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    are bought with a price , not with corruptible thing's , such as silver and gold , but with the- precious blood of Christ ; and speaking of the just men made perfect , the Apostle represents them as having washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb . These passages , though highly figurative , contain a very important meaning , a meaning which is intended to produce the same effect upon the mind as though the

    expressions were literally true ; a meaning which perhaps could not so well be conveyed to the mass of mankind in any other words ; a meaning which , persons of reflection will observe , was Intended to make the world sensible

    of their fallen state ; at the same time to soothe the self-condemned sinner , when smarting under the deepest remorse , and fill his bosom with peace and joy in believing : in consequence of which he is enabled to come with a

    degree of boldness to ask for mercy to pardon and grace to help , and ( upon his exhibiting a life of penitence and new obedience ) is enabled to contemplate the awful scenes of death , judgment and e ternity , with a holy trium ph of soul .

    I have now , my reverend brethren , given you my view of the doctrine of the cross ; if you think it is a mistaken one , be thankful that you have been better instructed . If , on the

    other hand , you consider it as rational and scriptural , may it have its proper effect ; may it be productive of glory to him who hath redeemed us from our vain conversation and admitted us into the favour and family of God by the ministry t ) f reconciliation . Amen .

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    Aug . 2 , 1826 . Notes on Passages of Scripture . cogitet , parva non essc , sine quibus magiia cons tare alias non possunt . H . Walton .

    t *• a fejEEK ye the peace lot * "V V t "V / ^ tfllK « " *• Jer . xxix . / , ^ thc city ^ whither I have caused you to be carried away captives , und pray unto the Lord for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace . "

    The clause , " pray unto the Lord for it , " is omitted in the translation of this prtmhet ' s writings by Blaymvy [ Oxford * | : nor do 1 find in ' -l > % » - ' - ' ¦ " — - ' '

    ? 1784 .

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    any part of the volume a notice of the omission . To such inadvertencies even the most careful authors the most industrious transcribers , and the most experienced compositors are liable . The tiring- would not be

    mentioned here , except with the view of calling the reader ' s attention to the case of similar omissions , &c , in manuscripts and editions of the Scrip , tures , and of enforcing the obligation of candour , equity and conside rate judgment , in respect of them . Ezek . xxxiv . 2 , " — should not the shepherds feed the flocks V R . T .

    Newcome r s translation of the clause is the same . But I prefer the word

    " tend" to " feed . " The verb in the original and the corresponding Latin verb bear this more extensive signification : and the whole of the shepherd's duty consists in his tending the flock intrusted to his charge . On the inquiry , " should not the shepherds tend the flocks ? " the fourth

    verse of this chapter throws a clear and a strong- light . The shepherd is to do more than feed his flock : lie must strengthen , the weak , heal the sick , bind up the wounded , recover , if possible , the stolen and missing , and reclaim the wanderers . In the

    second verse his office is described generally—he is to tend the sheep : in the fourth verse it is represented specifically 3 though , as the subject demanded , in a negative form of statement . Ezek . xxxv . 9 , 4 < I will make thee perpetual desolations . " R . T .

    Here , again , Newcome has no alteration . With deference , I suggest the rendering , " I will make thee a perpetual and an utter desolation . " The use of the plural noun is one of the ways in which the Hebrew writers express the superlative degree . *

    In Jer . xxv . 12 , li . 26 , 62 , the same phrase occurs ; being applied there to Babylon , and signifying the complete destruction of that once famous city . Matt . xix . 23 , •« — a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom ot

    heaven . " Mark x . 24 , " — h » w hard is it for them that trust in riches , to enter into the kingdom ot God V > Luke xviii . 24 , " How

    hard-* Examples of tins peculiarity may be seen in Simpson ' s Essays on the Language of Scripture , Vol . I . pp . 491 , 4 JZ .

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    450 Notes on Passages of Scripture .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1826, page 450, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2551/page/6/