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    picion that Joseph was the natural father of Jestts . " The Briton acknow ledges the validity of this objection ; and proceeds to shew t&&t , if * ite genealogical tables exhibited iil tfite Gosof Matthew and Luke correct

    pels are , the account of the miraculous concejjtion must necessarily be a fabrication , but that if , on Hie other hand , Joseph was nothing more than the reputed father 4 > f Jesus , die Messiah eoufe not hare been a lineal descendant of David .

    The conclusion of the whole matter is , that , in the age in which Jesus lived , *• aa doubt was entertained 0 f Ms frying tlte legitimate son of Joseph , $ ft& that the evangelists and apostles held this opinion , and no other . * The next division of this curious

    pamphlet contains some < Further Observations on the Genealogy of Jesus Christ / ' The first ; remark of instportaeee here relates to the total dissimilarity of the names ifi the two genealogies , with the exception of -Salathiel , Zorobabel and Eliakim : and

    the consequent impossibility of reconciling them on any other supposition than that advanced in the course of the dialogue . The coincidence , as far as regards the above names , is accounted for by supposing that there might have been individuals of these

    names on both sides . To prove tka £ Luke ' s table does not refer t « the mother of Jesus , but to his father , the author ingeniously remarks that " the name of Joseph ( a favourite family appdHation ) is not le $ a than four times

    recorded / ' anti hence infers ' that the evaiigelist in assigning it to the father of Jes \ is , ( his more than p utative , his rea ^ father , ) lias placed it to the account of the , right owner / ' We are next referred to a curious inscription found by Mr . Wood at ^ Palmyra , of

    which the following I * atui version fe given from " Havfoefs Observations , " ^ Senatus pop ^ htsquc Alialamenetn , Pan ! filium , MOfcfttri nepotem , Mrmte pronepotem , ft | bft ^ fc fcJmepoTeln , et ^ raii ^ m tmtrei ^ ra ^ r ^ Wto fy * et patriae amicos /^ t oMni modo ttfacentea

    patn ^ patrHsque . att ^ te ^ ^ Oft . Annb , 450 MensfeAplH |^ ifete ^^ ife difficulty is that trailed i * ^ llfid the fatherw Alialamenes , vvho is hitoself called the son of Pa ^ us , jtt ^ at iii tlie sam ^ manner as St . Majttfa&iVy ytpM s us , ^ y ^^^ be&rt ^ ejpiks « ttid $ t . l *^ ke < j « Us Joaeph , iheaoncf&eiii V

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    Tkis difficulty the atrtborCTorfcfere as fothf explained by suppmidg tbtt M&m& is the true feiher of Atiatamenes , atid Pinds ; hfe roatertial grandfather . The two geneulogical tables of Jesus , printed ^ at fuft length , hr ^ g th& part of the work to a close . « A treatise on f&Z F $ H of Adam ^ follows next in succe&sioiu ia whicJi

    the author boasts that he has elicited the prifimtive meaning of the ordinal Account . To this "Treatise ^ is subjoined ' a Prayer" * for the extension of more enlightened views on subjects connected with refigidn ^ atntf this prayer seems to have formed the

    original conclusion to the work . It is evidently the production of a pious but singularly constituted miad . The Treatise on Adam's Fall contains many curious and excellent observations ; but as our attention was attracted to

    the work by the theory advanced fesrpecrtng ^ the genealogy of Jesus , and as this , in , fact , codstitutes by far the most origiaal ai ^ d valuable part of tfee pamphlet , we must content ourselves wfth referring our Tenders ta the book itself for information an other

    subjeeta ^ to < l proceed to * an Address to tile Clergy of every Denomination relativne to ilia G ^ nealog-y of Jes ^ s , ^ which appears to have been » t $ tched tip only with the later editions . In this ** AddresB ^ the author endeavours

    to draw the attention of Ms readers once more to the importance of the subject which he has made it bis principal object to illustrate . ^ W $ sjball quote from it pne or twx > start passages for the satisfaction pf gar waders , and then close t ^ e ^ ha ^ ty ^ e ^ tcli which we have been inducedl tp jtake

    of this ingenious and sing-ular jH ^ bUcation . " * The introductory ver ^ e alone * to St . Matthew ' s genealogy of Jesus * tended hi a great measure to convince « ne that Joseph was the undoubted parent of J £ dus ; far I Wonld ^ sh to be informe d , be

    how the wowd * gehevh&otf c ^ blu tnter-^ reted ^ if he had been hid i Sutaure f « th ^ r only , a » id had u ^ act of getier&ictii tim& achieved on his part . Nor is thia all ; for had Joseph been a relatw ^>^ f such httle estmmtioti , would d ^ ; c ^ atngelist have thought { It worth ' ) iW || % taken ; su ^ 1 ^»^ "if ^ BO ^ I ^ -cli ^ r ~ i ^* * J k / d > i / . J ' . * -tt i . i -T V . J tm ' * ik » . f 1 * 7 ' % ' I tiiLLi ' i y 4 > iLi a , A * ijJ ^^ a ' A rwincnt 'WvTv 'tw < xii 6 fckmI xhicj tot me

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    RemiM < .+ * Gi > t * 4 to < m 4 h * 0 emafc ^ § $ s

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 695, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/39/