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iV « » tfn £ rich tie HvetJ in poverty . ' Tphefjean fh k Yhafts 4 # learned * tetes , c&nfed'bti- to the marvellous « xterft of nearly fourscore pages * has proved very much to his own satisfaction , that the same three * worils -may 5 be r ^ ntiered , ami by setehe ieathed
lexicographers smd divines have been actually translated , as in the PabKo Version , ** though he Was rich he : becahie poor . " And that we may ntot be lost $ fci the miry gtdph of tlie ljfean ' s !< ffttieisrhs , let this $ &t
argumerit ' s sake be allowed . Let it be admitted that the words a * they stand are ambiguous , and admit of both in ~ teJrpretations . - But even iipoh the supposition thati the Public Version exnibits the only true mid admissible translation , the
text contains no proof whatever of thfe divinity or the pre-existence o ^ Jesus Christ . The DeanV drctum that 4 ' this passage directly atui fott&i hlfy expresses the pre > -existenc £ of cm % Efrrd , is the silliest , wildest &ss £ rtk * tt
fftat ever was made . Ignatius Loyola 3 ? as rfcb , yet he becaiifte" poor ^ is this £ " direct and forcible expression < rf jhe ^ W-ekistence" of ttie founder of tlte Qfaje ^ of Jesuits ? S uch it seems \ & zft / b lo | ic of Dr . Mageei It U inVfeed true , that if tVi ^ e pre-^ $ " tence of Christ had previously iie
feeett prbved , upon pnhctples indepei ^ d ^ n t of this - ^ t , the apostles vfofds might W supposed to alhide fa thaf Qbetritte . Btit first to assume tHe-doctHne in order to explain thfe fcitfc , and ill en to infer it as a conclw ^ ipn from the text , is to assume the veT'Vt ^ biiH to be proved ; of which of
^ wWs . l ^ vc , to say the truth , the Wdfii of the Very Reverend aild Very ICeaf ¥ r 6 fr Ofcan supplies inany fceautiKm tft&mfries in addition to the j | { iec ? WeYi ltere exhibited . ^ "TKis ^ text therefore not being of
fWaE Wai import to the Unitarian scK ¥ ttfe \ vhich the Dean h pleased ftT ffej 5 resent , it % possible that the editors of the -Improved Version , tliou ^ H Uh ^ ariany frnght through AieM ^ i ^ dyerien ce neglect to notice
^ rS ^ Vfniift'poftiiut ^ rtefion from the PHrnJrteV t 4 xt : and not with that d ^ e ' ti an \ T fr ^ uduletH design , tvhich is «^ 4 haW ab < ) y IrnVmtefl to therfi by the pH ^ is ^ ftd » t h rt [! i ) X Dean ' . Allow me , Sir , he ^ e Vo explain a doVKriWc ^ liafh ^^ fiaiMs ^ MKlBd 4 n flie
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Calm inquiry , axkLtyhich the Ie % ^ t 9 ed digni ^ arv has , as . usual , taken ab ^ flp dance of paini to isii ^ repre se nt a nj ^ to distort : and (^ hic tl is , of m ^ consequence ) v \ hicli' spme wortivy / aj ^ well meaning per s ^^* have iui » wnclef 3 tdod . , - fr
In the Calm Inquiry , p . : 174 ^ J [ have &tate' £ ' tt ^ p > 6 fe > able that our Lord possessed a voluntary power of working miracles ; i |> ^ feis spnfiq * I explain the text , Jobt > Mi . 34 , ** God
giveth oot the spirit by nveasure jinto him / ? Jt was presumed , and U < H * gtu perhaps to have been dis ^ i n ^ tly , expressed , that our Lfcrd ' s powers yue-ve restricted to that clasS ^ f wiira (? -I e «
which were necessary for r ihs prfntiujgation of the gospel : such § & hjg »! iqg ; the sick , cunng th ^ f i nsa ^ ei n icaki «^ the dead , &c . And it waa ¦ f ^ aceiy ^ 4 that pjui Lord ' s mind was ^ &e :.
disciplined by h \' i tenaptation a ^ ul pthe ^ fneans , a ^ d that jbis uriderstarK ^ f > vms - $ b lenlightened , that fee wq ) ri ^ t make no itnpcoper / use of the migbty powers intrusted ito him , &n& woitil ^ never be inclimedi to work , .-a mijaeJ # t upon an improper obcasiQa ^ ^ Tb 4 n hypothesis isr thought best ta expj ^ ij ^ ttie tiane of axitho ^ ii ^ ado pied boufe
, y » % ;> ' wiiv ui vi » iiuvi |« w WMvruMM . wr' ^ - *• Vf Lord upon such occaaioijrs ,. Maod t& account for his grasatiand visibte sUr periority over tfee ajpestles ^ wil d " onjy appear to work miracles , upotn fafc niediate suggestions ^ ami in uie . naip ^ and by the authority © f !^ bfer ; j master ^ It is obvious to every rcfl « ctiji ^ J ^ ind >" that the exercise ' of our Laird '
siifcoltfntary powers under sucb % citoi $ rostanco wouldeveTitually produce . pppcis ^ fy | Ji < t same effect as if in every in ^ tmict , h ^ performed a miracle in c ^ Rft ^ qii ^ ji q ^ of a l > ivme suggestion : and ^ ts faek was distinctly foreknowm i . o \ hq Sof prenie Being at the time vyhejforthc ^© great powers wefee intrusjtt ^ rito . tbe direction of his x ^ hosen scrjvdnt ^ aini
messenger Jesus Chrk ^ .. Thift / hypo ^ thesis appearsJto me tobfe sJufBeieritl ^ intelligible , but it is not gnft uf&tv which any great stress is to be laitL And the generality of Unitarian Christ * ians' ^ nre . mtare inclined % a believe tha # our Lord perfcyrinedr . no cuiraclc rixwfc in consequence - « £ an jinnnofliatc sti ^ c ffestion . / ¦ y l > . o . oS
; T , BEauSHAM ^ . F To to concludfid ^ in vur twrt AV / J 2 ' . g-K . - ¦ ^ . w-r ^ . » ict b "» i " -V
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& v & ? . 'Bpm&tis ^ rtfrtdi > tt ^^ Jfc . * Mag * ev
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/22/
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