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example of tbis idiom we jhitll give for the satiBBl ^ iQn of our rfayVyrf r tte words a covenant betwixt we and thee are rendered m the IWgunM" * covenant between m ^ uwrtf and thy word . " So ** the word of Jefcov ^ h " is 9 i familiar expression for Jehovah himself . In like manner the word , Shej ^ i nah is constantly used in the Jewish writings for God himself—ibe . molestation of his presence any where on earth ; and the meaning of > t } ie second passage quoted is * that one of the persons was a manifestation of £ xod himself , the other two were angels . With respect to the exprqsgton-antfeZ
of the covenant , which par author would no doubt have us refer to our , Lord Jesus Christ , we have the express testimony of an ancient Jewish , writer , that wherever it occurs " the holy and blessed God himself is Spoken . of . " This testimony is taken from the same book as . Dr . S . ' s quotation ; ( Sonar * Genes , fol . 6 S col . 268 ;) but tbis is not all—will the reader believe it ? the very passage which Dr . S . produces , and which it will be ot >~?
served is broken off abruptly as he gives it , concludes , somewhat awkw ^ r < tlyf for bis argument , " and all these things are spoken of the holy and blessed God himself , " clearly shewing that the Jewish writer understood tfte anggL of the covenant * as a name of God himself in reference to bis manifestatiQa of himself in establishing a covenant with his people . Lest our readers should , too naturally , conclude that Dr . S . intentionally suppressed the
important explanatory clause , which we have here given—a subterfuge of which we hope he is incapable , we will mention that in the authority towhich he refers , ( Schoettg . Horse Hebr . et Talrcu Vol . II . p . 442 , ) the word ? of the original being inserted between the parts of the transition , the final clause would be very easily overlooked by one hastily consulting the pa * - , sage , which , we conclude , must have been our author ' s case * ^ Dr . & refers to passages in the prophecies of Zechariab , i . 8 , 10—13 * iu $ —11 , iii . l ~> 10 * vi . 12 , 13 , 15 , ) in which , according to him , we 6 nd the great angel who is at once the messenger of Jehovah and Jehovah himself , " depicted ia
the appropriate and exclusive characteristics of the Messiah , the Saviour * the Priest upon his throne , the Intercessor : and not leas certainly described as possessing the . attributes , exercising the sovereignty , and wearing tbe . holy and incommunicable name of Jehovah * " Unfortunately he has not staled : how be derived all this from the words of the prophet , and as we can form : no conception of the process we know not what remarks to offer , but Dr * S * requests " the serious inquirer to examine the whole "—and if he will do this , he will , we think , participate in our curiosity to know what the particular clauses are upon which tbe imagination of our author has been at < work , and how his ingenuity could find in them any semblance of a found **
tion for bis assertions . In the passage quoted from MaL iii . 1 , we think it very clear that the last clause , " Behold , lie shall come , saith tbe Lord of hosts / ' doesjiotf prove the person coming to be really of * personally distinct from Jehovah himself . The prophecy is * ( hat God will manifest himself amongst his people . They had vainly said , " Where is the God of judgment ?" ,
( Mai . ii . 17 ) In due time they should he brought to acknowledge Idbk { we--sence , and special interference in their affairs , ffi& . p ^^ rightly explained of the coming and kingdom of the Mefrtjsh , w £ d wmled thjp most convincing proofs of Divine power accompanying his mries ? and Diving authority sanctioning hi * words , but it b y no moans SbUrasthai . bm . mutt be persooaUy spoken of : on Ibe contrary , that " the Sovrefy * $ rmn whom ye seek , " means God himself , seems to be justly inferred mm tkte uniform use of nriH with ihe emphatic n , and we have already Ipven Jewish
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Dr . J-P . Smkhs ' Scri pture Testimony to , the Metsiak * 33 ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1831, page 335, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2597/page/47/
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