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A Defence of Revelation in General, and the Gospel in Particular
A Defence of Revelation in General and the Gospel in Particular Author:William Bell Subtitle: In Answer to the Objections Raised in a Late Book [by F. Webb] Entitled, the Morality of the New Testament General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1766 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books ... more »edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: . . I.-.4,' , , ,. . - ; 5 E C T. XIV. effjAuthors Mifreprefentatiom of the Old Tef- tament, and the Law of Mofes, considered. BA D the Author confined himfelf to the fundamental point which he profefiedly fets -i to prove; as both his principles them- felves, and his arguments in their fupport, have flow been confidered, nothing more would have remained to be done. But fince he has chofen to throw out fome reflexions ; though unconnected with the grand, immediate point in difpute; tending to prejudice his readers againft the Scriptures in general, by mifreprefenting the accounts they give of the Divine Difpenfations ; it would be improper to leave unnoticed what he has thus induftrioufly advanced. Whoever is a difclaimer of the Golpel of Christ, as a Revelation properly fo called, is no lefs fo, we may be fure, of the Law publifhed by Mofes, confidered in the fame light; accordingly we find the Author afferting, as follows. " Whatever notions Mofes, the Jewifli Law's ' giver; might himfelf have of the Supreme Being, ' k is evident that the ideas which the generality Jewshad of him,' (that is, as he would' the fcdeas which, the Law of Mofes' them to have of him ;) " were low, gro-, ' vefatg, partial, and imperfeft. Inftead of be- ",' lievirig Godiee. fee'e'Mak« less