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From the sources our author proceeds to the objects of biblical criticism , ( p . 2 ^ 7- ) Under this division of his work he considers pretty largely , and , on the whole , very satisfactorily , the subject of various readings . On Acts xx . 28 . and 1 Tim . iii .
16 . the student should , by all means , ' make himself acquainted with Griesbach ' s decision and authorities . We may remark , by the way , that this learned man retains the common reading in 2 Cor . v . 3 ., for which , however , the correction that Dr . G . seems
inclined to adopt is substituted by Mr . Wa , kefield ( Sih Crit . P . I . % 44 . ) , artd that the reading of which our author approves in Ps . xvii . 11 , is embraced by Moses Mendelsshon , in his excellent , translation of the Psalms into German .
( pp . 276 , 277 , 279 , 281 . ) On 1 John v . 7 . the evidence is stated ^ mrith laudable conciseness and strict impartiality , ( pp . 289—292 . )
• Dr . ' G . treats , in a long chap ter , pp . 292 , 370 , on the explication of sepamte words , liere he is considerably indebted % o Glass . PhiloL Sacn , and
without reluctance acknowledges the obligation . We differ from him ( pp . 3 Q 9 , 310 . ) in the explanation of John xviii . 37 , where ^ we think that , according to the Hebrew mode of speaking and
writing , being born and coming tnto the world alike signify' ** having a divine commission ;'* the same idea being expressed in some variety of language . The explication of combinations of words is
the subject of the next chapter . Among the instances of defective punctuation , JL ^ ke xxiii . ; 32 ;
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should have a place ; and we hope that in a future edition an illustration will be given of the statement in No . 989 ^ ( pp . 370 ,. 396 . ) In the remaining chapters are considered difficulties in the
circumstances relating to the books of scripture ; means of reconciling scripture to itself ; seeming contradictions to reason and morality , to > history and matters of
fact , and complicated difficulties . ( 396 — . ) Whether , as our author supposes , the scripture seems to take for granted the reality of magical operations , witchcraft , and da&moniacal possessions , the readers of the late Mr . Farmer ' s
incomparable works will best judge , ( Nos . 1200—1202 . ) If our engagements permitted , we should with pleasure extend our observations on the very seasonable and useful publication that has thus come under our
review . Its defects and inaccuracies bear a small proportion indeed to its excellencies ; and we recommend , it as a vnde mecitm to the student in divinity , who by a judicious use of these Institutes , of Kennicott ' s Hebrew Bible .
Griesbach's Greek Testament , and Marsh ' s Michaelis , will become not a little accomplished as a sacred critic . Such works *
however , must not be merely read , they must be thoroughly digested ; nor can they be advantageously taken up without considerable proficiency in a knowledge of the languages .
We conclude in Dr . G / s words addressed to his pupils , " Theology immediately derived from th £ scriptures , will be simple and wholly practical /'
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44 Review . ' —Gerards Institutes of Biblical Criticism .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1809, page 44, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1732/page/44/
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