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Art . ii # —The Precepts of Jesus the Guide to Peace and Happiness , Extracted from the Books of the New Testament ascribed to the Four Evangelists . To which are
added , tfye First and Second Appeal to the Christian Public in Reply to ike Observations of f ) r . faarshman , of Seramj > ore . By Itammohjin Roy . Calcutta , Printed : London , Reprinted by iix $ Unitarian Socasty , md sold by It . Hunter , D . Eaton , and C . Fox
and Co . 1823 . 8 vo . pp . 346 . Art . III . —Final Appeal f 6 the Christian Public , in Defence of the " Precepts of JesusS * By Rammokun % oy . Calcutta : Pointed at die Unitarian JEVess , Dhurmtollab - 1823 . 8 ro pp . 4 da v Art . IV . —7 $ ?'• , Vlajfns of Jesys : a Serpton prpQfihpif fa Calcutta , o& S md < iy , $ ept . 2 $ , \? ai . By William Adani . Calcutta : Printed at the Eurasian Press , Qhourin # hee . 4 « 2 i . 12 mo . pp . 28 .
npiE reader wjjl h ^ vp ^ ep by tl * e # . first vWfffty fiW Rm ^ it jSnv ^ Oer > vith w * pt x ; 9 | ye ^ n ^ s Mr . f . &mvy toog ^ uiated H ^ ttwobua Roy g , " FV gan , " in one of the nubfic Jtoumafe . *
The notorious feet is that the Hindoo reformer is not only an avowed 43 hristian , but also as zealous for Ms views of Christianity , derived from the study of the $ driptures , aa t ^ e Bap - ti ^ t ; Misaipnari ^^ re % > h ^ irs . ffi ? ffte ^^ 4 ^ w •^|» » e eutwe devotiw rf . liirlttMft . ah * * w a « d wiwd ^ ^ eng ^ , wid vy ^ ° eiiev * we may : add , of this siahatajice ,
• 8 ee the correspondence between Mr . volume , XVII . 48 fci . g& ( v ' ' '
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to the ; cause oi pure Ghristianity . He has studied most diligently the gt-eat question between th ^ AJnit ^ riaiis Jind Trinitarians , and he dejfend ^ tte general doctrine maintained by the iprnr ^ er with a degree of ^ bili ty rarely exceeojed b y the most practiced pofewie $ of tbi coup try . ffis ^ cci ^ rapy # na SJ ^^ X 4 ii the use of tfce English J&nguage are truly vYooderful mid must be the result of much study . Hie reformer has probabjy , besides genius and industry , a great facility in acquiring Iangiiages . for he has made himself master of the Hebrew and Greek .
with a yiew to the controversy |> efore lis , and ^ e criticisms \ yhich lj . e ^^ ls giveu ^ n his Appeals , " are proofs of no mean proijcie # py ijpi t ^ ese tongues . A $ &r ^ s appears fjrom Jii ^ yyorks , R ^ nm oliua j ^ oy h ^ 3 made up his mind upon the Unitarian doctrine
from the Scriptures only ; and his testimony to this doctrine is of the more weight since he studied the Scriptures : without anjr prejudice of education upon this pbinf , and since ^ s an Oriental he was more likel y tli ^ j ^ n jSu rop ^^ ii to understand the ^ qajjmg \ of scriptural imagery , ? xid ^ $ f ± piL % h £ pL J > y birjbji ^ nd h ^ Wt he
vy ^ s m . the j beat jco ^ iition for learning the import of both the Jewish aad Ohristran sacred books , which bear a constant reference to the state of Heathenism . Th £ history of such of Rammohun Rov ' s Christian works , as are collected ip flie volume which stands first in the list ^ t i } ie lie ^ d of ihis artielp , &' t ^ iis rel ^ t ^ iji tjhe Preface t > y Dr . Tl ^ p ^ s $ ee ? :
" paring now become upon deliberate and rjittohal conviction a Christian , he hastened' if ) cbcqniunidate to his countiymen Sjud ^ a view bf the region of i ^ e New Tfestiamen ^ as ftf * though t best adapted to '' Impress the ^ a wit ! h a feeling of Itp ex ; celletice . anil fro Imbue them with it ? pure dttd amiable ( spirit . ' F 6 r * th ? s purpo ^ fe he com p ^ jd ihe prst psiiiiphlet ihserted In tfife present voitrai ^ ,
which iifi intituled , ' The Precepts of Jesus the Guide to P ^ ce wd Happiness , * &c . To itiW ^ OlTr , ifhklr cbAS&s entirely of ! & € rsk * d from \ he tiiotal fliscourses of-our Lord , he ? ' preyed an ^ IttiriidttetifflS in ffUth h ? stated his reasons for ctmhfitig pit dbcttines and the' historical tod Miraculous ^ -elatlbns which accompany them in tnle writfrtgs ot
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Beview . ^ - Un itarian Controversy at Calcutta . 473
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reparation , wherever mpnw&m fe possible . _ » I * iv * A sermon property follows , No . tX on " fhe value of Repentance " rLuke xv 101 . This momentous point is extremely well reasoned , and forcibly applied , from seriptur&l considerations » wd especially from QW f our ' s parable of the prqdi I . ( To be concluded in the next Number . ]
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1823, page 473, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1787/page/41/
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