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have sirch hearts and such souls as thou reqttii ^ t . Wfe Shall be useftif husbandmen in the vineyard of this Catholic nation , and wer shall go forwith the best
ward % k teottp ^ nfy * King y&om'Wete ^ e enjoyed thrortgh thy inercy ; , tdw&Nis the city of peace , where w 6 shall behold thy fece in glory . ; Grant this , O Lord ! Amen .
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Sm , IN composing my Greek and English Le ^ &eon I sometimes meet tfith words eVeii in the New Testament , the meaning of which is but partially understood . Occasional instances of
this sort may not be unacceptable to the readers of the Repository . Colos . ii . 18 , is thus rendered in the Improved Version ;— " Let no man defraud you of your prize , in a voluntary humility of mind and worship of angels ,
intruding into those things which he hath not seen , rashly puffed up by his fleshly mind , and not holding fast the head from whom all the body , supplied and connected by joints and bands , increaseth with the increase of God / 5 This is one of the most difficult
passages in the writi ngs of Paul : and the following translation or rather paraphrase gives a more adequate idea of the original :- — " Let ho one by his unjust decision dispossess you of your
prize already won inrthe Christian race , wishing to do tltis by a prostration of mind , and a set Vile system of worship communicated by angels , violently claiming as his own right the things which he does not comprehend , blindly
puffed up by a literal interpretation dictated by his own carftal views . " The apostle here refers to the Ju ^ - daizing Gnostics , who claimed to thetnselves the privileges of the gospel , and
strenuously Oprpbfeed ' the apostle in preaching it to MRhei Getitiles . Kar < afyapew id the iact 6 f ian unjust judg £ or umpire , who withholds * the priz £ from the stac < &&sfui candidate . The
Jewish law was coftimumcated to Mo ^ sea by the iritej ^ joaitidn ' of ^ figels . This is wh&t the apostle means by the equivocal phrase , ^ tke Worship of tingelaS ' Humiliating terror , and a prostration of intellect , were chairacteristic of the Jewish worship ; whereas the simple and rational worship of the Fflthfcn whidi Christ inculcates in the tfto&pel , breathes filial confidence ana lOVe .
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The term «* j 9 i * it ^; tyhfch primarily me * ns to walk upon or to mount , here denotes to invade , or seize what in justice bfcfcfcigs td ^^ ffi ^ v & $ * & $ u $ bm , i&fe ^ ^ seen , means , hedges riot comprehend ; on the same principle , that tmM which gave birth to * theliathi video , inertate , hi the perfect middle , o ^ a , to Know . ° The zealots of the l aw , imarfniiur
themselves to be sole heirs of the j > it * - mise made to Abraham ; were puffed up ; and the source of their error wks the literal inteipretation they ptit on the writing's of Moses and the prtfph ^ ts : Philo furnishes us with the important information that the Jew ^ h Christians
considered the Scriptures tiiid&ir tHe figure of a human being ; havinig a body or flesh , and a soul or spirit ; and the dispute between the apostles and the zealots was reduced siniply to the question , whether those writings were to be understood in the literal or
metaphorical sense ; hence the apostle hejpe says of them , that they were blindly puffed up by a literal interpretation dictated by their own carnal views . While the anti-apostolic teachers were eager to grasp at shadowy and
mistaken privileges , they neglected tp lay a firm hold on a spiritual and crucified Saviour , the promise ! of which formed the vital pajrt , the principle which imparted weight and animatfoti to the prophetic writings . This idea
the apostle expresses by a verb borrowed from the Grecian stage , fepailiar , indeed , to the people he was address ing ; for em % ojp * ry € a > denptes the oflfice of a citizen , who was appointed to preside over the chorus , and to supply them with all necessaries at his own
expense . The Apostle Pefcer , 2 Ep . i . 5 , uses the word in its priinary sense , ennxd ^ yritraTe ep Ty ici ^ u v [ a S > t * w ocperri * , ' * by means of jroiir faith supply viftue t" \ Vhich is to this efiect ,
€€ Let faith preside in your hearts an , d your ass&xibltes , and let it supply Ml the moral virtuies as a chorus fdiibwftijj With harmony in its train . " \* In my last > ork , entitled "A '§ te * 3 tes of Important Facts , demonstra ^ Uig ttife Timth of the ( Christian Reliri 6 & ^ I
have shewn that Seneca received the gospel from the Apostle Paiil while * prisoner at Rome . The eulogy Wtftft he passes upon the Christians vrtio suffered undef Nero , fe trtoscehdettWy beautiful , and worthy the attention ctf
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Dr . John Jones i on Colons , ii . 18 . ^ 7
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 387, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/7/
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