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    deuce , for no other reason than because it has been used in controversy , in opposition to the adoption of implicit faith . If the p rinciple contended for by Hume could fairly be presumed to mean the personal experience of an individual inquirer , independently of

    the knowledge previously accumulated to his hands , it must be acknowledged that an argument founded upon it would not carry much weight ; but nothing can be more plain , I think , than the sense whi $ h the expression is intended to convey , and in which in candour it should be understood .

    If , for instance , I were to use the term in the course of a discussion on a subject so general as theology , I should certainly deem it uncandid in an opponent to construe it as my own personal experience , instead of the general

    experience of mankind . The term undoubtedly admits of a particular as well as a general application , but is it fair on that account to put a construction upon it which the writer could not intend ? Do we not , in fact ,

    refer to the experience of the ages of civilization that have gone before us upon every practical occasion ? And is it not our endeavour to make youth acquainted with the history of the progress of knowledge from the earliest states of society , in order that he may

    derive benefit from past experience ? And I would now ask further , with this explanation of the word , whether those who first misrepresent and then decry the argument of experience as a criterion of evidence in theological

    and moral controversy , what preferable guide a novice can call to his aid in the formation of an opinion—to qualify him in judging of the utility of a rule of conduct—or in balancing the probabilities of an historical fact ? s . a

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    270 Creek Language bond of Union to Unitarians .

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    An Essay on the Nature and Design of Sacrifices under the Mosaic Lawy and the Influence which Jewish Ideas and Language concerning them had upon the Language of the New Testament . Bjf the late Rev Henry Turner .

    FTHHAT the Mosaic institution stood JL connected in a very near and important degree with the religion of Christ , will not be denied . Several of the most essential principles of true

    religion were common to them , and the labour of the Christian preachers would have been greatly increased , if it had devolved upon them to be the first restorers of the elements of

    religious truth . The Jewish people , though tinctured with harsh and contemptuous sentiments of the rest of mankind , which did but ill qualify them for the office of converting the world , had been led bv various the worldhad been led by various

    , circumstances to diffuse the profession of their religious tenets widely abroad . The Babylonish Captivity had first dispersed them ; and had , at the same time , powerfully confirmed them in an attachment to their religious

    institutions , and an abhorrence of idolatry . The persecutions which they subsequently experienced from the Kings of Syria inclined them to embrace the party of the Ptolemies , who were glad to secure the aid of such auxiliaries , by adopting towards them a system of favour and toleration * Great numbers

    of the Jews settled in Egypt , and , under the government of the Ptolemies enjoyed , with few interruptions , the entire liberty of worshi p ing Gpd according to the law of Moses . Thi& privilege was confirmed to * them by the . wi $ e and magnanimous policy ° * the Romans , whose vast power wa *

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    ever help * I might eventually obtain for a correct pronunciation , if Hellen * istes or any other' learned reader of the Repository would give a list of the best introductory books , and a few

    hints on the most rational plan of studying Greek , much would be added to the value of \ l \ s excellent proposal . To persons ignorant of Latin , it would be gratifying to learn that there is a good English and Greek Lexicon .

    That projected by Dr . J . Jones has not , I believe , yet appeared-INDAGATOR .

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    Sir , AM one of many persons who I have been much gratified by the proposal of your correspondent Hel ~ lenistes ( pp . 205 *—207 to make the study and use of the Greek language a striking characteristic of Unitarians ; but like many others , too , J feel the want of information on the best

    method of pursuing that study . As it is only by unassisted effort that I could hope to attain , its grammar , and the ability to read Greek authors , what-

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1823, page 270, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1784/page/14/