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Critical Notices a—Theological. 853
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Art. III.—A Concise View of the Successi...
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sometimes the juxta-position creates a false reading : for instance , " 2 Titn . iv . 1 , The Lord Jesus Christ shall jud ^ e the quick and the dead . —John i 10 , He was in the world , and the world was made by him .
No . 10 . Mr . Edmonstone talks of the 6 < diabolical intentions" of Mr . Harris ; triumphantly quotes and comments upon the forged text , 1 John v . 7 ; and if he love God , does it apparently from a similar penchant with that of Dr . Johnson for a " good hater . " He says , " Knowing that * the wrath of God is revealed against all unrighteousness of men / and that if the commission of one sin on the part of our first parents deserved the eternal wrath and curse of God , certainly every sin of ours places us under the same condemnation . God is immutable . What he hates to-day , he hates to-morrow , and what he hates to-morrow , he hates eternally . " ( P . 3 . ) No . 11 . The writer shews that Mr . Wallace , in giving a list of essential doctrines rejected by Unitarians , has expressed them in language unknown to Scripture , or altered from that of Scripture ; and he then presents in contrast the Unitarian faith in the verba ipsissiiyia of Holy Writ . The sarcastic tone of this pamphlet does not please us . We subjoin the author ' s apology for it -.
" I am aware , that many whose judgments I respect , and whose displeasure 1 would deprecate , may dislike the garb in which 1 have clothed niy strictures upon Mr . Wallace ' s well meaut productions . As a matter- of taste , I myself should have preferred a more amiable iiiid dignilied style of c expostulation - but [ am of opinion , that there are cases , in which the plain nutriment which might sufficiently stimulate the healthy stomach , and give vigour to all the functions of sentient enjoyment , would be altogether unsuitable to the depraved appetite and diseased digestion . There are cases , and , in my opinion , Mr . Wallace ' s is one , in which it is necessary , by pungent applications , to destroy , if possible , the crust of early prejudice ; which like a speck on the orb of vision , allows the light of day to enter only parti , illy and obliquely , to those nerves of sensation which communicate with the organ of onind .
No . VI is . by a Trinitarian , and No . 13 by Mr . W . Rowe , the authors of Nos . 2 and 5 n'Hpcctavely , and of the same general character ; the Trinitarian concludes by giving up Mr . Harris to final reprobation . " ¦ Indeed it appears Co me , that neither warnings nor entreaties will prove
c-llicacious , or induce him ( Mr . H . ) feo acknowledge Christ as God and man in one person and , as such only , the Saviour of sinners , until , aroused by the blasts of the Archangel ' s trumpet , and summoned before the judgment-seat of that Almighty Being whom he rejected and despised as God—he receive his awful doom : s Depart / & c s I know yoo not . '"—No . 12 , p . 12 . Nos . 6 and 9 , are the poetry of the controversy . We canmot say much for or of it . No . 9 takes the Unitarian side , and No . 6 makes merry with both parties . There is , however , an occasional moral in his merriment :
Ci G—v—n , ye to the grave should gaue , Or made it your endeavour , For a' your fuss about Amen Is but an auid wife ' s haver . 61 Poor finite man is prone to err , Though Charity he smothers , An' may be LOCKE an' NEWTON were As right as G—v—n Str—th—rs . 6 i But si nice ye wad vour conscience save . Nor venture on the sin o ' t , Think—they wha ^ d no meet at a grave , INI ay hae to meet ivithin it . " Verses 18—20 .
Critical Notices A—Theological. 853
Critical Notices a—Theological . 853
Art. Iii.—A Concise View Of The Successi...
Art . III . —A Concise View of the Succession of Sacred Literature in a Chronological Arrangement of Authors and their IVorks from the Invention of Alphabetical Characters to the Year of our Lord 1445 . Vol . ] . 8 vo . pp . 502 . 1830 . Part I ., hy Adam Clarke , LLD . ; Part II , by J . B . B . Clarke , M . A .
This is a re publication , with some enlargement and addition , of a work which was reviewed in the Monthly Repository , ( Vol . 111 . O . S ., p . 236 , ) on " us first appearance ; and the completion of which is now confided by Dr . Clarke to his son , to whom he has -delivered up all his papers and plans , " with the fullest conviction that , from his natural taste for this species of study , so nearly allied to his sacred function , and from his various learning and thorough knowledge of the subject he is amply qualified to conduct it with credit to himself and profit to the reader , to that issue at wfiiich his lather aimed—The glory of ( iod and the good of his church . " Mr . Clarke is responsible for about one third of the present volume , which comes down to A . 1 ) . 3 ii ;"> . its execution i « very creditable to Inn industry , his impartiality , and his charity . Krom the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1830, page 853, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121830/page/53/
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