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I ^ hich would re r > tin * li ^ - mg G ( kI , ' in vs . 15 may be verged ihe great harshness of the construction which requires the intervening words to be eorciplekely parenthetical , and 4 he great inapplicability of the subsequent clauses to ' the living God , * tialefcs indeed it can be ehewn that 4 Christ Jesus ^ ( vs . 13 . ) a i \ d ' ike Jiving God * are the -sK-me being , Whieh is expressly contrary to Paul ' s own words in 1 Cor . viii . 6 . As to the objections against
* He who / they appear likely to be fully discussed in the Repository ; and we have no room for A styrkfarefcory examination of thn ' here : we shall therefore only add , thafc if Griesbach ' s reading be ^ adopted , we believe the rendering of this passage in the I , V . to be the true one .
The alterations in the Epistle to Ae Hebrews , appear to be more xumerojas in proportion than in any other book ; and they are in . general decided improvements . In ch . i . in particular they are ve ^ y important , and with one exception are fully justifiable . -The rendering in vs . S . is not accordant with the Greek idiom , nor required by the connexion . * But to the Son he saith , God is
tfey fhrono for ever and ever , &c . ' The passage is a quotation from JP& . xlv * 6 7- which is most obiriously addressed to Solomon , and of which the writer to the ^ Hebrews applies a part ( the whole he could not apply ) to Christ .
^ Agreeably to the Jtttitud'e pf the Hebrew language , the Psalrawst addresses Solomon as 'Elohim , a 4
god : Thy throne , O God , is < H&v evior and ever- ** - ^— -therefore v © 4 i > d even thy Qod / &c . There cou-ld sur&iy be no reason why tfee \ vriter to the Hebrews , a Jew , fa-
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frii > iar with the Hebstew ididftu should hesitate in applyhig td Christ an appellatioT * whkh the Psalmist applies to Solomo ^ when actually applying to hiii the very words of the Psalmkt ;^—The latter clause of vs . 2 . is
rendered by Mr . Simpsonj Ess . vim * by whom also he constituted the agp / Jf this rendering b 6 justifiable , ( aftd Mr . S . urgeg strong reasons in favour of it , ) it is preferable to that of the 1 , V . since it employs the preposition m its usual sense with the geni * tive . However there is sufficient authority for the rendering of tlte
I . V . The flrst thtee verses of JohnV £ rst Epistle are rendered we think on satisfactory grounds , agreea * blj ^ to th « versi on of that emineat di ^ Giple of J « sus , the late
venerable Theophilus Lindsey ; and the Editors embrace the opportunity of speaking of his excellence as a Christian , and of the importance of his theological labours . We too cannot pass the passage , without expressing our respectful and affectionate veneration of the
character of one whose life was spent in the service of Got !; whose many years all addec } to the hoary he&d some rays in its crown rf glory , obscured by bo tlarfc sp » 6 ts of vice , arkl scarcely dimmed by those impeiifectioi'is with which human worth is ever
attended ; who tvas il tustrioui * ft * thq discharge of C-h ^ istmn duty i not only in the common wqlfa of Vge but in spmft ^ hich led to peculiar ^ xertiolis nn 4 peculiar
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 276, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/30/
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