heaven, and the beasts, and over the whole earth." Taking this plain view of the several portions of Scripture, the candid reader will agree with us, that the inflexible truth of our revealed writings does not allow the shade of a proof in favour of the rank given to Jesus in the mystical theology of the Christians. CHAPTER XCVII. HEBREWS viii. 8. The following quotation is made from Jeremiah xxxi. 31, " Behold the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel". A refutation of the interpretation given by the Christians to this verse, has been offered in the First Part of this work, Chap. XXIX. The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews, in ver. 13 of the same chapter, says, "In that he saith a new covnant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away." The writer was not aware that spiritual matters are worn out like old garments. He might have found a correct opinion in Psalms cxi. 7,8, "The works of His hands are truth and judgment; faithful are all His ordinances; well supported for ever and made with truth and integrity." Equally decided are the words of Isaiah on this subject. He says, chap. xl. 8, "Grass drieth up, the flower withereth, but the word of our God shall stand for ever." CHAPTER XCVIII. HEBREWS X. 5. Referring to Psalm xl., Paul states, "Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, but a body thou hast prepared me." The quotation is erroneous. The Psalmist says, "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not, mine ears thou hast opened; burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not desire." The Psalmist expressed by this, that obedience to God is the chief duty of man, and that listening to Him is better than an offering, and hearkening to Him "is more acceptable than the fat of rams." That pious feelings, and not mere ceremonials, were the essential requisites, we have already demonstrated in the First Part of this work. CHAPTER XCIX. REVELATION. REVELATION Vii. 5. In enumerating the Twelve Tribes of Israel, the tribe of Dan is omitted, and that of Manasseh mentioned in its stead, although the tribe of Joseph might have naturally included that of Manasseh. This shows that the author of the Revelation was imperfectly acquainted with the very rudiments of Biblical history. If the instructor himself be uninstructed, what can his disciple profit by the knowledge emanating from such a source? CHAPTER C. REVELATION Xxii. 18, 19, "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the Holy City, and from the things that are written in this book." The Christians have nevertheless ventured to make changes of a most glaring nature. The removal of the sabbath to the first day of the week is not authorised by Jesus or any of his apostles. The eating of blood,. and the flesh of strangled beasts, etc., is a palpable infringement of the dictates of the apostles, as has been amply proved in Chap. III. of the First Part of this work. Thus, having accomplished all my intention, I offer thanks to God, who is One and Indivisible; He is the first and the last; besides Him there is no God. THE END. |