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¦* 9 be JKstGftom and Ap&fogiste of Christianity . ? 33
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Thiio &bd Josephus will , nnde * Divhre Providence * prove leadmg inatxtitoents ii > restoriftg * Christianity to its original purity , and -f&tffr rteommerid ] ^ ft to the tfetfeptkfh df all mankind , iit * d ^ specialty t $ thfe Jfevfca dispersed dvar the tvorKk
Josephus , iri Ms tLohU work agAinat Apion , is a historian and apologist of the # t * spefc The pt&otef tMs Is 6 rie £ butcoriclusim 1 . If ^ look iifittf tfce Net * Testa ** - ment we shall find that Christ did not
profess to teach a rifew religion , but to improve and foltif the religion of Moses aad the p ^ ophet ^ Me dW tMs by separating the spirit of it from tlie rites and ceremonies of the law , and making it cot&Jst ; in piety , benevolence , and the moral duties of KBfe .
His adversaries , tin the contrary , placed it In external ordinances , W thw rie * gleet of all virtue , divine and humaiK The Jewish religion , thtis tfrugftt by Jesus Christ , Way be * etfWed spitiffiui Judaism , while We m&y ^ 0 te W tb £ t of the Scribes an # I ^ iiisee )? tte tiaifett
of ritual Judaisiftr-jMftH ? did any * Jfe ^ ever admit tli £ s dfetin ^ ton , hbttfefvtfr wse and" virWiw ^ e ^ ctebt ifee tolim ^ ers of Jesusi wfio * o ^ fer ^ l th ^ ir iteEgibrt to the nations on the simple terrn ^ of repentance and refofiriation , wiWiout
the painful necessity 6 f subnrtftting to the hed ? vy yokb of ^ he iWvitic r ^ cotfei . Paley , in his Evidences , has made tltis Assertion ; and the tViitti ^ of iff ft most apparent from the feook of tlkieAcftsl Now JosepluiB , fii tlie" s ^ dOHtf * book against Apron , deserifees J ^ idcifttti prehf
cisely as it has be < en d ^ finied' out Saviour ^ holding It fdrtB as coi ^ i ^ tinp jtltogether in true piety and ihorimiJjr ^ and passing ovw tfte ordinances of Moses , as' forming no part of it . By this single aetfhe uneqnivocedty claa ^ cl himaelf with thedisd ^ les o ^ JfesUs t Whiston obsefrtred- tHfe , atid ^ he was Jed by if to cottsWer' Jo ^ ephus a » l otite of the Ebionittes . '
2 } The Judafett ? of die 3 > fetr Testament contfiffti ^ ci j welli-groumied a ^ - ^ umneeof ^^ fui ^ t ^ Wk CMst p ^ ofes » ctf that he vvtts eettthoriietf by * Gb # t » pirdcMha thfe ariim&tSttjQf dbt-tHii ^ i
To prm * tlite M rffti wl « it m > nfc Imt the AltoigHty c ^ uW- dto ^ Td ev&ttep the sinceifty of His ow ^^ cotftietiott iSfe ^ uttmitt « d % < y a ^ gttftlfcr ^ iW ^ ifeWttltefeil ^ < feattt , atld ^ he rOisef dgAto a ^ at pWbf
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airid a pledge of the res ^ rreetio : all riiaSikind ^ No # , Josephus , iri f 30 df t&& satiie book , exbrdsrfy ass ^ rfe ti ^ t fli ^ Judaism whiw hie describes and defends , does contain a firm a ^ sutitoichi Ktxu § cx ^ ' flrt ^ ij ^ ai mighty Jirbdf , ^ po \ v ^ i ^ I evi ^ &ttcte that God himseff has given to mankind of a future state .
3 i TTie sfanetiote of Judaism are kti ^ Vh td be teniitoW , its ^ rewards afttf punishments bcSAg altogether lirtiited * & the pteseiit sft | te : and if We take * Be Mn ^ agfe of JSf oses and the p * o ^ jAeCs- iri a Iitei *^ sense , not a single inthnaiion of another Ufe can be fotoid
m their writihg ^; Sadduoees rejected the notion ^ of a future state ; because it ? was riot predicted by Moses ; nor Were the Pharisees able to produce a single passage predictive of that event ; and the appeal which was
made to Jesus himself , with his mode of attsweriiij ^ it , is decisive on the question . However ^ the Jewish Scrip ^ - toresi ilte ^ ated by bis instruction aiid death , appealed in a nevr light : Ihe veil 0 f metaphor which- covered
them vitefy witfhdr ^ wn : and ^ Mbses aiid fhe prophetsi stafcd forth , tlie pr ^ Jatcher ^ of immortality to ilian . T will iltesitWfe tfeis by anr example 6 r two . The l ^ st ^ ele ^ eF the Messiah to life , r t ^ - vealetl the irftir <^ t of tkeP ^ attofef , where
« e ^ ys , My body shall rest in hop ^ , ill the hope of being again awakened tfr # new life ; bedause thou wilt not leiave My life in the gmve ; him who i& rtjy life , liim through whom I and a « d all irtarifkind are to look for anew
hfe—nor suffer thy holy one to see eerlhttpttoii : " Before the death of the Messiah ; which was not expected , this
passage could be understood to hare no reference beyond the Psalmist himself ; ISwr when the resiirreetioh of ? fesus took place , its application to him became obvious and decisive .
Again , Mt > ses holds forth maiVon b ^ - ipig cheated virt ^ atly afc > an imtnOMid % i |« Sgf , bec&U ^ e * iiiaa ^ iu ^ e ififiagy of hm w * o is hiMself itamWtM * ' fflWfki& pkreni : of ftfiiWdrttifttjri iPb » t ^* B ^ ht 6 * the fell ; but * \ ifhe « lt itt ^ ti ftll , Sife demto ^ is itomefltft ^^ rieV ^ edfV afafd B 0 i * ptoinrouticed t ( f * ife ; db ^ t ^ ? drfd 4 td ihe duatf he tnufet ^ ret ^ rf : T ? Hi 4 ^ rb « rt
tftf tHds ^ Utn ^ titetffti i ^ pro ^ Mttr ^ itt b ^ M and ^ iifA ^ onhl ! Tfife retn ^ ihfed H lttyete ^ fbt agfc s , tffll tflte r ^ liri ^ ettdlf
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1824, page 723, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2531/page/19/
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