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text , as fundamentally necessary tor this purpose ; and though we admit that this will not , of itself , immediately eradicate prevalent errors , we feel fully convinced
that ( agreeably to the more usual operation of moral causes , ) it will &oon weaken their hold upon the mind , and gradually separate those numerous fibres bv which
they check the understanding in its search after truth . Whatever , therefore , prevents the general spread of this Translation ( which we regardj as we have before stated , as by far the most faithful and
intelligible hngush version of the New Testament , ) we regret , be . cause it thereb y obstructs the diffusion of scriptural knowledge , and what will follow at no great distance , the diffusion of the trulh
as it is in Jesus . That we do not [ all y accord in all the explanations advanced in the notes , mas - terl y as they in general are , is not our motive in thus objectin < rto the insertion of them- we have stated the whole grounds of our opinions on this point , and leatfe our
readers to judge of the validity of them . It was our intention to have made some remarks on the notes separately ; but we have alread y encroached so much upon the
patience of our readers , that we shall now hasten to bring < m-r ui \ - tide to a close . Most frequency we cordially agro . e in the <» jq ) lan »~ t : ons contained in the notes : we
* - 'on $ uli .-f them as characterised by comprehensive brevity and perspicuous correctness , ; and they
obviously proceed from the pen oi one who k fuji y acquainted _ wkh hi * subject in ' all itsbearings . ~ In several , however , we think ther ^ M too great a tendency to refer
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f orgiveness and sih to ceremonial rather than to moral . impurity ; and however much this . may be justified in the writings * of Paul we are persuaded I hat the words of our Lord himself ( see notes on Matt . xxvi . 28 . Luke vii . 37 .
50 . and cornp . 47 . and xxiv . 47 . ) have a higher and more important reference- As we have declined examining the notes separatel y ^ the foregoing remark may be deemed misplaced ; but we think it very desirable to direct the attention of the reader to what
we think the fact , and must leave the discussion of it to some other opportunity . Our strictures have concerned particulars , and our approbation
has been general . Hence the former have occupied most room , and some of our readers may leave us with impressions respecting our judgment on the whole , less favourable than we feel it to
be-To prevent-this we beg them to refer to p . 100 , 101 , 2 i 7 , and 280 ; and such a reference will render it unnecessary to repeat here what we have be tore expressed from fill I conviction as tu / tUe general merit of the work .
Many of our strictures respect minutiae . ; and to readers , iu gene * mi some of them must , appear exceedingly trilling ; but our wibh is ^ that the I . V . may become criticall y accurate even in mir . uu'de , that full confidence may be felt in it ^ in cases of real importance .
We hope , and trust tbut the etfbrty which have been made to improve upoju Newcome , will be continued in order to render the 1 . V . as per . feet us possible ; and it is with this hope that . we haA e stated many eircunistances . which we ^ houhi net have thought it -necessary to iuea-
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' Review , —Improved Version of the New Testament . SS 7
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1809, page 387, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1738/page/33/
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