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    tial part * * *» i ^ ifirainify * xnii / vtreoc an j I ^ atin fotlie 3 *» , aware of this , suf fered , as if rratk mmnhnous consent , ( he eveais in T&ame to sink in oblivion * tiuragh by fer the most singular , interestin g- and important in the whole rangft of occieaiastical history . The

    Gnostic system , under , pretence of ieaohing a » d befriending , the gospel , is 1 b reality an artfal scheme to sink it in the d * eg « <> f-Jfoatlwsiism aad Jt * - daism . Its base authors were among tkose very men who put our Saviour to death ia Jerusalem * When it wns

    formed , their missionaries were sent to every place whece the gospel in i # s purity was made kaawn by the ajH * s » - des . The mi « sipmuy of the impostors to Rome is noticed by Joeephus . Hfe associates were the Samaritan Samoa *

    the priests of Isis , and other had men , who , by their supposed skill in magic mi astrology , had influence over the mind of Tiberius . They succeeded in making the eaiperor believe that . Jesms

    wan the god Pan , the sou of Mercury and Penelope ; and induced him to propose his deification to the senate . To give colour to the doctrine that he was a £ od , they invented the story © f his miraculous birth . Their real

    character , however , soon displayed itself 3 and their crimes are recorded by the Jewish historian . Accordingly , in my last paper I have shewn that " the Jew whom Josephus branded as an im »

    postor , though pretending to teach the philosophy of JYloses , as Josephus calls the gospel , was no other than he with whom the Apostle Paul expostu lates , in the second chapter of Ins Epistle to the Romans . At the close

    « rf the Epistle , Paul thought it light to give the Christians at Rome the following admonition respecting him wd his base associates : * I be&eech you , brethren , mark those who make divisions and bring pffences" ( i . e . iatroduce offensive doctrines ) " contrary to the doctrine whieh ye have

    learnt . For such men are not servants of our Lord Jesui Christ , tout of their own belly , and by their dpctrine aixmt Y ^ stus , and their eulogy c £ hiaa ^ J ^ ey deceive the hearts of the iracxpte . v * or your obedknjce is conae abroad ^ a aii . ir 4 * fa-iim 4 bnr * k * mi \ b I i ^ h y ^ i » # db * # tae w » a goo * . 2 "w «» d hai % l « 6 « Q ^ ta e % it ) But JMW < rf peace wtttq ( Wi € kty i > r * iiae wiwi uiidwl yfriikitt ^ j ;

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    . M ^ ^ UJeetU > eBa ^ * re «» arfc » oik thla psntfftiM ! C - *^ fii ^ i ^ ipQft ^ ifi < s ^ € ir ^ b ^ hew l » vr necessary the fcmwl ^ g ^^ f faete isrto ty * d 6 t * taad $ be i ^ afu ^ eA « f tto Ap&stife PtoL The i « ip (> # l ^ r % wben they tsu ^ U t tbe di viuity cif Chr *©^ chtirt ^ ert his name X $$ r * q hito X , £ * t # & guod > h&mgn * ueefutj &u < i » iihe $ ok

    tbvw supeft ^ r beings whom Plato aad otheff » supposed to b ^ a ^^ crts owwler God , ia the £ <^ ernuveiU of the ^ world . Hence the origin of a \ ¥ ell-kaowa feet ^ that the eneinSes of the gospel called our Lord Chtestus , and his followers Chrvstmni : and Creqikefit allusions to these irames <* ecur in the writings erf

    the ancieut apologists . The ori ^ ia ^ l term X ^ r ^^^ r ^^ o ^^ ura k ao otkw place , and is a word cokied by the apbstle to express the dpecio ^ is Brts of die impostors in teaching the dtvinkr < nT Cicrust * to y ^ aki ng bis very Bocae iadicative 0 / his beiafic a j ? 04 * /

    demon * lite impostora , Jiowever * were ready to allo ^ v among- themselves th at the doctrine which they thus taught Vraa £ alsfe but usefiil i as caicujat ^ d fce remove the objections of Heathens to

    a crucified Saviour . la thid ^ eiM e ^ y ± iff \ s-t >\< ryux . may be considered * as coined by the deceiver * theitiaeivt * % o express the object and utility of their doctrine : mod ia this view it approaches near the notioa which is anaexed to

    it , by tbo comincfttatorsi aad by Me . Belahana . The Heathea gods had leHivalam honour of them oetebi * ate 4 i » y > t Wr votaries 2 and when the- iinostfce £ atitfht the di ? ioity of Chrim # it wa «

    necesaary to institute a feast < eoimin > - tnorative of his superior nature . Witt this viclv they perverted the L * onVu &toppt * find affected to regard U * & aytflbohcal of the divinity , and » crt of the

    lAwrd ' e Shipper * thus perverted . Is ica-Ka 7 m ^ which Mr , Belsh » ctt inaproperiy renders by "fair apeeotefe" Sacra ccena vocutur tvXoyux , s % ya Suicftr , ia his lexicon of fli 6 Greek FaAh » B . The perversion of « hi » in ^ tituu < m took

    place ilot dnl y ifit JBtonie ^ for t « v * w aq » trodaoed by »« fil ^^ i © tvick ^ d ju ^ iils into « very phwa rUHbew % CiUnuOtiaft Chilrch was fonwri } by ^ ihe « p 00 lte « i . And te iu inttodiwrtiflOi ^ tiba Gh « u < jh mi Gormth we . W 5 iin ( Wt >««! d im I tite foUdiving -ip # ^ i 0 | }||| m . l »^^ ftwr ^ my beioroA fcmt ^ cmi # titeafmm igkditry ^ ltart ^? ufr tf eulogy which

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    D iew The ^ dtmet of tht ZKnintiy mmt Mirteutoas MrtA tf Gkritt . 6 fi

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1823, page 571, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1789/page/11/