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appears , however , not destitute of some laudable qualities . As soon as he began to suffer , he displays some concern to prevent the sufferings of his relations : and Abraham , in addressing him as a . wn , seems to pity his present condition .
The rich man appears to have had , when among * the living , no apprehension of his present doom : and his brethren seemed as little to expect a similar fate . The belief of a future state was general among the Jews . But Herod was in all probability a Sadducee , who , like the Epicureans ,
derided the notitjfr of a future punishment as fabulous . Hence the propriety of our Lord ' s inculcating it in this place , and his introducing this wicked man as an actor , in illustrating tjie truth of it . The rich man makes no mention of his wife and children , whom it was still more natural to
warn against coming to that place of torment than his brethren . But Herod the Tetrarch appears to have had no children ; and the woman who lived with him the latter part of his life , was the legitimate wife of his
brother Philip . It would have been out of character , though he loved her beyond all others , to solicit the intercession of Abraham , in behalf of a woman of this description . So
exactly do even the parables of Jesus correspond to truth and nature , wherever correspondence was prac- > ticable . He says that he had Jive brethren , whom he wished to apprize of their future doom . This is not
accidental . These brethren must have been his relations , and it is remarkable , that the Herodian princes , who governed from Herod the Great , until Herod Agrippa , who was the last of that race , and who governed when Jerusalem was taken , were Jive in number . The destruction of that
city was not only known but always present to Jesus , in all its circumstances : and he could not but be sensible , that the power of that family would then terminate . It deserves our notice , moreover , that our Saviour represents not only
the prophets , but also Moses , as preaching a future state and a retributive justice , with an evidence not to be resisted by any who admitted th < 4 i diviuc mission ; " Abraham saith unto him , They have Moses and the
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. 1 prophets : let them heaT them . If they hear not Moses and the prophets , though one rise from the dead , they will not be persuaded . " Here the words are so chosen and arranged , that while Abraham appears to refuse
the request , he insinuates that it should be complied with , and yet such would be the obstinacy of his brethren , as to continue in immorality and scepticism . The request was
more immediately fulfilled in the resurrection of Lazarus , who , as being in his mind when relating the parable , probably furnished by association the nafne which he here gave to the poor man at the gate of Dives .
It was more completely fulfilled in his own resurrection ; and yet none of the Herodian family , though co n ^ vinced of the fact , became converts to his gospel . One of them indeed said on a memorable occasion , " Almost thou persuadest me to become a Chris *
tian . " The generous wish of the apostle was never realized , * I would to God , that not only thou , but also all that hear me this day , were both almost and altogether such as I am , except these bonds . ' * Acts xxvi . 28 , 29 . J . JONES .
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Lines addressed to the Pope by Luther * 333
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Clapton , Sir , March 16 , 1824 . F the following lines , the Latira Oare quoted by Beausobre , in his History of the Reformation , as " addressed to the Pope" by Luther , " the conclusion of his treatise" De
Captivitate Babylonicti - They are described by Dr . Macaulay , the translator of the History in 1801 , as " the beginning of an hymn written by Sedulius , which is sung in the Roman
Church at the Epiphany . " Dr . M . has added , in a note , ( I . 348 , ) the French and English versions , which are both , I apprehend , of his composition .
J . T . R . " Hostis Herodes impie , Christum venire , quid times ? Non arripit mortalia Qui regna dat ccelestia . " < c Herode impie et sanguinaire , Pourquoicrains-tu le Christ qui veut naitrc en ces Jieux ?
Celui qui domic a tons le royaume des cieux , N eaivahit point ceux de la tcrre .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1824, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2525/page/13/
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