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Lord of glory [ rw « r '* *• f ; x . t ^ S ^ cl . wi ^ respect of persons |> < v ^ ;; SU ^ 3- Wakefield says , - thpre can be no doubt of the propriety' of the connexion which is the basis of the rendering by Phila { ethes . In vindication of it , we are referred to
1 Tim . i . 1 If T 0 evcvyyeXtov ryj s lofyq rov pmcapiov 0 eevf in which passage , however , a doctrine , not a person , is represented- Besides , the position of the words is not the same , ryv % i ? iv rov Kvpiov wpuv ty < rov Xpifov rye ; 8 o £ ig $ . We take Rosenniuller to be correct ,
" tyi <; foSw ponitur pro cvbozovS * On the other hand , the alteration contended for has the countenance of not a few highly respectable translators , both ancient and modern . The I . V . retains the common rendering .
James ii 4 . " Ye becomejudges who reason ill : " in R . V ., "judges of evil thoughts" [ vtpmx * % iaXvyuri * . av woy ^ pwv ]* Literally , " of wicked reasonings /* Worsley has , " who reason wickedly . "
. . „ ,. io . " Whoever shall keep the whole law except offending in one point , is completely guilty s" in R . V ., " whosoever , " &c . and yet offend in one point [ Trranrsi ds sv evi ] he is guilty of all" [ yeyove . itccvruv svo % o $ } . This difficult passage Worsley , a very accurate translator , has rendered with
much felicity , " he is under the penalty of all . ' ig 4 « Evil spirits" \ ra Sct /^ opiaT \ : in R . V ., " the devils . " The
only correct translation is , " the daemons ; " as in the F . G . Vers . Every thing beyond this , falls within the province of the expositor . 25 . This verse Philalethes
gives in a note , but does not insert in his text . Why should he suspect it of being " an interpolation" ? iii . 13 . " Shew his
attainments with the meekness of wisdom /' Tfre R . V . has , " his works" [ ra epyct avrov ] . Not only is this rendering literal : it possesses the further advantage of being consonant to the spirit and object of the epistle .
17 . " Tractable" [ € Wci 0 ik ] : according to R . V ., " easy to be entreated " Philalethes rendering is also Wakfefield ' a . ib . " Without ittdecision " laStcucpiTog ] . The R . V . has , " wUhput partiality . " - So nearly all former translators : nor can we assign the
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principle on which Philalethes departs from them * James iv . 7 , This writer here retains the common rendering , ** the devit [ rq > hcc € oXq > ~] , So do his predecessors * ——— 11 . Though thou mayest be a judge : " in R . V ., " but a judge " [ aXKa Kpnrqq ] ' . The words in italics , are unnecessary : after "judge , in the P . T ., read , of it . v . 19 > 20 . " If any of you wander from the truth , and one reclaim him , be assured that he who reclaimeth the sinner from his wandering shall , &c , and extinguish a multitude of sins . ' * To estimate the variations from the R- V ., the reader will weigh the expressions < ir \ owY }( h } 9 ensr ^ pB ^ Ti , kcxXv ^ u Perh aps he will give the preference to the P . T ,
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Art . II . —Letters on the Events which have passed in France since tfie Restoration in 1815 . By Helen Maria Wiliiains . 8 vo . pp . 204 . Baldwin and Co . . 1810 . . ON a former occasion [ Vol . XL pp . % 2 &—232 ] we were
compelled , by a sense of justice , to make some rather severe strictures upon Miss Williams ' s statements with regard to the persecution of the French Protestants . Time has justified all our remarks . The liberal party has
gained the ascendancy in France ; it is no longer treason to avow at Paris that the restored government , for a time under the influence of the Ultras , did abet and sanction the persecutions in the South , nor does policy require the Parisian Protestants to disavow
all connexion and sympathy with the Dissenting Ministers of London , who stood forward amidst difficulty and reproach to succour the victims of intolerance : and Miss Williams
herself is emboldened by the altered tone of public feeling to assume the language which so well becomes her , of an ardent friend of civil and religious liberty .
She thus describes the political state of that generation of the French who will presently form the nation : —
" Above all , one class of the nation was found in vigorous resistance to all ultraroyalist measures ; that class is composed of the whole youth of France , Among them there is no dtsseutiDg * voice , no ho £
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Review . —Miss Williams ' s Letters on France . 699
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1819, page 699, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1778/page/47/
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