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Summary Of All The Arguments For And Against Richard Brothers.
the Messiah , is also the prophet alluded to before . Pie also says , that the reason why the synagogues arose disputing with Stephen was , because he endeavoured to prove that the Messiah was the prophet Moses promised , aud therefore he was charged with having spoken blasphemous words against Moses . Halhed vindicates Brothers for calling himself Christ ' s nephew \ sy the following argument : — " If Christ had brothers and sistersas is
, expressly proved from the Gospel , the son of any one of those must necessarily have been his nephew . Extend the line of filiation through 50 , 100 , or 1000 descents , the last is still a nepheWj" & c . Home denies that it is expressly mentioned in the Gospel that Maty , the mother of Jesus , had sons and daughters . He says that brother among the ancients was used with greater latitude than at
present , and applied indifferently to almost all who stood related in the collateral line , as uncles , nephews , first-cousins , & c . He 333 ^ 5 , that if James , and Joses , and Simon , and Judas ( Matthew , ch . xiii . v . 55 . ) were not born till after Christ , they would be too young to have any business with our Saviour * , ( ch . xii . v . 4 6 . ) Home is therefore of opinion , that brothers and sisters are no more than
firstcousins - )• in the Gospel . Halhed says , that times of calamity are peculiarly fertile in visions and prognostications , predictions and prophecies . . He then animadverts to the greatness of a man who has been in the habit of writing letters to -the king and queen and ministers of state ever since the beginning of 1792 , foretelling many events which would
afterwards come to pass , and some of which actually did . Home sees no merit in these predictions , it being easy enough , he says , to have anticipated many things at that time without being possessed of either the gift of prophecy , or the art of conjuration . Mr . Halhed declares , that uprightness of intention , and candour of soul , breathe through every line of his ( Mr . Brothers ) composition . He thinks , if there be any deception in his prophecies , himself will be the first dupe ; and , seeing that he gives us a reference to the Scriptures , his veracity must be good .
Mr . Home declares himself willing to meet the prophet and his advocate on their own ground , giving his opinion first of all of the former character as follows : —He has been weak enough to listen to the persuasions of some designing men , who have stimulated him without doubt to publish his book for the purpose of promoting apprehension and sedition ; while in so"doing he has worked himself up to a state of frenzy and enthusiasm , This author tells us , be had the
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Summary Of All The Arguments For And Against Richard Brothers.
the Messiah , is also the prophet alluded to before . Pie also says , that the reason why the synagogues arose disputing with Stephen was , because he endeavoured to prove that the Messiah was the prophet Moses promised , aud therefore he was charged with having spoken blasphemous words against Moses . Halhed vindicates Brothers for calling himself Christ ' s nephew \ sy the following argument : — " If Christ had brothers and sistersas is
, expressly proved from the Gospel , the son of any one of those must necessarily have been his nephew . Extend the line of filiation through 50 , 100 , or 1000 descents , the last is still a nepheWj" & c . Home denies that it is expressly mentioned in the Gospel that Maty , the mother of Jesus , had sons and daughters . He says that brother among the ancients was used with greater latitude than at
present , and applied indifferently to almost all who stood related in the collateral line , as uncles , nephews , first-cousins , & c . He 333 ^ 5 , that if James , and Joses , and Simon , and Judas ( Matthew , ch . xiii . v . 55 . ) were not born till after Christ , they would be too young to have any business with our Saviour * , ( ch . xii . v . 4 6 . ) Home is therefore of opinion , that brothers and sisters are no more than
firstcousins - )• in the Gospel . Halhed says , that times of calamity are peculiarly fertile in visions and prognostications , predictions and prophecies . . He then animadverts to the greatness of a man who has been in the habit of writing letters to -the king and queen and ministers of state ever since the beginning of 1792 , foretelling many events which would
afterwards come to pass , and some of which actually did . Home sees no merit in these predictions , it being easy enough , he says , to have anticipated many things at that time without being possessed of either the gift of prophecy , or the art of conjuration . Mr . Halhed declares , that uprightness of intention , and candour of soul , breathe through every line of his ( Mr . Brothers ) composition . He thinks , if there be any deception in his prophecies , himself will be the first dupe ; and , seeing that he gives us a reference to the Scriptures , his veracity must be good .
Mr . Home declares himself willing to meet the prophet and his advocate on their own ground , giving his opinion first of all of the former character as follows : —He has been weak enough to listen to the persuasions of some designing men , who have stimulated him without doubt to publish his book for the purpose of promoting apprehension and sedition ; while in so"doing he has worked himself up to a state of frenzy and enthusiasm , This author tells us , be had the