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p ^ ces wh ^^ JuisjLiiinUy Uftle . influence ^ he ^ npulai ^ aUy himself being iuAgftt t . &flW * ^ t ^^ y r ^ sqa why Uttitar |^ s , ci { wjio liav ^ Jt ^ e tO ; dq ^ vUh oaurtey wiw ^ ^(^ w ^ jikPPJAir ^^ ' ^^ Wf % the very . $ l ? JbQ > re > ce . in . wMcj ^ the # are held , o $ Mv , (^ t ii ^ r ^ p | i cflfi temptation ,- —is that any , rpasgLQ \ yhy these . Unitarians should in
bey ^ $ iuBa * nfl < activei > Alas , Sir ! w « ajre ( gfeaj ; $ aXl £ grs ,, j > nt Jit tie doers . We diB ^^ lvfff ^ iUvthe Est ^ H ^ hineut on accouiit pf ; dpctijyrie ,, / but we have little of the seal apct earnestness which marked the old j $ ppcoiafo * m 4 sts , and which ren ~ dered their memories blessed . They could endure persecution—we tremble at
inconvenience : they could worship in hvmible dwellings , but our country chape ^ we not finfi ; enough for oar spruce metropolitan members : they could meet frepientiy to confer on things divinew ^^ toi conaplinjent one another , and to hajye ) pur eloquence published in the next periodical .
The Uruta ^ aw faith I prize ; it is my solace an ( J ; i my comfort > and the having endeavoured ' . ' to extend it will be , I hamhly [ ho # © 3 l » y crown of rejoicing when caiLEPptaoivsfcaU put an uicoirruption ; but I vvc >» t our zeal to be as ardent as our f ^ &hi |§> p §> rm * t > and the truth of our er&etjiio tye eclipsed by the superior spleu-( joivr 5 pf pur deetfs of virtue , : JOHN FULLAGAR .
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On the Introduction to St . John ' s GospeL To the Editor .
Sir , Therb are few writers , peivhaps , who see a position iu all its bearings . Some may view it in one light , and some in another . And hence the advantage to the cause of truth , of a collision of seutiinent . And hence , also , the obligation ieating upon its friends to contribute each one his share , according to his abilities ,, to promote its success .
It was under these impressions that the following remarks on the introductitni of' &t ! John * s Gospel were written . Perhaps they may tetfd , in some measure , " in connexion with those which Jbave already appeared in the Repository ,
to a further elucidatioii of this difficult portion of Scripliiir ^ . af may lead othe rs to present a tnore complete development « C its mtfaiiiug . Should you think that any good in ight arise i . f no in : * their , insertion , I should j feeli obliged > by i your affording thieia a ( place iu > y o \ tv pageia .
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If it can ibepro ^ edJl ^ iat I * distmet ' irom Jesuu Christ , the argunient o £ Trinitarians , from ¦ ¦ : tblai celebrated chapteiv * hafc-Jesm Chrtgt is Crod j is cobfated ^ . To this pmot , Hheii , ;} i wish to confine my attention , in what I may advance on the sub iect .
The Evangelise says , ver . 14 , Ao < i the Word was made fle « h , and dwelt among os , ;( and we beheld his gloiry , the glory as of the only begotten of the Father , ) full of grace and truth / ' The only begotten of the Father , is evidently Jesus Christ . And , I think , it is equally evident , that the glory l > ere spoken of is the glory of the Word ; because it was
that tliat was made flesh , ( that entered into and tabernacled ia fleshy ) whose glory they beheld . What , theu , does the Evangelist mean by the words , " the glory as of the only begotten of the Father" ? In ray opinion , his meaning may fee thiis-ex * pressed , or in language somewhat similar : " The glory which we beheldj so completely encircled Jesus Christ , and
shone so brightly around him , that it appeared to us as though it were really 7 m . But Lt was not his ; it was < the glory of that Word , that power > that descended upon him , that acknowledged him as his beloved sou , that entered into him , that tabernacled in him , and thus dwelt among us , full of grace ! and truth . " Were we to suppose that the Word and Jesus Christ were the same beingy we should make the language of the
Evangelist mere nonsense . It would stand thus : " Aud the Word was made flesh , and dwelt among us , and we beheld his glory , the glory as of him . " Why ^ it would be his glory ; and having said so , it would be unnecessary and ridiculous to add , " as of him . " Buit it is veiy proper to say so when making a distinction between two beings that are mentioned together , and both intimately united ^ tke ^ ane twi - parting glory and the other rtideiuinglt . t
1 'he following passages will Dior © fully develop the Evangelist ' s meaning c . 2 Peter i . 16—18 , - ** For we liave not followed cunningly devised fables j when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ , but were eye * witnesses of . htri majesty . lFor he received from God the . Father honour
and glory , when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory , This is my beloved Son , in whom 1 am well pleased . And this voice which came from heaven we heard , when we were with him in the holy mount . " The Evangelist , iu company with Peter and James , had been present on this memo-
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Mas but 804 ^ MitiffuUaneouj Correspondence .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 804, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/60/
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