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    %S6 Retiexv.—Severn's Sermon on Sects;

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    that it is inconceivable that a fcu, man...

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    Art. I. A Connected History Of The Life ...

    sion , stated by a Calvinistic divine , Thomas Bradbury , quoted p 335 , that c ' The satisfaction of Christ is an unaccountable , irrational , doctrine , which

    BESTaOYS _ EVERY NATURAl IDEA WE HAVE OF DIVINE JUSTICE , and [ lay aside the evidence of the Scriptures ] is so far from being true , that it is ridiculous "

    After declaring so fully our general agreement with the author , we may be allowed , without seeming-to detract from his' great merits , to express our surprise on the * perusal of one particular passage , and our decided objection to the notion which it seems to

    concede . In the conclusion of his explanation of Matth . xviii . 20 . and xxviii . 20 . which are commonly adduced to prove the Omnipresence of Christ , he says ,

    C ( I do not venture to say , that Jesus is not now personally present ivherwer bis disciples assemble together as such : his powers , we know , were greatly extended when he entered into his glory , and they may ba < ve been thus far extended ; imt I do not perceive any proof of the fact in the Scriptures . " p . 2 oz .

    Not only , we should " venture to say / ' is the fact unsupported by Scripture , but also inconsistent with the humanity , nay more , with the created rank and condition of Jesus ; for not to argue Aut . IV . Diversity of Sects and Tmtk and Importance of the

    %S6 Retiexv.—Severn's Sermon On Sects;

    % S 6 Retiexv . —Severn ' s Sermon on Sects ;

    That It Is Inconceivable That A Fcu, Man...

    that it is inconceivable that a fcu , man being should , be to human beings invisible , and that the ap , pearance of Christ after his resurrection was like tftat of other im-n and

    must indeed have been so to establish the certainty of his beino alive again from the dead , —we regard it as naturally impossible that a creature , a man , should be personally" in more ' than

    one place at the same time . " But we would not press heavily upon a passing , perhaps a hasty , re * mark ; we may not see it in its true light ; and the notion may find a parallel , if not a justification , in the belief of the ekilv So . tion , in the belief ot the e * ulSo

    y . cinians , that Jesus ascended up to heaven corporeally to receive his divine commission , and in the speculation of Dr . Priestley that he is still resident on some part of our globe .

    It is of less consequence to observe that we stumbled ( p . 2 . ) at the term Divinitarian , as descriptive of the system which holds the divinity of Christ , We have not been on the hunt

    for typographical errors , as we have passed through the volume , but there is one not noticed in the Table of Errata , which is of some importance , viz . Heb . iii . 13 . for Hab . [ Habbakuk ] iii . 13 . p . 242 . Opinions no valid Objection to the Christian Religion . A Sermon ,

    preached in the Presbyterian Chapely HulL By William Severn 8 vo . vp . 31 . Simmons , Hull . 1809 .

    In an Appendix , Mr . Severn illustrates the importance ^ of the subject of his discourse by an anecdote : ¦ " James the First , who , is known to have been vain of the reputation of universal knowledge , to display his skill as a civilian , seated himself one day on the bench of the highest court of law , that he might there , in his own person ,

    settle disputes long agitated and decide weighty causes . The business which came beforfc him related to a landed estate . The counsellor engaged for the plaintiff pleaded the cause , either with

    puch fascinating eloquence or imposing chicanery , that , on the conclusion of ^ lS speech , the kjng , in his North British accent , exclaimed , with great vehemence , * JLet the nmun have his land . * " --The advocate , on the side of the defend

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1810, page 256, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02051810/page/40/