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1818 Feb y 9

Not Paul

 22 Jan y 1819

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I. He set up his own authority against that of the Apostles collectively

II. and severally

III. Never for his support did he refer to their authority

IV. Never on the grounds of any censure pronounced by him did he include disregard shewn to their authority
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    1818 March 16

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    I. Competitors who? 1 Apostles. 2. Their disciples in general - all primitive Christians. 9. 10. 1

    II Proofs. His own declaration. 19

    III. Proof 2: If only their disciples he would have opposed to them had he not declared himself independent […?] 20

    III. Proof 3. Had the doctrine of those he struck at been adverse to that of the Apostles he would have fortified himself against them by reference to the Apostles as being on his side 1. 2. 3. 5? 6? 11. 12. 13 in part. 14. 20. 21. 22. 23.

    IV No proof that the objects of his jealousy were in the wrong. 4. 7. 7. (a) 8.

    V. Proof 4. Consistently with his pretensions to independence, he could not have sought such support. 13 in part

    21 Jan y 1819 Add unless in the way of argumentum ad hominem is […?]

    VI In case of contrariety his authority can not consistently be stated as equal to that of any one Apostle: no, nor to that of one disciple of any Apostle. 15

    VII Objection. Had the Apostles been the objects of his jealousy would he not have cursed[?] them? Answer. No. 17. 18

    Any the grounds of the condemnation passed by him, discrepancy[?] to the Apostles is never included.
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    1817 Aug. 27.

    Not Paul

    §. 1. Apostle. 1. ex in[?] terminis[?] an emissary viz. of Jesus

    2. the only other persons so stiled (except as below) constant selected companions and confidants of Jesus.

    §. 2. Paul no associate of the eleven as Matthias

    §. 3. Sole alleged ground of his claim his story of his conversion: - this disbelieved by the Apostles

    §. 4. According to his own account Jesus gave him no information as to his acts and sayings

    §. 5. None of his Epistles contain any reference to them.

    He himself disclaims his having received the Apostleship from men[?]: from any person but Jesus. Gal. I.

    §. 6. He claims a revelation such as put him upon a level with the chiefest of the Apostles: which revelation he […?] to have had […?] every […?]

    §. 7. His title to the Apostleship rests upon his own shewing solely on his evidence /He claims not power of working miracles in all his Epistles or speeches […?]/ on the evidence of a vision in which he hears a voice which he says is Jesus’s but in which he owns he did not see Jesus

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    The Apostles received from Jesus the power of working miracles: to their having done so, Paul himself does not pretend.  See this in the other Sheets.
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    1817 Sept. 16

    Not Paul

    §. 1. I. In All other pursuits he beheld rivals to that he was preaching: the greater the pleasure, the more formidable the rivality. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8

    §. 2 II. Notion he found prevalent - heaven not to be purchased but by sacrifice: the more valuable the sacrifice, the surer the purchase. 9. 10. 11. 12.

    §. 3. Paul’s arguments in support of asceticism - their absurdity. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24

    §. 4. Paul is led into repugnancy to Jesus by his anxiety to obtain married female converts. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.