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disposed for such conviction , of th £ justice of tiis remark . Upon this principle the candid Reviewer represents the Editors of the I . V . as dishonestly expunging the prefaces to Matthew and Luke , and
explaining away or perverting other passages which are supposed to ^ contradict their p re-conceived opinions . All this is very false and absurd . Did the honest and learned Dr . Wfailby wilfully prevaricate and misrepresent the
meaning of those texts which he explains in support of Trinitarian tenets ? Certainly not . When he wrote his Commentary he was satisfied that the interpretation which he then £ ; ave was the
genuine sense oi the scriptures , though afterwards upon mature reflection he was convinced of the contrary , and like , an honest and good man , he published his recantation of Trinitarian errors . The same
observation may be applied to Calvin Boza , Grotius , and the Fratres Poloni , to Hammond and Leclerc , to Lowth , and Locke , and Clarke , anil Doddridge , and others , all of whom were men of
great learning , pietyj and . Integ rity , who inquired JjijVgently into the sense of tftv sjTcred writers , and ho \ vevei ^ the ' ymight be misled by preconceived opinions , and unknown prejudices , would
have scorned the thought of wilfully perverting the scriptures to support their peculiar systems . i \ nd the Unitarians of % he present day plead for and have a right to expect the same candour of judgment from their opponents . Nor
do I believe that this Reviewer himself , whatever he rnay profess in order to depreciate the character of th ( 3 objects of his abuse , can seriously credit the charge he
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brings . He cannot in earnest believe that such men . as Lindsey , and Priestley ^ and Jebb , and Lardner , from whom the editors
borrow many of theix most obnoxious annotations , were insin . cere in their expositions of the scripture ; ' and that to answer a sinister purpose they imposed a sense upon the sacred writings , which in . their consciences they believed to be false . Let him
reflect upon his own conduct and blush . I admire the candour so unusual in this critic , with which ( in p . 3195 ) he states the various points in which the editors of the
I . V . appear to depart from the popular creed , not only as to the proper humanity of Jesus , but likewise with respect to the perso * nality and deity of what is called the Holy Ghost ; the doctrine of Christ's atonement and interces *
sion , the existence of angels and of separate human souls , and particularly the existence , powers , and attributes of the devil ; the horrible doctrine of the . eternity of hell torments , and the pleasing ex pectation of the ultimate resto * ration of all mankind to virtue
and to happiness . This distinct exhibition of the principles avow- * ed and supported by the editors of the . 1 , V . will , it is hoped , ex * cite a laudable curiosity in some , to consider the arguments by
which they defend doctrines which to many may appear novel and strange ; and ""this ' may in some instances , if not in all be attend * ed with good effect . And it may
abate the p rejudices of some intelligent and honest minds against the Christian religion , when they see that the language of the New Testament , fairly interpreted by
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4 \ Q The Quarterly Review and the Improved Version .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1809, page 416, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1739/page/2/
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