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    p ^ Uii ^ ed a dis ^ oujtse , entitled " The C ^ niscience ; of th& . Soiaw of Godr an ^ iVrgun ^ nt 0 & 1 fatMfcih 6 tof *" i > Tqi this discourse ths preacher had the courage tft pp £ | M ^ ^^^ i&irSlSiis" ^ . vlMhdto ; aaj& , ¦ ( p . i 4 , ) c 5 sWy m& <* ktm ffa&fcfc thi& a that the apgels ; did ;/ j ) rql > at > ly not £ /* # w ? it , and that , tjge , jStim * vras iwl wjUUng to > make

    that day and that hour known , which th ^ Father had then reserved to hin * - sel £ f ? > Ii § i afterwards quotes ( p . ; 40 ) *^ the 4 determination of JSt ,. \ Axigustine ( De Tmmtate , h . I i . 'C *' xxifi . ) upon

    this , passage * * Hoc . , nescit r < q % uod . nescientes Jte $ it ,. id est > quod rton ita &ciei > at tut func discipulis indicaretJ This Dr . Wotton translates ; * He , is ignorant of that which he will not suflfer otlx ^ rs , to . know , that is ^ whicii he , Md vno ( : knpw so as to tell ihis

    disciples ate that time / ' It appears from whait : ttVf . Wotton adds , ( p . 43 , ) that " vfcwp very { learned Jesuits , Bettqrmin , and his advocate Gretser , made use Of S& . J&Uf&tin ' s authority to prove that

    J ^ sus Christ , as man , knew the last day and hour , " and thus , from our Lord ' s language , on that supposition , would defend their doctrine of mental reservations . * , . It . is remarifc&hle &&& &e Clerc 9

    althpugh he claimed to be a Trinitarian of some description , ( as appear ^ by his J > arrkqsiana ^ quoted , by Gale against W $$ * i 9 > i& $ ahI y * # unqiyftlifie ^ ly Unita * - rjian ontluspassage . la \ naHarmony ^ tranplated JZQl , ( p- ^ S ^^ Mthus ^ Qin-WWti % &if \] $ & % i v& fpr th ^ precise day and Jipur-T-no one knows them but the # ! hm no ^

    ^ % th er > * Q , a ^ yet revealed thena to his f ^ gek nor to me mysislf . ?' I ^^^ w p * I $ < & * ' > 1703 , he refers tp tlfe ^ para ^ lel ; pas $ ^ g § , Matt , xxiv ., 36 , II * , ^ l ^| . ^ 0 te on which he represents t&pj cpnimunications of divine knowledge to pur Lord ^ as ^ limited to the pjurpos ^ s pg lii § 4 OT * WP- Con . siderjng the ; s ^ We (? t of Chrises discowb ^ to { b ^ rat ^ r t ^ e d ^ tru ^ ctiou of Jeru ^ akm than the las t judgment , he

    f ^ Mr ^ rj lirtu n r * •< Ju :, * . m ¦ ¦ k hi iRl ^< rflf ^ pi ^ c ^ 4 e i . crpire que P ^ tD SfSfMl : & $# ffiW 9 jfe ^ Ji ^^ Qwert § i s ^ $ ^ \ d ^^ « M $ i sur 1 ft terr ^ , le jow etPUeux ^ v de 4 a , prise de 4 eru ^ alem parce que pette cpaidoissan ^ e ne lm 6 t oit point n < Scesaaire , pour wmto&' -fe ^ tf ^^ S ^ PIIIIH- ^

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    perir , avant que tous ceux aqu'il parloit ftssent Snorts ; pour lettt tpotivoir donner les" avertisseinents ^ qui 6 toieiitdetres ^ g 3 ^^ e cons 6 quenpepoiir eux / ' ( W # mayy ^ God did not discover to his Son , while upon earth , tjte day and hour of the capture of Jerusalem , as that iknow ledge was xmnecessary to the fulnlment of his office as Mediator ; It was ,

    however , important for him to know that Jerusalem would be destroyed before all his auditors were dead , that he : mi g ht thus address to them those ^ Varnmgs \ Vhich it highly concerned them to receive . )

    The management of Doddridf ^ e in disposing of this troublesome text , may be well contrasted with the plaindealing of ; JLe dlerc * j The ? fanner expositor , assuming' in his note cc the two natures in \ our Lord , " supposes him to have desiimed thus to instruct

    his disciples : There is no one wlioi knows the * precise time , neither the angels in heaven , nor even the Son of Man himself , with respect to his human nature , or as a part of what he is eom ^

    missioned to . reveai /^ Thus , as fr ake ^ field remarks ) , ( oh Matthew * p . 3 ^ 44 , ) " the Trinitarian . steps in with his ambidextrous , distinctions and re ^ er ^ vations— .. /^ ewi is God , and not man ; man , and not Gqrf , just as the aiguinent requires , «« ad difficulties press . If these despicable distinctioris ^ ? he adds , " were to be employed by any man , \ ipon any . other , subject i whatsoever , they Would effectuaEy ruin his cause with every judicious person , and de * servedly expq ^ eihini Tto the laughter of

    the . worijfMV 1 ** another place , ^ iy friend justly complains that " ^ tl ^ is particular of pur ? Lard ' tmioranee , which he naentibna of ? himselfi is fvery improperly Omitted - TpyA Bishoj >! Mewrrr come in his Odserpatidns , B ^ i ;;« € Sh » iL S , ii . /* and quotes from Jrendztis ( HAS )

    the following contrast ; , * 5 j JS ^ ientioto diei illius Films non erubuit referre ad Pattern : \ &g& dixit quod -verum . i&t . " ( The : kn ^ wledg ^ of A * t > dfe ^ # da did , not acnmjj ^ jttfjrd ^ % f ]| f > I % jiiw : hid ; declared ^ btiSuS : E | li # ^| JPl *^ jff ^ V , Ml % ^ fc # ^ q ^ ^ Slf ^^^^^^^ .. . * . ' # ¦'¦ . ¦

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1820, page 636, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2494/page/8/