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for ik except Gen . iv » % 6 . wi&eve fnsteaf l ' of ' tfccTi fcegj&n rac ? n to call upon the name of the I-onL * ihe se # s . e serins to require the marginal rendering of the English Version , viz , ; ' to call thejijseiyes ^ bv the name qf the Lord . '
Op tjie wjiole then , the evidence arisi ng frorq , the scriptural ( Use qi the verby > Vests . principally frith the 1 st ., and 3 ct- renderings ; hvd as far as the cnftow ^ ry use iherely of precisely this phm $ e . \ $ concerned , the , evidence
decidedly favours the , ; fin > t . We find in * deed several phrases very nearly resembling it , s \* c h : as Gen . Klviji , iff . * my jiame shall , be called on them *; ' t } eut xxviii . 10 . / that the n ^ rae of the JLo rd has been
Called oiv £ hee ; ' 2 phron . vii . 14 . ^ . upon whom , rny name is called ;* R . xliii , /^ . * as many as have heep called by thy aajpc ?/ . where the 5 oupi diflers ofily in case Jfroni , the instances , in question , and . jwliere
the phrase , as ip jSCYeml other places in the O . / T . deAQtes thase > yho ow ^ ed the . ^ utbq rity of 0 od : but no i ^ stancii appears in . the 0 . T , in which p ^ Pis ^ ly ^ his fp rm of expression is i ^ sed ip the sen § e of the 3 d xe ; ndeii ^ i , to
g When we cpn ^ e however the point offifci the jstjaLte . of , t , he oa ^ Q hecoraes f diff ^ rent [ . , Jf ^ e , ^ Jf ^ t rendering . bje pr ^ feri-eil Jin , 9 pptjecjuer ^ ce pi th ^ | W ^ of t ^ i e phras e
Hi the S ^ pt ^ agint , ; theu / n ^ ust a . Uo tlje meaning q $ tfas phrase in , the Septuagint be employed , ) and it must he i ^ jainlained that Luke ^ d Paul sp ^ p , k of thq Christians ^ s tfipfe who c , aU upon pui ; I ^ rd J fsi ^> Chr ^ t a ^ ;^ objq ^ t of ; yqli ^ , gipus w ^^ i p , ; I ^ 9 W ^ p lesj * jthe- , ylixase itself ( which all must ad-- '
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mit to be fully capable pf a diC ^ ere ^ i t jHeanjji g *) prove the point , we have no grpund to believe tt ^ tt tiae iirst Christians did \ Sp . Sevcu ral instances occur in which the disciple had sensible intercourse with his exacted Lord ; others ,
in which praifce and glory are as * cribc'd to him ; and still more * in which devojut wishes are e ^ prejBSed , that the blessings qf which be was the IV ^ ediator , might be ppssessed by fellaw-diiciples : ¦ - « * - but npt one in which any supplication is made to Jesus when not
actually pfesent ; in other words there is no i ^ stapce in which prayer was offered to Jesus . No Je ^ would do this without an express con ^ niiand ;^—the command ( as
wellas example ) of our Lord is jdi * rectly contrary to it , ( see Matt , vi . 6 9 . John xvi . 23 . xviu ;)—^ and the N . I , history afforrk Dp fact to coanfe « anee the idea , that
the first Christians d . d not follow theii * Lord ' s precepts in this re- » spect . Hence thtT ^ fo re the l $ t . rendeying ^ ( in th ^ Copimon meaning of it at l ^ ast ) though justU fied by the phraseology of ^ the
§ eptuagintj is not accordant with t |> e matter of fact , and is therefpire iqadn ^ issijble ^ if there be any otl ^ r justifiable renderi ng which \ $ accQrdant with tbe matter ef fact ,. -If Luke and Paul bad
believeel Jesus to l > e the " very and eternal God , " a » d if it had be ^ n pust ^ mary for the Christians tp call upon Jesus as the object of religious worship , then < the coiti ^
rqqn wwdvrnig of tha phrase with it | s y ^ al interpret ation would pro * b ^ bly l ^ e c ^ necl : Imt supposing neither of tijese to be tlm feet , that in short the faith which alone r < 1 '
' ¦ ' ' * 'We hijfd ittd tittt < f tithft P ^ a fieera % H » < f 6 r ; th ; e - fl ^ tlngtikt ,
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Remarks on the J $$ jp&qed Version j > f 1 Cot \ i . « . & 67
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 267, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/21/
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