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    to elucidate a difficult text of the sac red volume , is , I trust , natural and proper ; although the is-| ue ^ of , * * ii $ b » n endeavour maybe so fet unnatural as not to accord witfe 4 P * 5 expectations and prepossessions . Tf ? pcr ^ ei ^ e the subj ect and the nature ^ pf , the argument , we must go back to the beginning of the

    eightji chapter . The aim of Paul is to impress upon the minds of the Corinthians , the guilt and danger of their eating , in compa - ny with their heathen neighbours , the fragn ^ ent $ of victims which had bl ^ d on the al tars of the idols .

    He ^ ju i ^ es ; that a well-informed Christians compliance with the practice , will ensnare the consciences of those Qf his brethren who are less accurate ! y instructed . The nitoh chapter , like the clause un .

    dej cii ^ cussion , is apparently a di . grea ^ ipn , but has a real and impQTt ^ pt reft reuce to tie reasoning ami the iofip upon which the author tad e ^ ijtejred . For ,, in order to dissuade the more considerable member ? of the Corinthian churfch

    ( torn A wanton use of their liberty i ^ resp ^ ct ^) f different sorts of food , hi ? &e ^ s bt fore , tftern his own exai « ple shews thai ^ witli a view to jtte crpdit and interests of the gos » had the

    ^ 1 ^ 1 ^ waived ^ exercise of ^ f ^^ uiit ^ d ^ riyileges ^ and insinu ^ tes tI > fU it woul d be their dp ^ a ^ fioripu ^ to imitate his ^ j ^ fi ^ T ^ g ^ tn , the roipmence-^ jpt " of ihe ^ tenth ch aptei ; , Be

    f ' roMm J ^ facts from \ fee Jewish ^ jp ^^^ nq ^ the yonnlhian ^ were , Pp ^ f& ^ J ^ w ^ P infiuence of Judaizihg £ ^ alo ( s ) ^ t& illostratc " * fe .. fifB . f ^ W ; ^ Iweep ido latxy

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    amd the ^ eK ^ ertertCe of e ffec ts of X 3 od ^ s di ^ ple 3 suFe > |* pj f ^ aul 4 it be forgotten that he looks ujpon the act of joining in these gentile feasts as either tlae commission o ^ the coitntenance of . idolatry .

    With regard to tfee totitext ^ the three first ver 3 es Cf the chapter introduce those Mrhich foliowi and are descriptive of the divine protection and bounty vouchsafed to the Israelites , in their passage through the desert . Rut with tfcfc

    description is internfcixeid O ^ n aHo ; sion to their unthankfuJness and disobedience at that season : acd the allusion is immediately sue * ceeded by the assertion that with most of them God was not well

    pleased ; for they were overthrowa in the w 41 dernes ^ . ' The apostle begins with mentioning their privileges : he next intimates their abuse of them ; an abuse which , in one pf the cases ^ pecifi ^ d , arose from their yielding t «| a temptation similar to that which had subdued

    some of the Corinthians—an abase which , in all these instance * , was occasioned l > y t ^ eir i ^ o t tee p . ing their desires ulider jjMrt re ^ straint , I conclude thereWe ' t | a ^ since the mind of Pe ^ ul , waa ftft ? f

    ^ ft ' ^ & ' i ^ ' ' - 4 It f ' . m ~* 1 ^ ^ > . ^ h J H . - ^ ft . _ S — - * '' the analogy between the behaviour of his Jewish forefethere a ^ Jt tb ac of many of the Corinthian ^ he d ^ es not , for a i ^ omenti lose sfgW of their analogy , or pen asyHa * We which has not 4 Ma ittiinediife

    relation to his subject ; but , Jtt the parenthetical sentence * that rock was Christ , * refers to tte circumstances of those whoin h $ is addressing , ' und with ' , his w « racteriatic skill and 4 ^ Bcicy proves and warns them , N *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/44/