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Sir , IN four iitfckhbefr for Jafiu&ity feist , ( ££ . 29 ,, 3 b , ) h fcorteajpttodett ^ tfn * de * the slgMttitt * Of j / rt 0 / tf # « &-stfrtber , ob&fetfvieS , that ** tti 6 lEtiftotij
bf the British Cfririt % iit ttieitf ReVteW for Octbbe * la&t , confess th&t th 6 Ge * nealogies of Christ # iven by MatthfcW and Luke , is & subject fchiihimbered with many difficulties , " and that they " observe , it is best reconciled by supposing that Matthew traces Christ's
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legal descent from David through Joseph , and that Luke traces Cht-Bil ^ irekl descent fypm David through hfe maternal litke . ** And your fcotrespofident recommends to the Editors the perusSil of Mr . Gortofrfe Sdfaitidh 6 f the Grand Scriptural ftti&le * the Geitealftgy of JesUS * fot , mfp he , if it €€ bfc correct , there is at once an end
^ of fcveiy difficulty ; t « i the subJBtrt . ^* What these difficulties ktei and tvMt ia the subject of them , y 6 ur correspondent has left hia readers to guess ; but by a reference ttt Mr . " Gditcwafe Work , it will be seen fb&t its otjject is to ekpungie frdtn th ^ Ne \ V Testament tlie narratives contained ia ffoe
introductory chapterd of the Gbsj ^ fe of Miatthev / aiid yike , wM 6 h defe ^ liBfe the conception Of thie Vi ^ h M 4 ry t ^> be tairafculous , aiid , M a consequence , he rejects the doctrine of tlte Divinity of Christ . St > ifiipbrtant add defisivfe
does your correspondent considei * Mi * . Norton ' s Wbrk , tK ^ t he expressies hfe surprise that ho hotter is tftken df it by the Editors of th ^ British Critic in their Review *> f " the seveMh articte iii hh& number for October last /* afc their particular attention was called to it iil Juto .
Th ^ j simple feet i $ , tMt the Beviewet hafe a < k > pted that e ^ p knation of the Ofenfealbiries vrtoeh is given by the authdr of the Work which he wfia then revfeWing , ehtitted , ^ Fthdimwft iff the Amhentfoity of Hh 6 Nartaii ^ s cohtainetil m the firM two CftdptersJdjf
the Gospels of St ± bftitthtw am St . huhe ^ being tin InvettigatVbh bf ObjtctUn * urged tiy the UnitdHan Edu mrjs of the Impf * obSd Fersidh 6 JT the Neia ^ Tbithmetot , with ( in jlpperi&iit , kofttiUriirtg' Strictures tin the Pafrict ' - tUnh bbttbeM the First and Fo&rth
EMffiMs of that Work . As the limits of the Reviewer did not allcKv of tile Introduction of the argttihehtsby whiieh hU own solution of the difficulty wAs Sltpported , it tofes riot to be expected that he wdiild t ^ a ^ el out of his watV to
hdticfe the abjectidhs df to Obponent ^ ^ hose work was not re ^ uj&w y bfef ^ e Mm . Whethfei- Christ vfak Mm ~ ldtialy c 6 hfeeiy 6 d or tiot , ihb expkuatibh of tlt ^ ^ renealogifcal Tilblte , ai g ^ iven by the author of the Vindication ^ appears to me the most rational , and the best supported by eyjdencc of any
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Authenticity of tfcei TmjlftitJiMtrtfters &f Matthew and Luhe . 2 S $
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^ ufesbri ^ . €€ We jils % c ^^ fe ^ fll ^ ^ as wfers « f th ^ Ifeatli ^ n ^ iba ^ S ^ iip he , as tiddt ^ s , Aark und 1 ^^*^ va ^ ue ad ^ iiae terttiihute , ^ cd ^ &blfe M Wmgt ^ m ^ many ways , witfe ^ A ^ fe ^ rtaiiily knbwi&g which sens ^ # as '
iiitefrifcd , 6 t in What \* £ f tbty are to \ yz understood . But divine ptoptedfes should be iiitellig ^ ble > and hatfe one determinate meaning ; that it may be known when and ho \ V they are accomplished .-- * We ^ dmii ^ e it as 'fin excellence iti Homer , ^ tnd othtef
celebrated writers © f antiquity , that tlieir meaMtig is exp ^ e ^ s ^ d clearly ; &hd itiay not \\ t exp ^ cit , when God speaks to men , that his meaning- should be expressed in as clear and determinate a toantte ¥ 1 —I ^ ri dite woftl , if tihe Scrtfr . tu ^ s Htb hot to be ihterpmted , like the best ancient authors , in their one ,
tii \ e ahd geriinne ineaiiibff , the torntaon people wiii be led to dpilbt , whether or no the Scripture ^ have any certaia meaning at ail . They will be for ever at a loss what to believe , and
what Id ptfabtise , upon what to ground thefr tbmfort here , and their h 6 pe of sjilvatian hereafter . * This « Ubjeblris one &tabn £ ihtttiy to which Uiiitariahs have hbt yet devbted « o iniicli attention as its importance definatttls . Nothing would glvfe tne move sincere pleasure thaii to see it fairijr atid ckttdidly discussed til the jpage ^ bf the Monthly Ke |> osit 6 ry . It was ftix this vetfjf gftSUnd tli ^ t G ^ lUns made his grand attack upbii Chriitlifeinity ; and I liunent to say thatamong
, the nutherous wtftets who ^ ¥ ofessea lo attsWet his arguments , 1 havej Mth ^ rt b inet With ttda ^ , Whd fc&fc etitetied ftilly into thfe iherits bf this imp ^ tAht ^ ntrdVeftV . R . WALLACE .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1824, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2523/page/35/
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