Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop of Carlisle Right Rev. the Bishop of Chichester, 19, Wigmore-street Right Rev. the Bishop of Cloyne Right Rev. the Bishop of Cork, 23, Upper Harley-street Right Rev. the Bishop of Clogher Rev. Mr Cambridge, prebendary of Ely, Twickenham Rev. Mr Clark, Hexham, Northumberland Rev. Robert Trotman Coates, rector of Steeple-Langford, Sarum Rev. Dr Conybeare, rector of St Botolph, Bishopsgate John Coggan, Esq. Laleham, Middlesex Rev. Dr Cooke, President of C. C. C. Oxford Rev. Dr Chester, rector of Winterbourn, Wilts George Clark, Esq. Lombard-street - Chatteris, Esq. Lombard-street - Courtman, Esq. South Lambeth Rev. Mr Curteis, rector of Sevenoaks, Kent Rev. Mr Clark, minor canon of Durham. Rev. Mr Caruthers, vicar of Christ-church Newgate-street Mrs Wm Croome, Cirencester, Gloucestersh. James Croome, Esq. do Robert Croome, Esq. do Rev. R. Cumberland, Driffield, Cirencester-2 Mrs John Collins, Swansea Rev. Samuel Commeline, rector of Hemp stead, Gloucester Rev. George Cox Rev. John Collins, Osmich, near Swansea Hon. Hon. and Right Rev. the Earl of Normanton, Joseph Green, Esq. 18, Guildford-street Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop of Dur ham - 5 Right Rev. the Bishop of St David's, Durham Rev. E. A. Drummond, DD. rector of Hadleigh Rev. R. Darke, Breedon, Worcestershire The dean and chapter of Durham Mr Henry Davies, Swansea Rev. Mr Duff, minister of Foveren, Aberdeenshire Hon. und Right Rev. the Bishop of Ely, Do ver-street Mrs Green, do Rev. Dr Gaskin, rector of St Bene't, Grace. church-street Rev. Dr Goodinge, rector of Counde, Shrop- shire Rev. Dr Gray, prebendary of Durham Rev. Dr Goodall, master of Eton-school William Griffith, Esq. Gloucester Rev. E. Goddard, Wilts Rev. Mr Greville, Bristol Captain Honeywood, Sibton, Kent Rev. Mr Hill, Red-lion-court, Watling-street Rev. Mr Holmes, sub-dean of Chapel-royal, Right Rev. the Bishop of Exeter, Parliament-Rev. Mr Handley, Chipping-norton, Oxfordsh. Mr Hetherington, jun. Nicolas-lane Oxford Hammett, Esq. and Co. Lombard-street Rev. Dr Ekins, dean of Salisbury Rev. Mr Edwards, rector of St Bartholomew Rev. Mr Hatch, rector of St Matthew, Friday-street the Great : Miss Harrison, Clapham, Surrey 1 Eton-college library William Morgan Evans, Esq. Swansea John Elton, Esq. Gloucester C. Evans, Esq. Gloucester Rev. Dr Foster, fellow of Eton-college Rav. James Fawcett, B. D. Norrisian pro- Rev. E. Jones, rector of Rudford, Gloucester, Rev. Mr Mackenzie, rector of Smarden, Kent | Rich. Richards, Esq. sollicitor general to the The Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop of Norwich school John Reeves, Esq. Rev. Dr Ridley, prebendary of Gloucester Rev. Mr Newton, vicar of Little Bedwin, Robert Raikes, Esq. Gloucester Mrs Newton, ditto Rev. R. Raikes, prebendary of St David's, do Rev. Sam. Rogersdo The shire - 2 T. M. Talbot, Esq. Penrice-castle, Glamorganshire - 20 Rev. Mr. Underwood, prebendary of Ely Rev. Dr Vincent, dean of Westminster Rev. Mr Viner, Durham Rev. Dr Vyse, rector of Lambeth and archdeacon of Lichfield Rev. Mr Van Mildert, rector of Bow, Cheap side The Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop of Winchester - 2 Right Rev. the Bishop of Worcester, Hartlebury-palace The dean and chapter of Wells Theoph. Walford, Esq. Waldershare, Kent Rev. Mr Wollaston, rector of Balsham, Cambridgeshire Rev. Mr Wood, B. D. rector of Herne, Kent Rev. Dr Willis, rector of Bloomsbury and prebendary of Rochester Sir Wm Wynne, Doctors Commons Mrs Williams, 16, Canterbury-place Rev. Mr Whitaker, rector of St Mildred, Rev. Dr Weston, residentiary of St Paul's E. Wilbraham, Esq. Cirencester, Gloucestershire Rev. C. Walker, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire Mr D. Walker, Gloucester Miss Williams, Swansea His Grace the Archbishop of York, South Audley-street Rev. Dr Zouch, prebendary of Durham ON ON THE NATIVITY AND PERSONAL CHARACTER OF CHRIST. ISAIAH ix. 6. Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace. THE Evangelical Prophet in these words sees, as it were, the Son of God born of the Virgin, and the blessed Jesus laid in a manger; and, in a prophetic ecstasy, rather declares than foretells the birth of the Messiah : " Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given.*" Then * " Singularis est Emphasis in voce, nobis; significat id, quod omnes sentiunt, nostro bono et commodo natum esse hunc Puerum Imperatorem. Vide Vitringa, in locum. " Impudenter Judæi hæc ad Ezechiam torquent. Nam, 1o. Hic natus est ante hoc Vaticinium. Vide 2 Reg. xvi. 2; xviii. 2. 2°. Nullum h. 1. Ezechiæ vestigium, nec verbum hactenus de eo probatum. 3o. Nativitas hujus Pueri lætitiam et liberationem attulit: non sic nativitas Ezechiæ. 4°. De ejus nativitate agitur, qui lucem attulit ambulantibus in tenebris Galilæis et Judæis: id quod nemo Ezechiæ adscripserit. 5o. Sequentia nomina et epitheta nulli mortali conveniunt." Calovius. "Christus hic dicitur puer, quoad humanam naturam, Matt. ii. 11. Puer; ergo homo est: et filius, idque sine adjectione, et κατ' εξοχήν, ut a reliquis hominibus discernatur, et constet alium a Dei filio non posse hîc intelligi: nec dubium est oraculum illud hic respici. 2 Sam. vii. 14, ipse erit mihi filius." Calvin, &c. Which last passage is emphatically ascribed to Christ by the author of the Hebrews, c. i. 5. |