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    / A & s'xi * . 16 . Tb ^ y fled out bftliat lrotise naitfed and wounded / 1 It Should h & ve been remarked , that the word naked means uithout their upper garments * Mr . Kenrick has a good criticism on this expression in John xxi . 7-

    * So likewise , when it is said of our Lord on his way to Calvary , Matt , xxvii . 2 ^ 8 . that c * they stripped him , " the meaning is they took off his upper garments . This interpretation is sanctioned by the use of the word in the Greek

    classics . The well known passage in Virgil , Cc Nadus are , sere nudus , " Geor . i . t 99 . is manifestly a translation from Hesiorf

    * ru /< cyoy crveigsw , yvjMov §* fiourttv , Tv / avov 5 a ^ ow & x * . Oper . et I > i . H . 9 . In his reflections en Acts xxvii . Mr . Kenrick might have noticed , that the minuteness of the

    description affords very strong presurnp-4 ive evidence of its truth . It is the irfter ^ st of the nva n who writes fiction to speak a general and indeterminate language ; to avoid a

    precise discrimination of time , places , persons , and other similar particulars . But the incidents of Paul ' s eventful voyage arc related so much in jdetail , as to

    preclude ^ in the judgment of every candid , unprejudiced mind , even the suspicion of forgery . From the extracts which we have made , our readers will now be able , in some measure , to form a correct estimate of the volumes before us . They challenge the diligent examination of all who

    * See the Preface to Harmer ' s " Observations on divers Passages of Scripture . '* p . xvi . 3 d Edition . The reader will find a very pleasing representation of Mr . Harmer ' s Character , in the Preface to the former part of Dr . Symonds ' * « Observations upon the Expediency of lievUing the English Version of the Four Gospels , & c . " p . iv .

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    Jove a i ^ tionalahd ; lfber * lWiti * £ isrn of the scriptureg ; ami no serioua , inquiring Christian , can peruse them without pleasure and improvement . r While the work discovers ^ gTeat vigour and comprehension of intellect , its character is pJamness and simplicity . There is nothing in it which bears even a distant

    resemblance to the ostentation of learning : competent judges , however , who read it with care , will he at no loss to discern that the author ' s stores of knowledge were at oitce rich and varied . Mr .

    ^ Kenrick had no ambition to shine 'as a scholar ; his infinitely nobler aim was to be useful in teaching 1 / he uncorrtrpted religion of Jesus Christ . It may justly % e said of him , that he was an indefatigable

    student , and that , in the spirit of the advice which was given to a late excellent minister , at the beginning , of" his public life , and which cannot be , prcsae , d with too much earnestness on ajl who

    are similarly circumstanced , he " made every kind of study pay its contribution to the oracles of God . " * Mr . Kerwrick took advantage of

    the inquiries of those who had gone before him . To the elaborate and judicious Commentary of Bishop Pearce he is frequently indebted . Yet we see in almost

    every page plain traces of a deep and original thinker . As a verbal critic , his talents were highly respectable ; and we make no scruple of declaring our opinion

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 751, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/45/