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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
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y flesh shall I see God.'' I fully coincide with the
Editor in this declaration : not Job alone but all the
•other writers of the sacred books testify that the true
redeemer is God ; and they all expected him to cast his
mercy upon them, both at the last moment of their life,
;and at the last period of the world. I am at a loss to
know what expression in the passage in question has
induced the Editor to refer to the other texts cited,
" would we know whether by God, Job means some
inferior deity, neither creature nor creator ;" for there
can be no doubt that the term redeemer is frequently in
the sacred writings applied in its strict sense to the Most
High God; and that the phrases, "He shall stand at
last," and " I shall see God," which are also found in
the above passage, are often spoken of the Supreme
Being, without implying any necessit}^ of understanding
them as applicable to an inferior deity, either creature
or creator. Exodus xxxiv. 5 : " And the Lord descend-
ed in the cloud, and stood with him there," &c. Zech.
xiv. 3, 4 : " Then shall the Lord go forth and fight
against those nations, as when he fought in the day of
battle. And his feet will stand in that day upon the
Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalam" Numb,
xiv. 14 : " That thou art seen face to face." Matt. v. 8 :
" Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
The phrase, " at the latter day," found in ver. 25, is
incorrectly rendered in the English version as the
translation of the Hebrew pTHH, as has been already
noticed in page 37. [Note. ]
The Editor refers his readers to Psalm ii. last verse,
u Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the
way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed ar e
77
y flesh shall I see God.'' I fully coincide with the
Editor in this declaration : not Job alone but all the
•other writers of the sacred books testify that the true
redeemer is God ; and they all expected him to cast his
mercy upon them, both at the last moment of their life,
;and at the last period of the world. I am at a loss to
know what expression in the passage in question has
induced the Editor to refer to the other texts cited,
" would we know whether by God, Job means some
inferior deity, neither creature nor creator ;" for there
can be no doubt that the term redeemer is frequently in
the sacred writings applied in its strict sense to the Most
High God; and that the phrases, "He shall stand at
last," and " I shall see God," which are also found in
the above passage, are often spoken of the Supreme
Being, without implying any necessit}^ of understanding
them as applicable to an inferior deity, either creature
or creator. Exodus xxxiv. 5 : " And the Lord descend-
ed in the cloud, and stood with him there," &c. Zech.
xiv. 3, 4 : " Then shall the Lord go forth and fight
against those nations, as when he fought in the day of
battle. And his feet will stand in that day upon the
Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalam" Numb,
xiv. 14 : " That thou art seen face to face." Matt. v. 8 :
" Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."
The phrase, " at the latter day," found in ver. 25, is
incorrectly rendered in the English version as the
translation of the Hebrew pTHH, as has been already
noticed in page 37. [Note. ]
The Editor refers his readers to Psalm ii. last verse,
u Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the
way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed ar e