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expression in their Bibles , the sudden irruption of new phrases and a new cast of language is painfully distressing ; they view the change with
distrust and suspicion ; want of opportunity , or of leisure , prevents further examination—the original unfavourable impression remains , becomes riveted , and that edition becomes a * ' sealed book : " apiarov jxijpov—graduallv undermine their belief in the
infallibility of the translation and hereafter perfect the work . In all cases of doubtful interpretation I would print the true reading at the foot of the paga-, and refer to Mr . Wellbeloved ' s , or other translation , for minute inquiry . ' From the stores of Biblical
Illustrations that have been accumulated by cormnentators of every denomination , sufficient material may be collected to form a valuable and instructive body of Illustrative Notes ; from these I would carefully exclude all discussion of speculative opinions , give Authorities , and let the matter
form subject for closet investigation . The present arbitrary division of verses I would carefully revise . Disjointed and broken into fragmentsdisjecta membra , indeed—as they now are , it is impossible for a young person to comprehend the meaning of
many passages , and this is , I think , a principal cause of the indifference and inattention to the subject they so frequently manifest . Let each period form a verse , and each paragraph be so distinguished as evidently to require a lengthened pause . The numbers prefixed to the present division of verses should be retained to facilitate the
reference from existing Concordances . Marginal References would be a most valuable addition , but they would add materially to the cost of printing , and contract the width of the page , thereby increasing the price and the bulk of the volume .
The work should be published in Monthly Parts , and , if possible , comp leted within a year : each part may contain twelve sheets , price lour &hil- <
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lings : it may also "be issued in Weekly Numbers at One Shilling each , and thus bring it within the reach of our less opulent brethren . My estimate is founded on the expense of printing 1000 copies of each number in Demy Quarto : —the text in small pica , —
[ The size type in which these two lines are printed , ] occupying two-thirds of the page , double columns , and the Notes in long primer , [ This size type , ] occupying the remaining one-third . I have calculated Remuneration to
Editors , Bill-stitching and Advertising , Commission to Booksellers , ( no mean trifle , though I say it , ) and all the contingent items of a Periodical issue . I do not view it as a moneymaking project , but I do think it may be embarked in with reasonable hopes of its repaying the expenditure . For
myself , so convinced am I that such a publication would essentially aid the progress of Unitarianism , that I will cheerfully subscribe Ten Pounds to its outfit , and engage a certain number of copies , —not less than twenty-fiveindeed , rather than see you in extremis , I would raise you another Ten
Pounds , if you will place in my possession a Quarto Bible , withgoodpaper , good print , ( indispensable these , ) with notes adapted for persons indisposed to critical examination — to people in Trade , who have little leisure for abstract inquiry—and to a Family of Young Persons . V . / . February 20 , 1832 .
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City Mission . The Editor has received , from a friend , for City Missions , by , the Rev . R . Scott , 304 . ; and is happy to announce that Mr . Philp has arrived in London , and will immediately commence his useful labours . His attention will first be directed to Spitalfieldg and its neighbourhood .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 1, 1832, page 34, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1809/page/2/
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