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270 JfcovuiU Testamenlum Greece Griesbach *
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which he attaches the principal ialue . It is obviously impossible to pronounce at present upon the accuracy which the editor has displayed in his quotations . His work must Lave been in use for several years before we can judge of it ; but tiiefajgh character which he bears as a critic allords a very
strong presumption in his favour . We cannot speak in terms of commendation of the typographical execution of this volume . We do not refer to literal errors , froxn which we believe it to be meritoriously free ; but either the type is broken , or tfyfc paper has not been duly moistened , or the
ink is bad ; for frequently parts only of letters are visible . The eye also is offended by the frequent substitution of the diamond * siiaped German period for the proper round point- The paper is so good that it deserved better printing .
We congratulate all who are engaged in theological studies on the completion of this useful work . We may be permitted also to congratulate the venerable editor on the conclusion of his toil . lie speaks in the preface of broken health ; and no one who knows any thing of an editor ' s task , or of the laborious duties of a German profes - worship , will wonder that this
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should be the result of their coni * bined pressure . The recollection of the work which he has now accomplished is well suited to animate his hours of languor , and alleviate his sufferings ,- whether he considers its utility to the cause of religion and learning , or its tendency to exalt his own reputation .
The public owe to the- Duke of Grafton whatever benefit they de-i rive from this handsome and use * ful edition ; and they will recollect with sentiments of esteem avid gratitude , that the patronage of the noble is rarely bestowed on the learned ; but still more rarely directed to the diffusion of truth and the improvement of knowledge .
We cannot close our account of the work before us better than by oifering to our readers a reflection , which should ev ^ r be present to the minds of those who investigate the legitimate interpretation , or the genuine text of scripture , to call them back to the only object which gives value to such pursuits , " Nos ergo scrip - turns sacras plenas inviolatas , integras habemus : no > s be me legimus ; atque utinam qu&m . bene legercmus tarn faeiie adimplere * mus * !"
* Salvian , apud Wetstein , voL ii , p . 851 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1807, page 270, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2380/page/46/
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