may be obtained , and yet is rejected , or , so far as human agency is concerned , withholden , then the gospel becomes of none effect . On this construction , there can be no
rational , no justifiable , zeal for communicating its blessings to the nations which have not been visited by its rays . And will any consistent disciple of Christ make it a question , whether the situation , the character , the prospects of Cornelius would receive unspeakable improvement from our Saviour ' s
doetrine ? Acts xi . 26 . the disciples were called Christians first in Antioeh . Yet we read , in ix . 14 , " he hath authority to bind all that call on thy name " fare called by thy name *] . The truth
is , in the phraseology of the New Testament , to name the name of Christ , to be baptized into his name , implies no form of words , ( nor of the existence of such a form have we any proof , ) but simply the fact of being classed among his followers . It is a Hebraism : see Exod . iii . 18 . with Wellbeloved ' s
note . To many powerful arguments which shew that the earliest professors of our religion did not denominate themselves Christians , may be added the authority of Luke ' s example in the 29 th verse of this chapter : he there continues to style them the disciples . Acts xiii . 6 , 7- « Jew whose
name was JZarjesus , who was with the deputy [ proconsul ] of the country > Sergius Panlus . It appears to have been nothing unusual with the governors of the Roman provinces to rank
among their attendants men of reputation for science and learning , -f- Of this character was Barjesus . The probability is , that , against the convictions of his own mind , he represented the Miracles of Paul as merely the effects of an acquaintance with the hidden
* Newcome ' s note in loc . f Tacit . Hist . I . 22 , II . 78
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powers of nature , and thus sought to turn away the deputy from the faith . To the apostle belonged the gift of discerning spirits . There is not the faintest plausibility in arguing from a case so extraordinary for the civil punishment of any even the rudest assailants of Christianity .
The custom to which I have just referred , is admirably touched upon by Bishop Hurd , in one of the finest sermons * in our language . Expostulating with Felix , this preacher asks , < € Wilt thou find such a monitor , as
Paul , in thy dependants > Will thy tax-gatherers preach righteousness to thee , and thy centurions , temperance ? Or , thy philosophers ( if , perhaps , thou hast of these about thee , to grace thy provincial pomp ) will they reason with thee on a judgment to come ? yy
Heb . i . 4 , 5 , 9 . Being made so much better than the angels , &c .: iC c' est de son exaltation que 1 ' apotre parle ^ -zm Dieu oi nt et consacrS n' autre chose qu' un roy , " &c . I make this extract from p . 295 of Le Platonisme Divoitt . Par M . Souverain .
Cologne , 1700 . Concerning the author of so valuable a work I should be happy to receive some information . Dr . Priestley occasionally refers to it in his History of Corruptions , &c .
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Reformed Edition of Bunyan ' t " Pilgrim ' s Progress : * 293
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Dover , Sir , March 10 , 1821 . HAVING read with considerable attention the observations of that excellent man , the late Rev . Mr . Howe ,
of Bridport , on the subject of Bunyan ' s Pilgrim ' s Progress , through the channel of your useful Miscellany , and much approving of his remarks thereon , particularly in reference to the republication of that work in an amended shape , I beg leave to make a few additional observations on the subject .
Having passed the greater part of my life in the country , I have had much opportunity of ascertaining that the work above referred to is read with avidity by a great number of persons of different ages and conditions ; that it is not only made a family book with * At Lincoln's Inn : Vol . III . No . xvi . j or Bransby ' s Select . Sec . II . 144-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/37/
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