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Robert Robinson ' s Barn Sermons , but their peculiarities , as adapted to the immediate pursuits of his hearers , and as drawing the greater part of their illustrations from allusions to such pursuits , render then * use very limited , and , indeed , impossible in many cases without constant alterations or omissions . Still
many of them are admirably adapted to the purpose of familiar instruction , and very slight modifications would render them a most interesting and instructive collection for the purposes of family worship . Allow me to suggest that such a task , executed by one who felt and entered into the spirit of their author , would , in my opinion , be most useful , and I have no doubt that it would be most gratefully received . M . N . T .
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The Rev . James Nicol . To the Editor , Sir , Some of the readers of the Monthly Repository will recollect , that in the year 1822 , I introduced to their notice the name and character of the late Rev .
James Nicol , a Clergyman of the Established Church of Scotland , who was led to embrace the doctrines of the unity of God and the humanity of Christ as believed by Unitarians . In the course of the following year there was published , by Mr . Hunter , from the MSS . of the deceased author , " An Essay on the Nature and Design of Scripture Sacrifices ,
in which the Theory of Archbishop Magee is controverted . " 8 vo . As no lover of his Bible can doubt the importance of the subject treated in this volume , as it shews obvious marks of talent and learning , and as I have received frequent assurances of satisfaction with it from competent judges , I am led to attribute its want of sale to the
circumstance that it has never yet been distinctly mentioned or reviewed in any Unitarian publication . I have no intention to attempt supplying that deficiency , but am anxious , by a few short extracts , to introduce the work fairly to your intelligent readers , and do something to defend both the reputation and labours of the esteemed and conscientious
author from the criticisms of other parties of theologians . The work , as Mr . Nicol left it , consists of eight sections on the following subjects . § 1 Of the Institution and Nature of Sacrifice in general .
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§ 2 . Of the State and Circumstances of the Ancient World , § 3 . Of the Court and Tabernacle of the Jews . § 4 . Of the Meaning and Import of Sacrifices .
§ 5 . Of the Import of some extraordinary Sacrifices . § 6 . Of the Nature of those Sacrifices which Persons offered when they eutered into Covenant with God and dedicated themselves to his Service . § 7 . Of the Common Hypothesis , that the Sacrifices of the Mosaic Economy were Types of the Death of Christ . § 8 . Of the fmport of the Sacrifice of Christ .
1 extract the following passages as specimens of the author ' s style . He had been speaking of certain precepts of the Jewish law . " To the man who unites in his character the philosopher and the Christian , f am persuaded ,
they will appear in a very different light . He will approach to them , not with the inconsiderate , the rash step of petulance aud impiety ; hut with the sober and dignified step of reason and religion . He will contemplate them as venerable , as sacred monuments of the
condescension and goodness , of the wisdom and rectitude , of that Universal Parent , who regards with the affection of a father , the meanest of his children ; who thinks nothing beneath his attention that can promote the purity , the rectitude , and the happiuess of his offspring ! This
language may be accouuted weakness by some and enthusiasm by others . Be it so . I have learned not to appreciate things by man ' s judgment . Such weakness may strengthen the finest feelings of our nature , and the glow of virtue may be kindled by such enthusiasm . " P . 248 .
" I cannot resist the inclination I feel of making the following observation . If it was the duty of the Jews to commemorate that symbolic rite which adumbrated the means of their deliverance from Egyptian bondage , is it not our duty , with more exalted sentiments of gratitude and love , to commemorate that symbolic rite which adumbrates the means of our deliverance from the
bondage of sin ? Sorry am I to declare , that the uuscriptural and superstitious ideas which have been entertained of this symbol , have made it rather an object of fear than of hope , of dread than of consolation ; and thus , whilst the in-Considerate , and the rash , and the wicked , have dared to approach , the thoughtful , aud the timid , and the righteous , have
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Occasional Correspondence . 487
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1828, page 487, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2562/page/55/
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