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. argument therefore can , I apprehend , fre derived from the Scriptures , at all opposed to the inferences I have drawn . I ha ? e endeavoured to procure a sight of Dr . Williams ' s Sermon , in which Mr . E . says there is something
similar to my hypothesis , but in vain . It has just occurred to me , that there is , perhaps , something like it , in the old Heathen philosophy , which supposed that there was some intractability in nature , which God couJd not overcome ; and , therefore , in creation
could not dispense with evil , but made the best he could of his intractable materials . This , however , impiously supposed the Deity not to have been the Creator of the materials , out of which he fashioned the
universe ; and is , therefore , very different from that hypothesis , which merely points out certain effects necessarily attendant upon every creature , and which mark his inferiority to the Creator , by exhibiting the limited nature of his attributes .
I shall be most heartily sorry should ray present communication hurt the pious impressions , or wound the future prospects of unchangeable happipiness , of any who may be incapable of perceiving the genuine basis upon which happiness , both here and
hereafter , appears to me to be founded : none will regret it more than I shall ; but called upon as I am to justify my impressions , be assured no consequences will ever frighten me from the maintenance , or the legitimate conclusions of truth G . . P . HINTON .
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£ h * + John Jones &n his Greek Le&icon . &&
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Sir , AM much . obliged to your learned I ^ correspondent J . J . ( pp . 465—467 ) for the indulgent manner in which he controverts my criticism on Gen . iv . 26 . When inquirers have no other object but truth , they ^ ill agree to differ ; and there will be no ground for any other feeling but candour and mutual esteem . I will revise thitj
question on a future occasion : at present I shall only say that the version , «« Then men began to call themselves by the name of Jehovah , " i » printed in the margin of a copy of an ° * edition erf the Bibte in my possession . r
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The paper on the Greek Accents ( pp . 442—450 ) is evidently the production of an elegant scholar . The lovers of Greek literature must feel obliged to the author for bringmg the subject before the readers of the
Repository in so tangible a form . I will pay due attention to It ; and T . F . B . may expect from me , through the same channel , a' respectful reply to his positions .
I feel very grateful to the learned Gellius ( pp . 457 , 458 ) for the notice which he has taken of my Lexicon . His remarks are well calculated to draw to it the attention of the learned readers of the Repository , which was evidently his intention . I beg to make a few remarks on his notes . The
article Sofa , in my Lexicon , is carelessly done . The general term << r appearance , " which implies c < show" or " semblance , " the sense it bears , as Gellius observes in Orestes , 235 , ought to have been inserted- Lexicographers and critics have not sufficiently observed that a word , in a certain
connexion , may have a meaning , which yet is foreign to the word itself . Thus ama , $ xi \ , as Gellius remarks , may mean the clippings of hair . But the appropriate sense of the term is first-fruits * or offering ; what the offering might be depends on the context ; and it may denote wine or honev , as well a £
hair . Thus , also , a < £ * 7 ?^ u , in general means to dismiss or put away ; but its sense , in the context of Orestes , 115 , coincides with the idea of u spilling or pouring but . " But even there < suj > £ < would more exactly be expressed
by * drop / ' i . e . drop as an offering on the grave . — Ka-rocyay is a nautical term , signifying , to bring to land or into harbour , which , to prevent injury , is done with caution and gentleness . The master of a steam-boat standing
up and calling , while advancing among the shippings to the landing-place , " Gently , gently / 1 i . e . approach gently , would , it appears to me , convey the exact idea implied In the verb KoiTci y * , ytocrayt , addressed b yv £ lectfrfr to the chorus , who was afraid of
disturbing Orestes , now reposing from his madness . When Gellius mys that avomaXkoi ) means to soar , asraOfest . 316 , he , with other dtitie ^ confoufctls this verb ivith arma > Xod , ( ctifd , « r * , dXXci ) , ) wfcicfc , in the active fWm , signifies to cause to 6 prin& np , or to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1823, page 531, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1788/page/35/
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