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fested in his person . A $ he himself performed no nnrfcele& , but simply predicted those which wotiM be performed by Jesus , m the proof of his
cormnissioik depended on the miraculous powers or gifts of the " Holy Spirit "• displayed , by him . It was < the observation of the Jews that € John wrought no miracles * hut all things that he said of this man are true , " Since ,
then , the very evideaee of his divine mission depended on the miracles of Jesus during his public ministry , with what truth or consistency could he he represented as under such miraculous influences from his hirth and
upward ? W ith what sort of consistency could he be described as " leaping in the womb , " as if * ' with joy" &t the approaching hirth of Christ , who * at thirty years of age , ccmld only announce in indefinite terms his
subsequent appearance ? Or what correspondence is there between the fond anticipations of Za ^ harias , who is alao described as filled with the * ' Holy Spirit / ' ( Luke i . 68 ~ - * 79 , > and the awful warnings of John ( Si . 7 ~ 9 } r Were nst the latter justified in the obstinacy and fate of the Jew& and the former
proved to-be at best but a pleasing illusion ? Could such opposite antici pations or predictions have been recorded by the pen of the same faithful and accurate historian , as proceeding from persons animated by tine same spirit of piety and prescience ? What analogy , again , is there between tke
maternal Mary bespeak in g the hks * sings of all future generations- for having given birth to the-Saviour , and Jesua himself checking a much more moderate expression of tl * e blessing due to her , by representing that the c ircumstance of giving- him birth was of
far inferior considarabkm , and less entitled to blessedness , than that of unde rstanding and yielding- obedience to . his doctrine ? Tfeia ? ^ imleed , is in the true spirit of oux gneat Master ; while the otlitE savour * as strongly of Jewish pride and vanity , appertaining to mere natural relationships . T \ P .
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I give entire credit to Mi ? ^ Noah Jones for the purity of hi ^ raotiv e ^ in bringing this subject under diseirss * o » % at the same time I think him mistak ^ u ° in the premise * with which he self out , and cannot agree with biro in t&& conclusion at which lie arrives .
His premises are , "If there be two thing * in nature utterly incompatible with each otlver , they are ths genuine spirit of Christianity and th ® spirit of Infidelity . Between the man who receives the word of revelatioft
and him who rejects it , there can ex * ist no religious sympathy . Our ble $ ~ sed Master and his apostles drew th& line of separation between th e two m the strongest manner . " His conclusion is , that we ou # ht to say to every Unbeliever , " Yon are unwelcome ia
our councils , your presence disturbs * our feelings , and vour interference i $ injurious to our interests ; we have therefore to request that as you are not of us , you will go out from us- *' Now , Sir , with regard to the premisea I am prepared to say , that in the tirna
of our Stv-iour aud his apostles there did not exist such a body of men as the present class of Unb ^ l ievej ^ s ^ I mean inquiring , conscientious Uwhe ^ ) ievers , aad therefore they Itav ^<^ uat < c drawn the line of * s ^ pamti « nl im * tween the two in the strung ^ ai i » att ^ ner- . ' >• -.. V \ v . ; .
Bearing in miad the disposition aa ^ spirit of our Lord , let us sUppos © a » sincere and conscientious m&u to have come to him , and to have said in tho < , language of W . Ji in lii ^ letter ^ f *» i honour thee as a moralist and a
weformer beyond , any other irame--whieijB history hits transmitted t » us , t agree with ttee la the evidence displayed by thia mag / jiiie ^ iic cr eation , o £ an all-wise , all-povverfut Creator au 4 beneficent Providence I ain peiv suaded that this inteUigeivt , t ) onevolant Beiug designed the present world as a state of education for
higher scenes of action aad enjoyment iiv futurity . But I cannot believe ia the supernatural parts of thy history , aud in the miracles which have bom ascribed to thee . May I , therefo re ^
with a vi « w to iny morul and veligioua ittiprovement , lifeteu to thine iustruc-Ut > u& , and ia th « aiune trembly with tbea worikhip ^ the x : au > aioii faUie i * af the wkixla humua-m ^ i ^ " Wuvv ^ l olu Saviour have replied ^ # Hh ^»© ^ iwi
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On Unbelievers joining Unitarian Congregation * . 541
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IJuevpoal , * m *> Juti& 6 , LS 36 ; l ^^ I ^ l * you p eataiit juiet her corre ^ ? ? fepundent ti * awafcc one « r Iwo ^ » a rkft upotv the sulg ^ et 4 f ' >** l&ib ^ xe *** % m I hu tar law ccnffTft ^ tian ^ ' } Vll
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1826, page 341, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2549/page/25/
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