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Art . III . —Christ ' s Knowledge of all Thinqs : a Discourse , p reached Mai ( 2 , 1830 . By Edward Higginson , Jun ., Minister of the Chapel in Bowlalley-Lane , Hull . Redford and Stephenson , Hull . Pp . 24 .
This discourse was occasioned by a sermon preached by Dr . Raffles , of Liverpool , during a late visit to Hull , in which he asserted the omniscience and consequently the Divinity of Christ , using as his authority the words of Peter , «* Lord ! thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I love thee . " As long as ministers of the gospel are found who pervert reasou and scripture in the manner in which Dr . Raffles has done in the
present instance , it may be necessary to expose the fallacy of their reasonings . We owe and offer our thanks to Mr . Higginson for having undertaken so irksome a task ; but , as to the publication of his strictures , we must just remark that a much greater service is rendered to society by diffusing just principles of
interpretation , than by calling the attention of the public to a single misrepresentation , so gross as to be seen through at a glance . The Unitarian ' s Creed , which we find in the Appendix , contains nothing but what Unitarians in general believe , according to their customary use of the language of the Epistle to the Hebrews , but by other sects that language is interpreted differently ; and it
is perhaps wise to keep as clear as possible of figurative language in professions of faith . If the good people of Hull are no wiser than to be deceived by the scriptural perversion of Dr . Raffles , or infected by the bigotry of Mr . Hamilton , of Leeds , they stand wofully in need of the zeal and activity which Mr . E . Higgiuson has proved himself anxious to devote to their service .
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lieve a junior brother , appears anxious to recover for the body to which he belongs their wonted character for orthodoxy , but has managed to develop his own views with the greatest possible tenderness to the feelings of his - associates who differ from him . We cannot but regard the controversy as shewing very plainly certain insurmountable difficulties with which the doctrine of two natures in Christ , under whatever modification , must be encumbered .
We are reminded of the paradoxes of Lord Bacon , by the following declaration of our author , p . 22 : " Do the inspired persons think it any disparagement to express the wonders of the manifestation which they had beheld ? No ; then let us not hesitate
to follow such examples ; for the Sob of Mary was also the Son of God , the inhabitant of eternity was born in the fulness of time , the invisible was seen , the life of the world died upon a cross , the spoiler of the grave lay an inmate of the sepulchre . His power not less , because he came clothed in weakness . His
majesty glorious beyond praise , though folded in a mantle of humanity . By this union , ineffable but most gracious , suffering as man that he might triumph as God , he hath perfected for ever the great work of our redeption . " There is , we think , no small danger lurking under our author ' s postulate , p . 11 :
" While in searching the Scriptures we ought scrupulously to receive the truth as therein unfolded , it may be necessary , and is allowable , for the purpose of accurate explanations , to use terms not just syllabically found in them , provided they clearly express things which are unequivocally revealed . " There is surely a strong presumption , that the unequivocal * by which we suppose is meant clear revelation ^ will reuder more accurate explanation
unnecessary . Let our readers who have been wont to think the scriptural declarations concerning the person of Christ sufficiently intelligible , and in need of no explanation but what they themselves furnish , judge whether any light is to be obtained from the following sentences , pp . 16 , 17 :
" Nor is it absolutely impossible to assign something like an explanation of this part of the constitution under which the Son of God was manifested in the flesh . For the humanity of the Lord was a creature , a thing formed , which consequently required to be upheld , and
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626 Critical Notices . — Theological .
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Art . IV . —A Letter to the Moderator of the Presbytery of Isondon , con- > cerning the Sinless Humanity of Christ , By the Rev . James Millar , Minister of the Scotch Church , Soiithwark . Stewart , 139 , Cheapside . Pp . 32 .
Our readers must be aware of the difference of judgment as to the character of our Lord ' s humanity , prevailing amongst the members of ' * the Presbytery of London ;" ¦ and of the revolting sentiments and expressions on this head that have been attributed to one of that fraternity . Mr . Millar , we be-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1830, page 626, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2588/page/42/
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