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ported by the Evangelist with any tolerable degree of accuracy , sets aside tbe idea that the mother of Jesus was by any means aware of her Son ' s extraordinary character . Chap . iii . 21 :, " And wheii his friends heard of it they went oat to lay hold on him , for they said he is beside himself . " Wakefield , Doddridge , Clarke , Roscnmuller , &c ,
endeavour by various contrivances to get rid of the reproach which this passage is supposed to bring upon the kindred of Christ for accusing him of insanity . But Campbell , who sifts the passage with great diligence through several pages of note , can see no other meaning in the Greek than that which is conveyed in the received translation . Furthermore ,
the 31 st and following verses of the same chapter fully prove that the kinsfolk of Christ did endeavour to prevent him from addressing the people . " There came then his brethren and his mother , and , standing without , sent unto him , calling him . And the multitude sat about him , and they said unto him , Behold , thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee . And he answered
them saying , s Who is my mother , or my brethren ? ' " Now , would Jesus have answered thus had it not been that his mother and brethren wished to interrupt him in his work , and would his mother have thus attempted to interrupt him , had she been aware of any extraordinary circumstances accompanying or preceding his entrance into the world ? L . L .
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Anonymous Inspiration . To the Editor . Sir , Allow me shortly to lay before your readers an article in the Eclectic Review for May . In a review of Dr . Smith ' s work on the Sacrifice and Priesthood of
Jesus Christ , the writer adverts to that author ' s remarks on the genuineness of the Epistle to the Hebrews , or rather , as that Epistle is really anonymous , to the correctness of the commonly-received opinion , that it was written by Paul . The Reviewer " feels himself bound frankly to express his opinion , that Dr . Smith has not exhibited his usual
caution and candour" in those observations . We should rather say that they exhibit a fault by no means uncommon in Dr . S . ' s writings , an insufficiency of proof to support the strength of his conclusion . *< Let the objectors fairly consider whether the personal allusions , at the end of that Epistle , can be referred
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to any other writer than Paul . " Nay , rather let the supporter of the popular opinion fairly consider whether those allusions might not have been made by many quite as well as by St . Paul . " Let them ask , " continues Dr . Smith , < f whether it is possible to believe it to have been the work of a forger ? " Who believes it to be a forgery ? How can an Epistle be forged which lays claim to no author ?
How does our Reviewer mend the matter ? He admits that the evidence for the Epistle ' s having been written by Paul is incomplete ; yet there being certain figurative phraseology and allusions in it , clear to him as his mother ' s milk , he forces himself , for certainly he does not arrive there by the high road of criticism , to the conclusion , that " the canonical authority , the genuineness and
inspiration of the Epistle to the Hebrews , are so fully attested by the strongest evidence , historical and internal , that they may safely be pronounced unimpeachable" ! Worthy successor of Calvin himself , of whom it is recorded in this very article that he felt the main difficulties insuperable , so far as it regards its being- the production of St . Paul , although he had no doubts what ' ever as to its inspiration !
Now , taking the word inspiration here , in the common sense of the terra , to denote the immediate influence of the Almighty rendering a book unerringly true , it does appear to me , Mr . Editor , perhaps it will to yourself also , to be monstrous arrogance for a fallible , uninspired mortal , to pretend thus to distinguish between a writing that is heavenly ,
and another that is earthly , when the actual author is a profound secret , with as much facility as critics decide in the ordinary matters of style and composition . Enviable privilege these soi-disant evangelicals possess . They are not
contented with the assumption of exclusive names ; but this < c discerning of spirits , " which theologians regard as one of the characteristics of the apostolic age , is now found to have been enjoyed by the Reformer of Geneva , and by his " no-doubting" representatives and successors , the writers of the Eclectic Review . D , L .
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Absolution and Transuhstantiation . To the Editor . Sir , June 10 , 1830 . Of the doctrines held by Roman Catholics , which excited so much opposi-
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Miscellunebus Correspondence . 637
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1830, page 637, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2588/page/53/
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