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REVIEW. fl Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to.blame."—Pope.
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Review. Fl Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To.Blame."—Pope.
REVIEW . fl Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to . blame . "—Pope .
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Art . I . —J Reply id Tuft Deiitwal Worte , Sfc . % c . By Ben ? 0 aVid .
( Continued from p . 480 . ) IN Chap . VI ., Di * . Jones ? £ tf 6 tfipts % 6 Jrtrbtfe that Christianity ib ike religion of Moses and < her Prophets defined and perfected by Jesufc Christ , and that Philo atnd Josephus are historians and apologists of the Gospel under the name of Judaism .
To meet the objection to this latter hypothesis , that these two tfrritera ' make no mention of Christianity , and pass over in silence the miracles , and even the name of Jesus , * Dtf . Jones not
only contends that this was the most politic , and indeed the natural course for them to purtm ' e , but also justifies then * b ^ the £ tfani pie of Chris *; himself :
Lord seems to have discouraged his apostles from mentioning his name itt circumstances which would render it prejudicial to- his cause . The- charge which he gave to his disciples , that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the
Christ , Matu xvi * 20 , is thus recorded by Mark : * And he charged them that they should speak to none about him / viii . 30 . According to this statement , our Lord ' s meaning may be thus interpreted : * In as much as many will hate me , thbttgh without a cause * , do not speak about me
to such people . Cherish , indeed , a firm faith in my Gospel , and imitate my example ; but do not make my name and character the subject of conversation and dispute on occasions where no good can be answered , but rather where preju * dices will be riveted , and animosities kindled /
" It is a remarkable fact , that our Lord has at least by his example discouraged his followers to mention his own name in our addresses to the Almighty ; and if the beautiful and
comprehensive model of prayer which he has prescribed , had been found iu the wdrks of Josephus , it would have been considered by modern divines as a prodf that the author was ndt a * believer in Christ . The name of Jesus is omitted also in thai
parable of the * Prodigal Son ; arid if iC had beoii found ? i « Philo , and not itl Luke , it would have ! been considered as au infallible proof thafc Philo wafe ridt a Christian . For it delineates the coflVfcirsiou of t ^ e Gentiles '; and though tbfifit
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conversion was effected * by Christ , asihe immediate instrument in the hands of God , yet his name is not mentioned therein . The leading btijeCt of that b ^ aiitlfttl parable , is to set forth the placability of God , and his readiness to accept
every returning sinner on the simple terms of repentance and reformation : and we shall see the propriety of its being related by Luke , when we consider that Luke published his Gospel in Egypt : for there pri ncipally the univqrsiJ . Father was blasphemed tf $ ''' a rbtt ^ i ^; ' ^^ . . 9 rcid ;; there ihe u ^ eit rej > resfentefl l > y th ^ prodigal sidn we ^ e raost debased by vice and superstition ; and theft , as we lea ^ n from PKilov
iftultitudes of them were returning to God . Ffom this , B ^ preover , we see theTreason why the Gentiles are called the younge son . In Gen . xxv . 23 , Rebecca is said to have in her womb two sons , the one , namely , the elder > . representing the Israelites , the other , or the younger , the Egyptians . See Rom . ik . 10 . "—P . 71 , fiote ' .
We are not disposed to raise a cry of presumption , and the like , against our author for his singularities ; but really our cattdour is a little tried when we find the foUowm ^ prefade ( part of which we Hi list ptlt hi italics ) to the argument on behalf of the hypothesis that Philo and Josephus were Christians :
ci In speaking of these two writers , / am not forming" an hypothetical or $ « nprobable case . Philo and Josephus , contemporaries with Christ and his apostles , and men , as it is well known , of the first ? rank , integrity and talents , have , by < their immortal writings , in fact realized the
above hypothesis . This is not a matter of supposition : it is not a question of mere curiosity supported only" by probable evidence . Their works are extant ; and if we attend to them , arid not ^ o the authority of leUhied meii , we shall jiHd t % at they are historians drift apdidgteta of tfid Gospel , with the some certainty as that the sun is in the firtftcitn # ni at riooh-day . *
—P . 72 . The arguments folr Philo being a Christian are , that both hfe ahd Josepftua stHp religion of riled and cere * lAonie ^ atnd iMke it ccfo ^ t ift pi et ^ r a ^ ld vitfcbe , Wliich rib JTeWb ^ fotethe tittfe of * Christ tfibutfhit of , W& M which tfce apostfefe vp'e'bitfiigltf mtti
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1824, page 555, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2528/page/43/
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