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    a necessity for a miracle to be wrought to conquer jthe 4 ^ ° ^^ , tpfi account states that it was already done before the sun and mpdn ^ re is , ajd tp have stood still . " Now , Sir , I see no " absurdity" at all In kn ^ t ^ or ^ $ rsjt relating the event of a contest , and then " returning ^ not 9 nf ^ 6 h ^ ib ^ has it , to give a fresh account of the same transactions , But ipm ^ nt ^ Qn a circumstance which had taken place during the contest , and which kg i ' r ^ l not previously mentioned . As to the supposition tt ^ t , t ^ e , .. i iwra ^ J ^ ' \ v ; as wrought after the defeat of the Amprites , ^ here , 13 . no pe . e ( i . to ,, 'J QW ^ j ( 9 ?^« v . ., !'¦ : The presumption of Joshua , in daring to ^ ct ct p ^ jpfig ^^ if ^ jt fv n ^ s 6 wn sole power , and independent of the authority of the Almighty " Jehovan , ** requires proof . In fact , we have an intimation that , previously to performing the miracle , he addressed the Supreme Being , though the words of his address are not given . " Then spake Joshua to the Lota , in the day when

    the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel , and he said in the sight of the children of Israel , * Suii , it ^ rftlibu still upon Gibeon , ' " &c . ... The " unphilosophicaP' manner in . whicl ) the histprian describes , the miracle , cannot surely be urged as an obje <^ ioiii v // i ( % e ; ac ^ u ^ is tn , conformity with the astronomical system of that day , ah& ^ it 15 ijob iAucft ^ 4 ^ s--pute the record of a fact , because the writer was unacquainted With the discoveries of later ages > aqd therefore described \^ . a ^^^^ ' ^ i ^!' a d |) ar ^^

    rather than its real nature . ' , ' , , 1 That the moon ajso is sai ^ to hara stood still , fu ^ ish % j [ tl ^^ 'bW ^ aW ^ iljnent for the reality of the miracle . Fpr ^ khp ^ q ' wty &jfafyl J aSmit [ ji > occasion for this when the sun was shining , it was ( according to tlie ttion ^ hi and , true theory of the motions of the celestM wiies ! < jk necSssiqry cdtisequenc $ of the cessation of the earth s diurnal roto& ' pfy ' ng which , 'I bresiinie , the miracje consisted . ' '

    Buti ^ e grand objection of your correspondent , ( stated in a iiote );^ s One w ^ ichj jf < sjncere in " not vvishing to do aw « iy wjt ( i . ' the mjr ^ cte in ihe Sacred . Scripjtjur ^ indiscriminately , he d ;^^ ciple is either wholly or iti part impugned , as an open lrtsult to the maijesty of the Divine Beiner . " Now , Sir , if this argument Mai any force , irafects

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 734, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/22/