THE

THEOLOGICAL WORKS

OF

THE FIRST

VISCOUNT BARRINGTON,

INCLUDING

THE MISCELLANEA SACRA,

THE ESSAY ON THE DISPENSATIONS,

AND

HIS CORRESPONDENCE WITH DR. LARDNER,

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED,

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

WITH

A BRIEF MEMOIR OF HIS SON, SHUTE BARRINGTON,

THE LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM,

BY THE REV. GEO. TOWNSEND, M.A.

PREBENDARY OF DURHAM, AND VICAR OF NORTHALLERTON.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

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ESSAY III. On the Time when Paul and Barnabas

became, and were known to be, Apostles

ESSAY IV. On the unanimous Judgment, or Epistle,

of the Apostles, Elders, and Brethren at Jerusa-

lem, to the Brethren of the Gentiles in Antioch,

Syria, and Cilicia, &c.

APPENDIX; being a Paraphrase and Notes on the

17th chapter of Leviticus

An Essay on the Dispensations of God to Mankind, as

revealed in Scripture

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ESSAY II.

ON THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN APOSTLES, ELDERS, AND BRETHREN.

PART I.-ON THE APOSTLES.

SECTION I.-Design of the following Essay; and on the powers granted to the Apostles in their first com

mission.

BECAUSE the appellation of apostles, elders, and brethren, occurs often separately in the New Testament;-and the famous letter which is mentioned Acts xv. 23, is represented as going from them jointly (as comprehending the whole church at Jerusalem) to the brethren which were of the Gentiles, in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia : because it is of so much consequence also to the right understanding the New Testament, to understand the character of an apostle; and of so much difficulty to understand what is meant by an elder in this text-and it being impossible to know what is meant by brethren without understanding what is meant by the other twoI have thought it might be of some use to con

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