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    sir , June 10 , 180 S . I have read the last letter of your correspondent J . lyj . with much satisfaction , inasmuch as it completely absolves me from the necessity of giving him any answer . I therefore now take up my pen merely to notice two " surreptitious" corruptions of the

    sacred text , with which I am charged by him as a retort

    courteous for my having pointed out that he has chosen to substitute a ^ Ttayfi OL for the apostle ' s word The first of these formidable corruptions is , that 1 observe that " Moses teaches us that the world

    was created by Jehovah ; ' whereas it seems , Moses himself only ventures to sav " God created the heavens and the earth /* From

    these premises , I suppose J , M » would argue that Moses does not teach us that Jehovah Was the creator of the world , and that I have misrepresented ' him in ' af » farming such to be his doctrine . If the cause of Socinianisni can

    derive any support from this notable piece oi criticism , it is heartily welcome to make the most of The second of my corruptions

    is that I prove Christ to be Jehovah from the circumstance of JVialachi ' s predicting that he should come into his temple ; Whereas the prophet docs not use

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    the word Jehovah , but the worcf Adon . I could easily prove tha £ 1 was not ignorant of this circum ^ stance , and that my object was no unfair concealment of it , if f thought it of any use to give up

    my name ; for the text in question is discussed at large in a work which I published some years ago , and the Hebrevv reading specially mentioned . But I rjever supposed the jut of the argument to be the

    mere point , whether the word Jehovah or , the word Adon was used . I suppose . J . M . will not deny , that the temple of Jeru ~ Salem was the temple of Jehovah , and not of any false deity what-, Soever . Now Malachi , speaking of the great messenger of the covenant who ' se advent Jehovah bf

    hosts solemnly announces , declares that the Lord shall suddenly come to his temple . If then the temple be the temple of Jehovah , the person who is said to come to his own temple , must clearly be

    Jehovah , although he may be styled ( as h 6 ' frequently is in scripture ) Adon . But the Lord ( Adort \) th& messenger of the Covenant , is said to come to Ids

    own temple . Therefore the Lord , the messenger of the covenant , must be'Jehovah . I doubt whether the cause of Socinianism will derive any m ' ore support fronv j . M / s second piece of criticism ^ ban it hath done from his first

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    378 The Clergyman * s last Notice of J . M .

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    me a fair honest , and rational explanation , how I may conscientiously go through the ceremony , or obtain q . wife consistently

    with Christian principles without it . A speedy insertion and reply ; will much oblige An Unitarian Batchelor ,

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    THE CLERGYMAN ' S LAST NOTICE OF J . M .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1808, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2394/page/26/