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of persons who were qualified' by their previous knowledge of J , esus , and by their disposition calmly and attentively tp examine the evidencesof his presence and id ^ utity , were iu addition to the fact of Jii $ ordinary , removal from observation from the period of his miraculous disappearance , furaished , with such aa
opportunity at a meeting specially apr painted for the purpose . Cor , which their minds might come duly prepared , and in which all danger of decep&q > a would be obyiafed ; by the numbers who would make thei r respective observations . It may be farther observed ^ that the great point to be proved , viz . the resurrection of Jesus to * an invisible state * the
complete translation of i # s person , to , a , spiritual nature ,, was a , principle remote from the conceptions both of the immediate witnesses and jof all persons * -to . whom ifc . ' Wast announced . It was not on-ty opposed ti > , every receivedidea concernJiig the respective natures of matter and spmt ; bu ^ . &troagly milled against the cottfiden . tr and ardent autadipations of the Jews from their , Messiah . Instead
of expecting their Sovereign and Deliverer to pass into the ujaseen . world , they expected that , myriads , pf * their brethren would be catyed from , it to , enjoy the blessings and share the triumphs of his visible doMi ' mion * Nothing could be more estranged from t&eir views , nothing more disappointing to , their hopes , than the invisible and spi-r&uaA sovereignty of the Messiah .. Such , manifestly were the
views and dispositions w ^ k which the apostles themselves , were warmly actuated . What , thgrsfora , but the strong force of reality co&ki have effected such a revolution ia tlweir / vfews , and sentiments ? What but irresistible evidence could have given them such confidence in an invisible Sovereign ; in the resurrection . and translation of him who had been crucified and committed to the
custody of his enemies , as to withstand their moat determined opposition 3 : Aud what could have secured their triumpsbs , have enahled them to establish a * spiritual and moral dominion , whdse reward ^ depend on a resurrection to , immorfcility , over minds whuse principles * both
philosophical and religious , were opposed to it ; who regarded it as involviyg absurdity y and whose passions and pursuits were mainlyt devoted ta the present transitory existence , but proofs which could not be gainsayed nor resisted ? P .
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Character of Mohammed . To the Editor . Sir , ' ' " ' Mohammed stated that Jews and Christians had corrupted , the writings they account sacred , and he probably was
not incorrect m his accusation . One objection to the admission of Moihammed into the number of the prophets , is , that he wrought no miracles to prove his divine mission ; Mohammed did not , pre ~ tend to the possession of a power to work miracles , aud he was not the onlyprophet uuattested by miracles , wonders , andsigns .
People in all ages have been fond of the marvellous , it is therefore an incumbent duty , before full and entire confidence be given to any . extraordinary narration , to make due inquiry respecting the probable embellishments of the wri - ter , and a sufficient allowance for a description in prose so expressed as to produce a poetical effect .
We read that Jericho had been surrounded seven times , and the horns or trumpets were sounded , and the people shouted , and the walls fell . May we not infer that a grand attack was made by the . Israelitisli army on . . ttje seventh circuit , if not ou each of the fqrniei ; ? We are not told that neither an arrow
was shot from a bow , nor a stone cast from a sliug , nor any . of the engines of war employed on the occasion . They who understand that Jericho miracu lously fell at the sound of the trumpets must think it very unaccountable tliat the city of Ai , or as some call it Ha ^ , was not taken without stratagem and
AMBUSH . I leave to your readers' consideration the above surmise , and proceed to notice a commonly accredited miracle , which , if properly investigated , will be found to be no miracle but an error . The sun is supposed to have stood still
at the command of Joshua . Ths commonly received opinion has afFprded a subject for an admirable artist , * whose ardent imagination , sublime genius , and superior ability in execution ,, have produced a magnificent plate worthy to be ranged with those of Belshazzar ' s Feast , &c .
The mythology of the Heathcna furnished matter for tKe' ancient poets , who , by a combination of truth and faj ^ hood , occasioned , inexplicable perplexities to posterity ; in like manner , there are pas-¦ ¦
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Miscellaneous Correspondence * 635
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1830, page 635, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2588/page/51/
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