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nfrriosities and altercations to the exclusion of those divine virtues , piety and benevolence , which formed the essence of Christianity- For questions and the
dispensation of ± jrod which is by faith should therefore be read disputes and godly improvement in the faith . This , at least , is the meaning of the original ; and Mr . YVakejiekl has so rendered the last
cIauscv , 6 y " Now the end of th $ s charge to thee is love out of a ; pure heart . '* The original- of ike Italic words is TJirctgccyyg&ta ' , \ vhich is a collective name to
express , the divine commandments , or the doctrines of the gospel . These doctrines the impostors professedj from sinister purposes to embrace ; wjkiley they appeared by their conduct not to have known , or toJuLve forgotten that the end of tli £ . c ^ qrn ^ . mandment was moral nurii y * &f
this the apostle admonishes Timothy , intending no doubt that he should enforce it on the wicked men , who seemed to stand in need of it . In this Version the meaning is widely mistaken ; wbUe the Common Translation is perfectly correct . The Gnostics
denied the obligations and reasonableness of the divine law . Clement of Alexandria , in one place says of them , that they waged war with the Almighty by arraigning his law ; and against their impiety in this respect , the words of
Paul seem to have been levelled , when he says in verse 8 th that the law is good * The original , % f > $ cr 0 aj to uscy generally h $ s its sense determined by the associate noun ; thus , % f ^< r&x ( ro / Kou g tv to fise the opportunity , i . e . to seize it ; X ^ o ^ su rkyti ^ rjoioo to use an
argument ^ i . e . to reason ; oicuvoif XWvbeu to v $ c birdi > \ . e . to , pro *
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phesy by meanp of birds ? , In { he same manner J £ ^ < r 0 < sa voft . w to use a law means to obey it ; and though vou , iu , cv $ be a paranomasia
suggested bjy vouo $ in the preced - ing clause- it does hot striqtly mean lawfull y ^ but faithfully , pr , strictly . , In the Improved Versipn the tvhMe verse is thus awkward - ly rendered ; fc < But we know that
the law is good , if a man use it a ^ the law requireth . " I sub m it whether the last member would not be better thus , " if a maa duly obey it /* The Gnostics , according to t , hp ex p ress testimony of Irenaeu ? , maintained that the duties
enjoined by the ljiw were not necessary for them to practise ; as certain spiritual privileges , and not the moral virtues ^ entitled-them to salvation . Apqorfljog to them , therefore , the dtvine precepts , however
necessary :-to the faithful and virtuou § , followers of Jesus ^ . wfre not obligatory upon the disciples of Gnosticism . —And this is the proposition , which the apostle
directly contradicts ; u The law is not made for a righteojus man , but fortlie lawle ^ ar ^ cl ^ i ^^ bedient , for the ungodly uncl for sinners , for the unholv and nrosinnersfor the unholy , and prp-r
, fane /* &c . Here tfae apostle obliqOely draws the . character of the false teachers , and thqs incujcates that the law , wfyich t { iey de- » nied or perverted , was in force only against t ^ iem and men of their
description . Ver . 15 . The ^ e are true , words , and worthy to bp received by all , that Christ came into the » world , to save sinners ; of whoin . I am a chief sinner . * ' The repetition of the Italic sinner is very , cjuirisy , But the verse appears to , mj 5 nqt onl y inelegantly exjpre ^ se ^ but t « j
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X 6 ft Strictures upon the Irflj ) roved Version of th ^ JSfew Testament .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1808, page 672, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2399/page/36/
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