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      ^ ea tb , be shall a ^ # 3 ppi ^ t !^!?!^^ the commission ofntfeis sm / re to kttow it personallyy and on the evidence Xff $€ nffcP Buphe ^^ ekrped cbni meiltatoT tff $ j |< rt £ "* ifevv a t * 3 inadiaiisiibTe sigmfication to this word , fee . > For he

      glosses the ^ clause tbtfs : •* if a Christ-T&fi ?* -& g * iav impulse of ike spirit , perceives that any Christian brother has §? && £ & such a sin , &c . " No'doubt , 4 liere » is a reading * which , could it tfeT&taMished ., inigbtglve plausibility

      £ b this Ipterpretatioti : the word ho ^ ve ¥ er to wFnch I allude , is not even noticed 6 y tJf \ Benson , aud , in truth , is undeserving of regard . It H £ ilS « Aniltfte , refore for those \ yho adopt ffite bjflt&&ri bfthU ctittc to shew by WH # t ; J > recess trie verb employed i n the 1

      t £ * 3 J dft'ri . bemade to denote an impulse 4 > fWe Spirit . The excellent writer , contrary to his * practice , has contented b&xiiele ^ iere xtitih . an assntnptton . It Is ah tssufctfHipn , too , by which We are-far froitt being aided in discovering the import of the terms d ^ sin rtoi utUq

      denift'&nil a tbt Unfd death . If we take thu author as our guide , a fresh perptekity 'ocetits to' us , m the midst of ottr ^ fiveitigation . We are desirous of exploring the respective senses of the phrases whfreii t Lave just transcribed : aiid yet " o ^ ur attrition rnust he diverted ta ~* £ jf . unusiial arid arbitrary comment fprif a verfe of trery familiar occurrence I WtfetH ^ r a sin t&l unto death , could be Iracf ^ ii , or not be knt / wn , any otfteF

      yt * y tHan by a EXrvine impulse ^ ^ f immediate revelation , is an hityuffy the issue of which depends on our ft&ttymlf as ^ cirtamlng the nature of tblrt ' sirK However , besides the ext ' re ' rne difficulty , if * I may not call it Aw { thposshbility , of reconciling ~ Dr . Befison s gloss on the tenn see with ih * 5 ' principles of aionnd criticism , - his hypothesi s renders it necessary for us toTsuppose that the prayers of which tta " apostle speaks were not to be offered without fr a prophetic im-KHee' / Does John , let me ask , thus

      qpoajify and restrict his assurance ? jPSq : 4 rc , ifu > i > iy says , " If arly man tee hb brother sin a sin which is not futtp dratfr , he shall ask , and shail ebtftin . life for him . * ' This passage cSriJ&in& ' at onc ^ a "command and a ^ i ® Siise : "Here the future ten ^ e is to ^ nifestJy eduivalcnt ~< with the hanf ^ ra fi ^ e mooidf . * Bwt if the obligation fia ^^ e - -V - . _ ' ' . / .. ^ . * € i # T 7 . Grresbach , in lac . voi . in ' r

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      torpBeae ^ t tl ^ M&qwr was essentially cVmnectea ^ wfm ^** an impulse of the spirit" that the petitioner could not otherwise tie safesfied of the propriegr or Success &f his r ^ guesj , Bo ^ the command and the profeii&fe must have been superfluous . "

      ^ Jt is conceded that < € Alriifhty God did sofnetirnes -see pf-opei ^ to punish" offenders among tfc ^ ^ fl » a ^ Christians i € in a very remavtebrt manner , by sending trpca tliem some bodily disorder ^ and , in the eas € of great criines , even death itself ^ Jn 1 Cor . xi . £ 9 , 30 , and it * other passagea of the New Testament * toe have

      examples of tHe fact . TQ $ dfoeT : Ovep unto Satan " -an unworthy , me « B 3 ber of the cliUrcJi < I r Pim . t . 0 ®)* was simjily to eixeomxnunicate him ; t < l 4 jai him ottt of the family of Christ into hh mm pf * Uc , the world ., As to the prctyer of J'aith s »> oken of in James : ^ . 14 , ld > there is not the least e \\ detu : erthat the

      malady to be cured by it was tb f inUnee * diate effect and puni ^ ment of sin 5 for the words of the apostle coi ^ ceming ihe diseased person are , " ijft he havecaia * mitted sins , they shall be * forgivxai hain . ^ Dr . Benson takes for gran tied that *' a sin- which brought : ah ; a tbsease ending irr death wsl& caDtddL&sitt into

      deaih" But he has not pcociciced . ^ a single authority in beHaJf of tbi ^ expo > sition ^ F ai » . aware . of it * * beang ; * . a aja rrent op in i on , tha tL the healings iff bodily disorders and Jhe Jbrgivgn * s& , nf sittss are freqaeijtly represented in fixe New TeMtaiiienL a * one and , the ? same

      act . It 13 an o | mi ) on in ^ hicfo , 1 can ^ wax acquiesce . : A supposed , illu&tration . and proof of it , have been found , in M ^ tu ix . 5 , -6 .. . On curing * ' tbe . sick of the palsy , " our JLorxl sard to hlm 9 ^ Take co urage , son $ thy siaas . ar ^ forgiven ihec . " But why > should we .

      imagine that the Iaugnage of Jqs | t > \ va » aeniginaXical ? Had h « iidt'lite rally , a ^ legated 4 < pd ^ yer jon , eart ^ i to forgive suas ? ' ! . JDid not be evenfcoxnmonicate tiiia . power to bi ^ aj > ostlej » . ? " Whosesoever- sins ye rexsvit , rtJieyAre remitted imto theoa > ^ ri « l J ^ boses o *

      eveT > sinsye retain , they axe retfcijjed , * John xx . j 30 f Thir text uSMsTigOTem our - int ^ f \ weisUimx of otht «> pa ^ a ^ w * contoipji % _ whe rsanae ^ biswte c ^ ForiiaaEuig to , mqtitre ^ howwfiw , JtK * povyfl ^ iiDL ^ iwgi ^ m ^ r ^ njr . csttgjpo ^ ^ i , > Jh ^ plaiidv ^ rvaras not' synony « ooi ^ iw lUnt fe f fkowte 39 oC ^ ea / t 77 ^ di ^ cas qs ; whtdbi ^ pfic ^ rogative had already beep" confcrrea on

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      O « /^ " «> i ww / 4 » ( fea / X * si *^ o / 7 ' V /^? Apostle John . 10 *

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1817, page 105, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2461/page/41/