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    not in the words ofPliny , whose assertion would in that case have been contradicted by the authentic and' better-in formed records of the Christians themselves , how can that sertse be extracted from the appellation , the Lord Jesus Christ ( we copy tM itiode of printing ) who is gone into heaven and is

    on the right hand of 'God ; angels' and authorities and powers being subject to him—when the same Epistle , i / 20 , thus describes the " chief Shepherd ' as " having been fore-ordained before the foundation of the world , but manifested in these last times for you who do believe in God that raised him up from the dead , and gave him glory , that your faith and hope might be in God" ? This Epistle of Peter is most appropriately used as an instrument

    of evidence by our author , but can afford no aid to the advocate of the deity of Christ ' s person—affirming as it does , that the Father is the God of our Lord Jesus Christ , that spiritual sacrifices are acceptable to God l > y Jesus Christ , and that " the God of all grace hath , through Christ Jesus , called us to this eternal glory , " This , as well as the same apostle ' s discourses on

    the day of Pentecost , is the language of pure Unitarianism , and can never be made to consist with the doctrine of the Athanasian' Creed . The third particular of agreement , between the letter of the Roman magistrate and that of the Christian apostle , is the description given of the morals of the believers ; and a fourth , the sufferings which they were called to endure . ...

    XII . In this chapter the same subject is continued , and the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians is added to the comparison . We wonder at the inelegance of our author's attempt at an improved version , ' * I sustain in my body the stigmas of the Lord Jesus . " > XIII . Continues the same subject , and considers the two Epistles to the Corinthians , remarking on the , bold appeal of the writer to the gift of tongues . XIV . Considers the evidence arising from the Epistles to Titus and the second Epistle to Timothy . But can it be accurately ascertained , that ,

    about two years before this second epistle was written , the gardens of Nero had blazed with the burning bodies of a multitude of Christians ? XV . Treats of the . use of Ethical wriiings as the materials of history . XVI . Contains " Hints towards an Analysis of the Christian Evidences , " from which we shoulcj make extracts did our limits permit . Perhaps the author ha $ expressed his own conviction too strongly when he maintains ( p . 285 ) , " that no man of upright simplicity and intelligence has ever bestowed attention upon the Christian evidence and rejected it . " Still we ardently join in the believer ' s anticipation with which the body of the work closes , —

    " The time shall come , perhaps it is not far distant , when , of all the errors that have made sport of the human mind , the most strange , as well as the most fatal , shall seem-rthe disbelief of Christianity . " In the Notes and Illustrations we see the fruits of much curious and interesting research . In that on p . 39 , we find the just observation , that

    " Controversies , more than any other species of composition , have served the important purpose of attesting the genuineness and integrity of ancient writings . An author , who is solicitous to establish a particular point , naturally looks around on all sides for concurrent opinions , and quotes whatever occurs to his memory tending to give support to his position . The two books of Josephus against Apion are remarkable instances of this sort , and contain many important passages from writers whose works have since perished . The remarkable and earer controversies that have , from the earliest tunes ,

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    Review : ^ Taylor ' s'Historical Proof . 32 i

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1828, page 321, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2560/page/33/