Paul's citation in 1 Cor. ii. 9, to which Bishop Lowth objects.

See more texts from Isaiah and John on ver. 14, the laft claufe.

John xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father but by me. See on the Hebrew Superlative, fect. 19.

xvii. 17. Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth. See on the Hebrew Superlative, fect. 20.

Ver. 17. 8 νομος δια μώσεως εδόθη, η χαρις και η αληθεια δια Ιησε Χρισε εγενετο.

John vii. 46. The officers anfwered, never man fpake like this man.

Matt. vii. 28. When Jefus had finished these fayings, the multitudes were astonished at his doctrine:

v. 17. Suppose not that I am come to diffolve the law, or the prophets; I am not come to diffolve, but to complete them." Doddr. trans.

Luke iv. 15. Jefus taught in the fynagogues of Galilee with univerfal applaufe. Doddr. trans. Ver. 22: And they (in the fynagogue at Nazareth) bare testimony to him, and were aftonished at thofe graceful words which proceeded out of his mouth. Ver. 31: At Capernaum, when Jefus taught on the fabbath-day, they were astonished at his doctrine.

xxiv. 32. The difciples who walked with Jefus to Emmaus, faid one to another, did not our hearts

burn within us while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened the fcriptures to us.

Christ fhews the fuperiority of his precepts to those of Mofes, Matt. v. 21, 22, 27, 28, 31 to 48; Heb. ii. 1 to 4; vii. 19. See alfo 2 Cor. iii. 7 to 11, 3 to 48.

μονογένης

Ver. 18. Θεον εδεις εώρακε πωπό]ε. ὁ υιος, ὁ ων εις τον κολπον τε παρος, εκείνος εξηγησαίο.

Ifai. lii. 13. Behold, my servant shall profper; he shall be raised aloft, and magnified, and very highly exalted. Ver. 15: He shall sprinkle many nations; before him shall kings fhut their mouths; for what was not before delivered to them, they fhall fee, and what they had not heard, they fhall attentively confider. Lowth's trans.

For Ifai. lxv. 1, fee on ver. 13.

John iv. 24. God is a fpirit.

xvi. 25. The time cometh when I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

xvii. 6. O Father, I have manifefted thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world. Ver. 25: O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou haft fent me. Ver. 26: And I have made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love with which thou haft loved me may be in them, and I in them.

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Matt. xi. 27. All things have been delivered unto me by my Father; and none knoweth the Son but the Father; neither knoweth any one the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son chooseth to reveal him. azoxaλva. Comp. xiii. 35.

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VII.

CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA

Page 6, line 12, from the bottom after voice, infert, the author of the epiftle to the Hebrews i. 1, 2, defcribes the prophets in general, and Jesus Christ, himself, as perfons by whom God spake to mankind.

Page 7, line 4, from the bottom, add,-In contemplating the term λoy, therefore, as applied to the Meffiah in the fenfe of a teacher of the divine word, we ought always to recollect that the title of Teacher among the Jews was one of their most honourable distinctions. They esteemed prophets and teachers of the law of GoD, as holding the highest rank in society. See on

Eff. xv. on 1 Tim. i. 18.

оpúls and #goonleuw in Accordingly they bare

the fevereft rebukes from them with reverence and refpect. Nathan's reproof of David, and the manner in which the king received it, is a remarkable inftance of this kind. Nicodemus, who was himself a pharifee and Jewish ruler, addressed Chrift by the refpectable title of a Teacher from God. John iii. 2. Jefus also called Nicodemus a Teacher,

ver. 10. The apoftles and difciples of Christ often applied this title to their Mafter, Luke xxi. 7; Mark X. 17, 20; John xi. 28, xx. 16. Jefus accepts the title of Teacher from his apostles as a respectful mark of fuperiority, John xiii. 13, 14. Jefus ftyles himfelf ddarnaλos the Teacher, Matt. xxvi. 18; Mark xiv. 14. Even the Pharifees, as well as others in high stations, addreffed Jefus by this appellation as an acknowledged mark of respect. Luke vii. 40; viii. 49; xviii. 18; xix. 39. In John i. 38, and xx. 16, Rabbi is interpreted Teacher.

Now Teacher being a high title of honour, there is another idea which the term λoy, when applied to Chrift in this fenfe, would convey to the inhabitants of eastern nations, which the apostle might also have in view. Chaldee was a language commonly ufed in Judea, when John wrote his gospel. 7 in Chaldee fignifies words, and alfo denotes perfons in very high stations of rank and power in a kingdom. In this latter fenfe it is ufed Daniel iii. 24, 27; iv. 33 or 36, English vers. An Arabian prince or chief is called Amer or Emir, which also fignifies a word, being derived from the Hebrew Amner or Amar, which also means a word or a command.

Word, then, being commonly ufed in the Eaft as an appellation to denote a ruler in a kingdom, either a principal, or one high in office, John might properly apply it in this fenfe also to the Meffiah, as the king and head of that fpiritual kingdom of truth and righteousness, the means of forming and establishing