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Review ^ NotPavk iwf Jesus . 617
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tmdiets his Maateif a . Such a discordancy would be ^ . passing strange , " inasmuch as he professes tp . bave , recei pt his kno \ yJe % the gospel immediately by revelation from Jesus Christ . In truth , the allegation has
been hazarded by mqn , who , we venture to assert , have either not read Paul-s Epistles or ijtot studied ttieuji on any just principles of interpretation . Those letters , when attentively examined , will be found to contain
nothing which opposes what our Saviour and the companions pf : his ministry delivered . The issue of the whole inquiry may fairly be put on many parts of the apostle ' s vyritings , andr especially on the following chapters : Rom . xiy ,,
xv . ; 1 Cor . xiii ., xv .: he who , diligently peruses them , in the silence of his closet , will , it is probable , rise from the employment with aiv enlightened , a strong and delightful conviction of the authenticity of the works in which they sppc&r . Surely , no impostor , no enthusiast , could be so
ingenuous , so wise and sober , or cherfah such views of tnen and things , of mortality and immortality , of human duty ami human expectations . What remains , therefore * except to acknowledge that Paul h ^ s mad e good his claims to be an apostle not of men , neither by men , but by Jesus Christ >
These are the observations which presented themselves to us , on reading the volume , the title of which we have transcribed . We deem ijt unnecessary to follow the author through his several chapters and sections . AH that we shall further do , is to bring
forward a few passages illustrative of his qualifications for his undertaking . In the Table , marked No . I ., which faces the titfe-page , he contrasts with each other the following clauses , Acts * - ¦ I—? 9 > xxii . 3— -1 ly , and prints in italic characters the words synagogues and bretfirm ; as though theiy were in l
lnutu ^ contradiction . The expression is indeed varied , yet the jfteaumg is the sam ^ - the &ynugog % i $ s or : rulers , and members of the synagogues , pwi the brethren being equally descriptive of Saul ^ s . countrytp < eijL , llie Jews- —and the term brethren throughout this hisfory being restricted or extended iti * ts si ffQification by the context , and ¦¦
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^ noting sometimes Jews , and sometimes Christians . * We read in page xiii . this sentence : / ' Of the notes to Scholey's [ Bible ] ,
the author or compiler was , as every page testifies , a Church of Englandist : Blair , it is presuaied , a Church of Scotlandist . " Whyls this presumed ? iV little inquiry \ yquld have enabled tlie write * to ascertain , ; t ^ hat Dr . Johii Blair , the author of the Chronological Tables , was indeed a native of North
Britain ^ yet , in -r ^ sp ^ cj of religious profession and ecclesiastiqal station , 3 member ^ nd a dignitary of the Church of England . 4 The mistake is of $ o in on lent in itselg , and ia any ordinarv ca ^ e would be so trifliner and ordinary ca ^ e wpuld : be so , trifling and
venial as not to , require animadversion . We notice it , because , tpge ^ lier wi th numerous other passages , it illustrates an extreme waiit of care ifl Gamaliel Smith , even with regard to circumstances that come under the
immediate observation of almost every man of literature and readipg ; and because it shews his incompetency , so fer ^ to discuss with correctness the question of Paul ' s apostieship . In p . xv , he says of Paul's Epistles , that their genuineness , " unless in cine
not very material instance , seems to m ® £ hitherto clear of disputed A WOSt remarkable admission by §) ich a writer ! How hie can reconcile it , and a similskr concession , in p . 4 , in fayour of Li ^ ke ,: vvith the strain and purpose of his own \ vprk , yv $ are unaable to imagine .
He observes , in p . 33 , that < e For administering the eereujqny of baptism , a single apostle , Philip , was sufficient . " Now the Philip of whom he is speaking was a deacon and evangelist , $ and not the apostle of that nannfe . t The nature of the case makes
the distinction clear and essential ; Philip , who preached to the Samaritans , not haiving the po \ yer . of conferring the gifts of the Holy Spirit , But Mr . Gamaliel Smith , who classes
Luke anaong the eleven , ^ might with ease conamit the more pardonable error of confounding Philip the evangelist with Philip the apostle . A capital mistake ^ which pervades
* Actsxxviii . 14 , 15 , 21 , are examples fully to the purpose ! f Acts y u ' 5 . iMatt . x . 3 . § P . 342 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 617, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/41/
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