(iv) Subsequently, (p. 344,) Mr. Jowett professes to grapple with the phenomenon of Inspiration. His method is instructive. He begins by inadvertently advancing a direct untruth: for he asserts that for none "of the higher or supernatural views of Inspiration is there _any foundation_ in the Gospels or Epistles." (p. 345.)--Had he then forgotten St. Paul's statements in Gal. i. 1, 11-17: ii. 2, 7-9. 1 Cor. xv. 3. Ephes. iii. 3, &c., &c.? But I have established the contradictory of the Professor's position in the ensuing Sermons, p. 53 to p. 57, to which the reader must be referred.--This done, he proceeds to assert that, (=1=) Inspiration does not preserve a writer from inaccuracy. And the charge is substantiated by the following ridiculous enumeration:--"One [Evangelist] supposes the original dwelling-place of our LORD'S Parents to have been Bethlehem[227], another Nazareth[228]." (This from a Lecturer on Divinity! Does Mr. Jowett then suppose that his readers have never opened the Gospels, and do not know better? Why, _both_ his statements are simply _false!_)--"They trace His genealogy in different ways." (Yes. In two. And why not _in twenty?_ Is Mr. Jowett not aware that a genealogy may be differently traced through different ancestors?)--"One mentions the thieves blaspheming: another has preserved to after ages the record of the penitent thief:" (And why should he not?)--"They appear to differ about the day and hour of the Crucifixion." (Yes, _they appear_ to differ: but _they do not differ_!)--"The narrative of the woman who anointed our LORD'S feet with ointment is told in all four, each narrative having more or less considerable variations." (There is no conceivable reason why this should _not_ have been as Mr. Jowett relates; but, as a matter of fact, we have here another of this Gentleman's private _blunders_,--shewing what an uncritical reader he must be, of that book concerning which he presumes to dogmatize so freely.)--"These are a few instances of the differences which arose in the traditions of the earliest ages respecting the history of our LORD." (Nay, but this is to beg the whole question!)--"He who wishes to investigate the character of the sacred writings _should not be afraid_ to make a catalogue of them all, with the view of estimating their cumulative weight." (p. 346.) (Truly, it would be well for Mr. Jowett if he had as little to fear from such "investigations" as the Evangelists!)