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adversary of Soulsr ? Yea , verily , He lias . Bat in what capacity has he done this ? And can we do It too } " Fpr if he has done it in some very different capacity from ours , either by having less temptation to encounter , or weapons of warfare to maintain the combat with which we have not , what
assurance can his conquest give us that we may conquer too ? But , verily , he has made this conquest in our capacity—in every respect in our capacity except sin : and , therefore , as the arms in which he conquered are ours , and as we certainly may , if we will but avail ourselves of the force and
omnipotency thereof , conquer all the arts and powers of hell , even though we have been in degree weakened and disheartened by sin . What Christ said to his followers is strictly true : 6 works that I do shall ye do also ; and greater works than these shall ye do , ' One greater thing , at
least , we all may do if we will ; we may all conquer Satan , and know his head entirely bruised ; know him bound and cast out > and all his goods destroyed , even after we have been enslaved by him , and by means of which slavery we may have the force and power of vicious habits in ourselves to
conquer . " This is a victory indeed—and such an one as the blessed Jesus never could experience in his individual conquest , in that prepared and sinless !> ody . For though I doubt not his rising superior , in that conquest , to
all the powers of hell , evil habits , and all other evil ; yet , as he had no evil habits in himself to conquer , so he left the door open for his brethren , his joint-heirs and companions in the holy warfare , to do that greater work , and conquer all the additional force of sinful habits in themselves . He had all
the varied and combined forces of temptation and assault to combat , that a sinless state could possibly be tried with ; and , thus being tempted , he knows how to succour those that are tempted , and is for ever a merciful and faithful High Priest and Intercessor . "— Pp . 28—31 .
If it will not trespass too much upon your pages , I would adduce one other passage from this work , which after so long an imprisonment has escaped from the Church censorship whteh sceuis . to have contemplated subject-
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ing it to correction and nmtJlktion . Whatever may be its defects , it has happily escaped both , which is more than can be said of the author ' s Journal , published soon after his decease . " Thanksgiving , and glory , and honour , and power , be ascribed to Israel ' s holy and omnipotent Guide , Governor and Preserver ! c There is no
enchantment against Jacob , nor divination against Israel / so loi \ g as Israel's abiding is in the true t ent and tower of safety , the name and strength of the Lord . Therefore , let the call or alarm be sounded throughout all the camps of Israel , ' 1 Y > thy tent , O Israel ! To thv tent , O Israel ! ' The
Lord ! the Lard strong and mighty ; the name , the life , the > power of the living God , the mighty God of Jacob , is thy alone tent and tower of safety . " O Israel , abide here , and thou art safe for ever ! Thy pl ^ ce of defence
is then in the ' munition of rocks ;' € bread shall be given ' thee , thy waters shall be sure . ' For though thou art still but 6 worm , Jacob / in thyself , and hast no independent might nor ability , yet the strength of
Omnipotence is infallibly engaged on thy side : and so long a ^ thou trustest in the Lord with all thy heart , not leaning to thy own understanding , but faithfrilly and valiantly maintaining the fight in the name of the Lord , he c will never leave thee nor forsake
thee " . In ' the fire and in the water he will still be with thee , that neither the floods nor the flames shall prevail against thee . He will hold thee , yea , hide thee , too , in the hollow of his holy hand ; and even as the very e apple of his eye' he will keep thee .
" Ihis thou id ayes t with undoubted confidence rely upon ; for it never has , nor ever will fail to those wluo rightly trust in the living God ; and depend on the all-sufficiency of that i aid and armour wherewith he invva rdly and powerfully equips , arms and ! defends all his children . So that dou m to this
day it remains a reviving" and t uml-consoiatin ^ truth , that ' none eve ! t trusted in the Lord , and were con fou ' jaded / " But now to return , " 8 -ays * Job
Scott , "to the subject of the absolute dependence of the Son upon the Fa- m ther . Some may think it very strange that I dare assert he is as dc pendent for wisdom , power , and refreshment
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v Umtdrmnism ^ af Job Scott , the Quaker . 141
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 141, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/13/
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