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Mr. Marsom 9 s Defence of the Vre-existence of Christ. Let. IV. 653
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purpose , if they after all , content themselves with absolute monarchy for their civil government
and intolerant popery for their established religion . Your' T s , . H .
Mr. Marsom 9 S Defence Of The Vre-Existence Of Christ. Let. Iv. 653
Mr . Marsom s Defence of the Vre-existence of Christ . Let . IV . 653
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> IR . MARSOM ' S DEFENCE OF THE VRE-EX 1 STENCE OF CHRIST , IS 11 EPLY TO MR . BKLSIIAM . LETTER IV .
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To the Editor of the Mojithly Repository .
sir , Sep . 25 , 1808 . I proceed in reply to Mr . B * 1-sham , to another ' passage in support of the doctrine of the preexistence of Jesus Christ , i . e . John xvii . 5 . And now , O Father , glorify thou ? ne with thine ownself , with the glory which I had with thee before the world was . fa this passage , there are several
things worthy of notice : first , that our Lord speaks of a glory which he says he had before the world was , and which he had wkh the Father ; secondly , that he was not then in the possession of it , for that is the object for which" he prays ; and thirdly , that the answer of his prayer would be the reinstating him in the possession of a glory which he had before
enjoyed . Now it is almost impossible to conceive of any terms !> y which the fact of his pre-existence could be more fully ascertained , than by those here used ; and it surely will require great critical skill , to explain the words so as to set aside that idea . Mr . lWUhaiiK however , endeavours
to prove that our Lord ' s words have no such meaning . First , lie says * , thHt for which our Lord here prays , is the very same which he proposed to communicate 'to his disciples . See verse
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22 . '" The glory he prayed for was certainly his future glory which he received from the Father when he raised him from the dead and gave him glory , 1 Peter , i . 21 . Tliis glory was given him by promise , for the fulfilment of which promise he now prays , and this glory he had given , ( not proposed to co ? mnunicate ) in the same
way to his disciples , ch . xiv . 3 . Tf I go and prepare a place fo r you , 1 will come again and receive you to myself , that where I am ye may be also . comp . chap . xii . < Z 6 . 1 Thcs . iv . 17- That this is the glory which the Father had given him , and which he had given to his disciples is clear from verse 24 Father , I will that they
also whi m thuu hast given me , be with me where I am ; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me . This then is that glory for which he prays , and of which he says , that he had it with the Father before the world was .
Mr . Belsham adds f , Ct this glory was unquestionably the glory of publishing the gospel to th , e world . " 1 answer that most unquestionably it was not ; because that glory he was then in the possession of , and had been in the possession of from the commencement of hi * ministry , and 'there
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 653, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/17/
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