But  this  is  not  the  only  passage  in  Jerom  to  which
you  appeal.  You  also  say,  that  "  he  mentions  Naza-
renes who  held  the  doctrine  of  our  Lord's  divinity.
For  by  an  exposition  of  Isaiah  viii.  13,  14,  which  St.
Jerom  ascribes  to  them,  it  appears  that  they  acknow-
ledged in  Christ  the  nr^ll  mrv  [the  Lord  of  Hosts]
of  the  Old  Testament."  For  any  thing  like  a  shadow
of  a  proof  of  this  most  extraordinary  assertion,  I  a
long  time  looked  in  vain,  and  thought  the  reference
must  have  been  misprinted  ;  but  at  length,  considering
what  kind  of  a  reasoner  I  had  to  do  with,  I  believe  I
discovered  your  real  ideas  on  the  subject.
The  prophet  says,  (ch.  viii.  IS,  14.)  Sanctify  the
Lord  of  Hosts  himsef,  and  let  him  he  your  fear,  and


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let  him  be  your  dread;  and  he  shall  be  for  a  sanc-
tuary;  but  for  a  stone  of  stumbling,  and  for  a  rock  of
offence,  to  both  the  houses  of  Israel,  for  a  gin  and  for
a  snare  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jerusalem.
