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pretensions of this sort , unless ^ cT compametl by jfce concomitants originally attending it ; the only evidence of fts Divine autlien-
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Ta the Editor of the Monthly Repository . . •'• - •'¦» " ;
... . . . Jug . 14 , 1309-9 JR , I hpg leavp . to request the at ~ Nation of your readers to a free translation of , or paraphrase up * on , some verses ia that difficult
passage , the Introduction to the Gospet of John . Pardon me , if I hazafcf an opinion , that ho literal translation will do justice to the dfesign with which it was
written . Tfte learned author of *' ' IlTusttatiotis of the four Gospels /* aftqr havipg ably shewn the high probability there is , that the v ^ enetable Apostle is here
endeavouring * to undermine the errors of the Gnostics , contends that the Logos ( in its . primary sense ) is to be understood of the - Divine Perfections ' ^ parti c ul arly Wisdom apd PowierV Titis proposition I jepn not disposed to controvert . But . with all due deference to
this m ^ e r , I would ask : Does tiot extending the signification of Logos , so as to include both the Christian Revelation and Jesus Christ as tne bringer of tftiaX revelation ^ tend to perplex the subject , and to confound the f
logos with the tight Oa the whole , tnay hofcsonve &uch vensiou 6 r paraphnisc as the foltowing be admitted , % & keeping clear of this difficulty f John t # v < r . -tv 'From all etemitv existed infinite Wisdom and FiMV ^ f : # nd th * m fter % fepn « re-
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sided in G op ^ jand ^ theyjconstitutcJ the very nature of G&aJ * ' " "fc 2 % These perfections from hX \ eternity resided in £ lroi > . V , 3 " . ' thereby were all things made "; &ria \ Vith . out them nothing was made that has ever existed . ' V . 4 . Hereia
was the principle of life ; and hence proceeded &H 'Divine R ^ velations to * men . ^ Y . * 5 * An 4 the Light of divine Revelation shone in darkuess , and ^ lexlark . ness did not receive it . Y . 6 . There was a maa setit froriiXio& <
whose name was John . V . 7 . This man earner for the purpose of a testimony , to bear witness concerning that great Divine Revelation which waaVabbtit to be made ; thaf through Mm aUjpight believe . V . & He
was-aol-fcimseFf the Bnnger of th& £ Revelation , but was sifebt to bear witness ofHiitt who was to bring , it ^ iT * 9-He Was the firinjger of this Re * velatidn , who , having coiri ^ into the world , e ^ IighXenjf | h _ every man . V . 10 ^ fife was Jul . the
world , and the worlds iw « £ - ( enlightened ) by-Hiit ^^ yet world knew Him' not . ; " V . ^ "And communications . ^ tV Jpi y infiJ Vis-< Iom and Power were '" made to a ttibrfa : ! tnAn- artd they continu * ed \ o d 1 ^ r ^ % i ^ cl ves for some nife * tin £ -the / DWiite Favour , and r&i&Mm ETifine Tflruth : and , | n 4 i ^ m ^^ m » »« j ? ^ » IV . * . J * ' * w , » . » ' ! j \ . * w i wl * ^ . v ¦¦*"
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W ^ ' P * raphrmte » f lH&HirtdUdtzoit & John ' * Gospel , s
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fARAPURASE OF THE INTROptTCTIOK TO , 3 F 0 HU * S « OS P £ I . l " ' ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ . ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 676, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/26/
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