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    Jesus upon Heavgn t it is saying that he who Wai 4 > frdafinedf by me

    counsels of God to be the Messiah , ** might or might not have fulfilled the purpose for which he wris selected . " But where , I ask , is the

    difference in this respect between a being who has only the common powers of man , arid one who , in addition to them , possesses extraordinary gifts , and has a specific and most important destination ? Do we not all receive uUr

    endowrnentsfrom above ? Speaking _ after the manner of men , is it not possible for us to pervert and misapply them ? Nevertheless , do we hesitate to declare that God will

    fulfil his purposes both concerning us and by our means ? Shall we allow nothing in general , nothing in the case of our divine master supereminently , for strength of J > iety , tenderness of compassion and warmth of zeal ? The objection seems to arise from

    confounding popular with correcter language . It is evident , moreover , from 1 Cor . xii . xiii . xiv . that the early believers had a cdntroul over the miraculous powers bestowed upon them . . Nor is the fafct discordant with the analogy of ' Pro * vidfence and nature . ' <

    Another objfectidh is built upon ' * what tciofc platte at the resurrect tidri of Lazarus . " L It is Attempt . <* d to 4 h £ & that Chrisr ! flietigrayed for ' atifj « t 4 iirifc > of wfiicB '' ¦ he w&s previously < destitWei fr Biit ? tfis t fortfs iirtply the ifohertry , " <* I tftttWtMtt ; ihbtf'V&ifei " tiM * £ L * ' * L

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    fWHpk Ufa w ^ yM ^ ^ acles . If \ hhhH \ b % iktUf * * Why did he

    . perform this act of devotion ?" Let u % ta ^ . tb ^ an s ^ er from hiiiu self , * 3 ecaus ^ $ t t ^ r , people which stood by . 1 said it ^ that I might express , in ( fietir hearing , my \ pe ? suQ * ion of ^ y dependence on tiee 9 and lead'tfiem . to admit my credentials as the messia / i * .

    InJike manner , whfn v ^ s . petition for daily bre ^ d , yye arje , far from implying that we ha ^ ve not , popu . larly spe ^ kiqg , the power of pro . curing it : we sipiply make an ac * knowledgment of the power being bestowed .

    Lastl y * it is objected that " the humility of ' Christ did not consist in his neglecting to u ? e . the mira - culous powers which , accompanied him jn the progress of his mission , for his own pyrpo ^ es ; but in the most perfect

    cphtentedness with his Jot , apd in teisignation to the will of % H Fatbjerior the good of mankind . */ , In tl ^ esc qualities , no do . ul ^ t . it . in part consisted : yet . the . perusal , qf bis

    history rx ^ ay convince u $ that , bis tiumility . was also composed in no small degree yf his I ^ en ^ yol ^ pt apd clisinterested appliic ^ tipjn of bis yei * y surierior endowments . Thus it was that J Pe iq ? n |^ h ^ nsej f pi

    ft ^ r ^ i . ^ lP ; ^^ ^^ MM 6 f his humBie ^ temper , as tpe n ^ ht exercise of the talepts wh ^ ca pf b ^ pj 9 ?^ gM wis fe . wjfef SfS&s ^ ^ - * $ ^ w ^

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    576 Remarks qq Passages of Scripture .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 576, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/44/