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that I have seen . I shall not unne- cessarily occupy your pages by dis- cussing the comparative merits of the different explanations of the Geneulo- gies , but refer your readers to pp . 123 to 139 of the Vindication ) and to Mr . Gorton ' s Work ; or the superficial manner in which the latter has con-
dicqtion * An Old Subscriber could scarcely be serious when he supposes that the Reviewer of the Vindication did not allude to Mr . Gorton ' s Work , from an idea that it is incontrovertible , and consequently . * ' from a desire not to give publicity to a publication that at once overturns this portion of the fabric of orthodoxy , " as he
sarcastiducted his arguments , and the unsatisfactory nature of his conclusions might easily bepointed out . Mr . Wright ' s Essay on the Miraculous Conception , and a work by Ramin phun Roy , are also referred to by your correspondent . An answer to every thing that is argumentative in Mr . Wright ' s Essay , will be found in the Vindication . With respect to Rammohum Roy it will suffice to observe , that I should place more confidence in the Evangelist Matthew ' s application of the prophecy of Isaiah , ch . vii * 14 , as given in the first chapter of his Gospel , than in that of Rammolmn Roy . If it be objected that I should first prove that Matthew was the author of the passage to which I refer , I answer , that this has been already done by the author of the
Vincally terms it ; he , however , leaves the reader to discover what " portion of the fabric" it is to which he alludes : if he mean the first two chapters of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke , I can assure him that the Editor of the British Critic is under no more apprehension of those portions of the sacred text of the New Testament being overturned by any efforts of Mr . Gorton , than of the remainder of the Sacred Volume , through the imbecile
attacks of the Deist . This must have been discovered by your correspondent , had he looked beyond that part of the Review which he has cited ; for the Reviewer , with Mr , Gortoa ' s Work
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1 i i ( " ' j t i before I him , if your correspondents statement be correct , ) says of the Vindication—Every objection to the first two chapters of the Gospels of St . Matthew and St . Luke is solidly refuted , and the evidence in favour of their genuineness and authenticity is stated with the utmost clearness and
force . The work is written in a spirit of candour and fairness—and we regard it as an ample and most convincing vindication of the disputed chapters , " and the Reviewer further
expresses his opinion , that it is impossible to refute it ! Whether the work itself merits this character , can only be determined by a perusal of it , which is therefore recommended to
your readers , that they may judge for themselves , and not be improperly influenced by the opinions of others , whether friends or enemies of the cause espoused by the author of the Vindication . Z . N .
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London , Sir , April 23 , 1824 . WILL thank you , or any corre-I spondent of yours , to inform me , through the medium of the
Repository , whether Mr . Gorton's work , relative to the Genealogy of Jesus , has been noticed in any of the Reviews opposed to the Unitarian doctrine ; and if it lias , I shall be glad to be informed of the title of the Review , and the period of its publication .
Not recollecting to have met with any remarks in support of Mr . Gorton ' s statement—that it was formerly customary among the Jews to denominate , on the female side , the grandson the son ; and , by the same rule , to term the grandfather the
father—I shall be thankful to any of your learned correspondents , who may be pleased to state their information on this very interesting subject . For , if such a custom formerly existed , the Genealogies , as expressed in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke , perfectly accord in shewing , that Joseph was the real and legitimate father of Jesus . AN OLD SUBSCRIBER .
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2 g 8 Query on Jewish Genealogies .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1824, page 228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2523/page/36/
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