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obliged to deny it to Chronos . When he talks of the " son of a phantom , " and of casting out " the phantom and its son , " he ought to know that he is guilty of an unworthy misrepresentation of the doctrine of miraculous
conception . Adam was not the " son of a phantom , " because he was created by the immediate agency of divine power . It is by such arts as these that Christianity is assailed by some Unbelievers ; and Unitarianism , by some who think themselves the only Christians . Let the Unitarian leave them to his opponents : they disgrace any cause ; at least they disgrace those who use them .
Let the doctrine of miraculous conception , if false , be argued down ; but it ought not to be attacked with all the associated imaginations derived from the ribaldry of the scorner , or the
follies of its injudicious advocates . As to the Introduction of Luke , I see no reason to deny its genuineness . I cannot estimate its evidence as of
equal weight with those parts of the Gospel which respect the ministry of Christ : St . Luke could scarcely have had such indubitable means of knowledge with respect to the events recorded in the Introduction , as he
possessed for those which occurred thirty years after . But the diligent research , sound judgment , and faithful accuracy , which his invaluable writings shew to have been his constant characteristics , will not allow me to withhold my assent to facts which he has recorded .
and which he obviously believed with undoubting credit , till better cause is assigned than the " fabulous appearance" of some parts of the things
related- I am not without a perception of the difficulty attending some parts of the Introduction : but , taken generally , I think the history of great moment ; and among the great objects which the events recorded would
accomplish , were the strengthening the expectations which even then existed of the near approach of the Messiah ; the preparing IVlary to watch with peculiar assiduity over the spiritual growth of one who was -to be holy from his birth ; and the training of Jesus himself to that character of
mind , and in that culture of holy faith and obedience , which made him eminently fitted for the great work before
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hioa . The ehai ^ cter J ^ sms , as we know it must have been before hjg great work commenced from what we see of it afterwards , affords to my mind a powerful evidence to the general authenticity of the Introduction .
The njost weighty difficulties which have operated against its credibility , are those of a chronological nature * and they vanish when the Introduction to St . Matthew ' s Gospel is relinquish , ed . Both accounts , as far as I can judge , cannot be true ; but Luke ' s
Introduction ought not to be attacked through the most incredible parts of the Narrative prefixed to Matthew ' s Gospel . This Chronos has done ( p , 258 ) ; and in a manner which has none of the characters of " truth and soberness" to recommend it .
Even if I could spare time , I should be indisposed to examine all the statements in the Letter and Postscript of Chronos , which I deem utterly unfounded ; some of them appear to have been made to try the credulity of the reader ; and the investigation of the rest is less necessary , because the randomness of the manner in which
he argues and asserts is so striking , that few who are accustomed to think and reason on critical and theological subjects , can be so far misled as to take Chronos for authority . LANT CARPENTER .
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Sir , EXPECTED much pleasure from I the reply of Dr . Smith , and I was not disappointed . [ See Mon . Repos . XVI . 354 , and present Vol . p . 152 . ]
The candour , the truly Christian spirit , the ability and research which characterise that reply , render it a pleasing specimen of the manner in which theological controversies should be conducted . But my admirable opponent has left unnoticed the strong
parts of my letter . I therefore purpose in this paper to concentrate my views of the disputed passage in the Philippians , noticing as I proceed some of the positions advanced by the Doetor .
Our blessed Lord , in his last journey to Jerusalem , laid before his discip les , in the clearest terms , the suffering 3 that awaited him : ami farther to pre-
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350 Dr . John Jonez in answer ta Dr . J . P . Sm&
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1822, page 350, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2513/page/30/
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