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    the Scripture miraales . If it can be shews that Jesus * from a state of i * atiixnation , was raised to that of a spirit of celestial ocde * , it will surely be admitted thai thw feet affords » glorious exemplification o £ a ce * rt » pead ! ngr evfcuty ftrst to be e 2 tf »* cfc * d to ail his faithftri fol ioww ^ and BlrtnMrtejy to the whole human e&eij . - r -, i- . - > , . ¦ - ; - - If the faete presented to the observation of htioian witoesfees are to' be our

    guides iu the case , it appears to me that « uch must have been the nature of out-Lord ' s resurrection . While the body remained in the sepulchre , no symptoins whatever were perceivable of his possessing vitality of any kind . So long as it continued thei ? e | hfs enemies maf ntatoed

    their triumph , and his friends were sunk in despondency ; and , had it not been speedily reanimated , there would have been so far from any evidence of his existence beyond the present life , that all the evidence would have beer * of the opposite description ; his dead body would have shewn the non-fulfilment of his

    predicted resurrection * and his claims as the Messiah , « ' the Prince of life , " have perished with him . But from the tnomeut of its disappearance from the se * pulchre , the proofs , not simply of restored life , but of elevation to a superior fitate of being * were manifested . The visible appearance of the reanimated

    Jesus * with that majesty of aspect and demeanour whieh in that case he might be expected to have asstnned , would have sufficiently overawed his enemies , and been accoffiip&ftfcfd with that miraculous power which Wotoltf &ave removed every obstacle 1 to 3 ri 8 ' Mteeipe ; but such an event * certainly , WonKf have furnished no indication bf # n > thiri £ beyond a resttrrectidn ^' tne ^ condition of ordinary humanity ; Pii ^ au * of thii , an angel descends from MStt + ri . vMls the * stone frbm

    thedo ^ r » f tite ^ e ^ fchr ^ and Je ^ ttM disappcm-gi" W # & hfe k * ft > tWe ' sepulchre in any vfeiirtfetforn ^ stiftttW w ^ ^ ot ^ avehad the tfcBfittfonf of ^ # atch nien 'to hie persoftial ^| iteak-ahe * f a « Veil' Wtna ' tl of theanirel > lT ( lfel « ie I > trHriir w ^ d ^ m appoitwed 1 ^ ehat' liis'JAers ^ tf dftnittl be vi ^ fcil e , it riiav j dhmU K {

    f ^ W » ' 4 sd ¥ eW ^ ih * the should . Mte ^ bfe ^ idtstlBb ^ y sefc h ^ nd l » rio # fa Wfne ^ fe ^ ntia ^ H ; and ^^ nat ! « o lbTf ^ fet W a « Je « SlitfMlor ' wltttlf eac ^ tt ihe 1 r ^ o ^^^^ satt ^ [* # fers of obse ^ v * ito WlteH '^ abfed ^ h ^ ^ b desdribfe ^ e ^^ rance ' & % 'hkp&tWihe ceiesti ^ 'Mtt ^ n ^' Ianyi M ^ fdceedrhks , must h ^ e ^ e ^ ftfled t HeW tb gWea like account of tliefr ^ cnafge , had his person been visible : nor in tha . t case would

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    they have failed to discharge 4 his part of heir duty . The jtfst co ^ Htsfoti seems to be , tl » at , as he was not seen by these vigHatft guards ^ f his bereoo , he had ceased to be visible ; and that , by ^ n opposite * miracle to that by which fc fcpiri * tual being' was presented to th <^ nv from

    ^ atj M ^ t ^ f , ^ $ ^ ^< flt H ft l ' % ni ? 4 i ** ¥$ H ¥ r- ' > uw' > us ilontiG yTtltjt lH \ M ^^ % Fm ab ^ AWiJ ^ T y < f W t ^ $ ! hm M ffa Kd& S imwm ; i ^ hu 4 i ft 4 ^^ m ^ (^^\^ Mfto w ^ tewmei ^ m . &w&t ^ te thfeSStui ^ yf tffi «^ A ' chAf ^ a 'dtate which n ^ l ntiWmbnk * Qi £ ! proper condition of Ws beitig . That he was

    iuviinvlsibility , this fnost excellent of Ktfnian I ) eing 9 was now elected to the state of a celestial spirit ; the appettranceof this angel from heaven in unison with his own disappearance , Indicating his removal , not only from death , but from the condition of mortality , and his translation to immortal blessedness !

    That from this time forward he was not seen by the Jewish people in general , is a strong confirmation of the conclusion that he was now withdrawn from the ordinary cognizance of mortals ; and it is observable that , interesting in

    various points of view , as would be the question , " What has become of the body of Jesus ; or of his person , if he is returned to life ? " we find no expressions of wonder at its absence , nor of incredulity at the declaration of Peter— " The heavens must receive him until the time

    of the restitution of all things . " This implies that the original testimony of the guards Was much more credited tban their report of what transpired while their senses were steeped in slumbers . Here , then , is a specimen , if I may be allowed the term , of the deliverance of a Human being from inanimation to an invisible , and , probably , a celestial state .

    « « W '( T ' (< l The proof consists in a change of the whole persbn from death to ft superior and spiritual life . This is in wt , no doubt , an afcorrrtiibdatidn to ttfeboo&ptions of taortate ; siticte , in the i&se' of an universal resurrectibn , 6 bin !|^ Va ^ i rely few b 6 dies wilVrpniain upM Wbbhn ' ihfch tfansfttrmarton ^ ah be sWwn'J birt if , frtfma staty of tec ^ niici bittnfe ^^ hW Are flwaketaeti t ^ WVi ^ le ^ e ^ onildib ^ lri ^ sS knd elf-tidi ^ s 8 ! bk > 8 a ¥ e Mo ^ wtth * spirhMl ^ 6 oft ^ ^ h ^ r ^^ liejire eiim ^ io * kob ^^ eiMVirfe ^ ftidmir

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    Miscellaneous Corremondence . 263

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1830, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2583/page/47/