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Miimt. tlml to God belong til.- clu, . 



our ! ct so as no 



ijuir B!M> 111 11- lubordinaUoD 



towards man also; one intcrmixm:; lovingly and liicmlly 



with the oil icr, and neither performed as it OUght,i 



other be iKxlcctcd.' The common bond ofall Chrirtww 



hi'|n- by which tliey become parta!>. 



the hem-tits ami salvation placed within their reaeb by the 

 ', and Hi,' ics'irroction of < 'hrist. Accord- 

 the partakers of this common I'nitb and hope form 

 ie.tively that spiritual body ul' which Christ is the head, 

 namely, the Christian Church, in which, as in the n; 

 body, various offices are distiibuted to the different num- 

 bers ; but the most exi-ellent endowment of any member is 

 ,'k in Christian love :i:ul ])iirity under the guidance of 

 the Holy Spirit. The two sacraments, which were typified 

 to tli. - in the wilderness, baptism and the Lord's 



Supper, are symbols of the Church's union with Christ. 

 In baptism, the outward sign of our resurrection to a new 

 life fvdin the death of sin, and of our admission to the 

 Church, we art- joined by the Holy Spirit to Christ our 

 : and the perpetual commemoration of Christ's death, 

 according to his command in the Lord's Supper, is a means 

 whereby we perpetually renew our spiritual strength, and 

 draw more closely our union with him and with each other.' 

 (Latham, Harm. Pun/.) 



The conclusion of the subject-matter of the New Tc-ta- 

 ment is a sketch (by prophetic anticipation; of Christian 

 society in its completeness of glory, which shall be accom- 

 plished by Christ at his second coming as the glorified 

 Son of God, when he shall triumph over all opposition, 

 and the redeemed he united with God in cvt rlastiui; hap- 

 pinc-s . We have seen that Christ's obedience unto death 

 was in order that many iniirht live; and this will be ac- 

 complished at that resurrection which Christianity alone 



. in the imaire of the 



'y, will then be in that of the heavenly. The same 

 spirit,' which we learn from the New Testament dvYelleth 

 in our mortal bodies, shall quicken these that they shall be 

 .! from the dead. \Vheii ' those that dwell in the dust 

 shall awake,' then our mortal bodies will be changed, and 

 made like unto the glorified one of Christ. bv the power 

 w herewith he is able to subdue all thinsrs unto himself. 



TKSTAMKNT. OLD AND NEW. ' The view of the 

 connection of the Old and New Testaments and the ccnc- 

 ral theory of divine revelation iriven in the pr-< 

 article aie bv no means admitted by all Cluistiai ,. They 

 are d< parted from in various directions and degrees by dif- 

 ferein >t completely opposed by Uni- 



tarians. They deny that the doctrine of hereditary and 

 total depravity is either consistent with reason and expe- 

 rience or at all sanctioned by Scripture. They hold the 

 nature of the sacrifices, both in the patriarchal times and 

 under the law. to be altogether misunderstood by those 

 who consider them .: to a corrupted natm 



to an atonement. They endeavour to prove that the sacri- 

 ficial lanru!it_ r e of the New Testament is founded on 

 figurative, allusions to the rites and ceremonies under llu 

 law. may be natuially tiaced to the circumstances of tin 

 writer^, ami has peculiarities which it could not have hai 

 if intended literally to express a L'rcat reliirions doctrine 

 They maintain that the whole system of types and anli- 

 i'i the Old and New Testament is without goot 

 Scriptural authority, and loaded with inconsistencies am 



views both of the law and the gospel. Tin 

 reject the applications which are made of some real or sup- 



.1 prophec 



The view which prevails among modern Unitarians o 

 the L'encial theory of revelation and the connection of (hi 



i" the different divine inteil. 

 'ed to different stages ill the progress of mankim 

 from infancy towards maturity : that each was best (ill,. 

 for the time in which it was gi\cn, uniting the i: 

 amount of immediate -rood with the t iwer t< 



the advancement of the race; that the .i 

 SVntein in particula. ;ned to preserve th- 



ine of the Unity of G.id at a time when the v. 

 rml was sinking fast \ adini; and coiriipting 



in exhibit to the nations around, and to all win 

 should aller.vaids contemplate the history of the chosen 

 I and illustration !;, example of the morn 



, wlii'Ti the world should be in a lit state 



. it, of the .nity, 



which mav : 'ed as a spiritualised and 



. Idmi: to it whatever important re- 

 ive Ix-cll j 

 with advani.. ihe iriand doctrine of a future 



,111111: the 



faith, and ho])e to men of all nations without distinction, 

 and without ritual observances. The knowledge of the 

 paternal character of God and of hi- 

 ill his children who sincerely desire and endeavour to 

 inm : the doctrine of a future lite distinctly tautrht and 

 directly proved, and the enforcement of the purest moral 

 principles, constitute, according to their view, the ) 

 liarity and value ol Christianity; and the whole system of 

 God'.s holiness rcquirim: human punishment, and > 

 merits savin-; men from wiath. is rejected as nnseripturaJ, 

 unreasonable, and pernicious. It is enough for us In 

 state the opposite doctrines which form the grand subject 

 of controversy in the Christian world. Any attempt to 

 trive an account of the evidence appealed to on 

 would lead us far beyond the bounds which we are obliged 

 to prescribe to ourselves. 



TESTAMENTS OF TIIF. 'IYVF.LVE PATKlAKclls. 

 a Greek work which professes to contain the last woi' 

 the twelve patriarchs, the sons of Jacob, but which is con- 



.1 to be undoubtedly spurious by all writi 

 Winston, who accepts it as a part of the canon of the Old 

 Testament ; but no Weight can be attached to his judg- 

 ment on the matter. 



The age and authorship of this work are much disputed. 

 It is once quoted by Oriiren, who nourished about A.L>. 

 230. The most probable opinion is that ol ' l.ard- 



ni r. who suppose it to have been written by a Jewish con- 

 vert to Christianity about the end of the - ntury 

 after Christ. 



It appears to have been the writer's object to foist his 

 work into the Canon, since, thoiurh he makes freqficnt 

 quotations from the books of the Old Te.-tament. he never 

 mentions any of them by name. The only book which he 

 quotes by name is ' the book of Enoch the Kighteons.' 



These testaments have been frequently published in 

 Latin. They were iiist printed in Greek by Giabc in his 

 f</>i<-i/i'ff. 1'atr., and afterwards by Fabricius in bis 



<< pigraph., and YVhiston published an English trans- 

 lation of them in his Aut/i fits. 



(Lardner's Cri'dihility. part ii., c.2l), $ 3, and the smth. :i- 

 tics there quoted.) 

 TESTIMONY. [EVIUKNCE.] 



TKSTIMONY. PERPETUATION OF. [PKKI-KTUA- 

 TION OF TKSTIMONY.] 



TF.STONE. orTKSTOON. [MONEY.] 

 TF.STS, CHEMICAL, or Chemical Ke-airents. are those 

 substances which are employed to detect the \ 

 other bodies, by admixture with which they are 1, 

 to produce certain changes in appearance and properties: 

 thus, for example, as the blue colour of litmus is turned 

 red bv acids, it is considered as and used I'm 

 determine their presence when uncombinod or in e\ 

 so also litmus which has been reddened by an acid I. 

 blue colour restored by the action of au alkali : reddened 

 litmus is therefore used as a test of the presence of free. 

 or uneombined alkalis. 



We ^'ive these examples from thousands which miirhl 

 have been selected, merely to explain the meaning of the 

 term chemical test, observ ing that change of colour : 

 only of the many alterations adduced in proof of chemical 

 action : thus the solubility of certain substances in 



nts and not in others, constitutes another criterion or 

 test of the nature of !> 



We cannot enter particularly into this subject, for its 

 extent is equalled only by its importance j ami it istl 



requisite that we should do M>. since, in de:.eiibir. 

 various metals. ,Ve.. the tests of their pic- 

 irivcn with the properties of their salts. 



We refer the reader who wish '.V of 



the subject to two works which have appealed in Fiance, 

 Tiaite elemcnlaiie dcs Kcaclils.' Vc.. bv I'avcn and 

 < lu vallier. in '2 vols. Kvo.. and ' Dictionnaire <'. 

 Chimiques.' bv Lassai^ne. in 1 v 



IT.STl'DINA 



TKSTl DO. [T.urrnisKs.] 



Tl'.TANUS (riravor. derived from rnW 

 both a generic and a specific turn : genciically, it may be 



