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established religion in any empire or state ; so it is to be hoped , that it will never triumph but under t | ie banner of universal tole-
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To the Editor of the Monthly Repository
Feb . 7 , 1810 . sin , I have derived considerable pleasure from observing the
degree of attention which has been excited by the appearance of the Improved Version of the New Testament , and especially from the examination to which the
work has been submitted in your instructive pages . It plainly appears , that a taste for scriptural knowledge is more widely diffused than some persons conceive ; and that , at least , one denomination
of Christians is unwilling to take things upon trust , and to acquiesce in the justness of a translation , merely because it is made by men whom they highly regard .
The fact is much otherwise among a body of people by whom they are opposed . Preachers , who are in reputation with that sect , possess an influence over them little
short of what is acquired and exercised by Romish priests over their credulous disciples . From such an authority there is no appeal . Every publication , be ks merits what they may ,- of a minis .
ter of this description , is sure of obtaining their approbation : the volumes which he recommends , they eagerly purchase ; and those of which he expresses his dislike , they as carefully forbear to read . The class of Christians with
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whom the undertaking of an Improved Version originated , and by whom it has chiefly been encouraged , are not in the habit of calling any one master , except
him whose name they bear , and whose will they are sincerely desirous of knowing and obeying . They have , therefore , not hesitated to form and to declare their
opinion of this volume , as their respective tastes and judgments dictate . And they rejoice , that , while the publication has been subjected to the ordeal of eclectic and quarterly reviewers , and is to be honoured with the
animadversions of a zealous divine of the establishment , it is remarked upon by friends as well as foes ; and that even they who think favourably of its general design and ex * ecution , are not backward to expose what they consider as its errors andvdefects .
Some of the strictures bestowed upon it , I will endeavour to estimate as fairly as I am able . A correspondent of your * s , under the signature of W . H . * has represented what he deems glaring
improprieties in this version . The vagueness and injustice of his style of criticism , have been strongly exposed by one of the editors ; and , in a short paper , which you honoured with insertion in your first number for the last
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ESTIMATE OF STRICTURES ON \ THE IMPROVED VERSION OF TH * NEW TESTAMENT . LETTER I .
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ration , and in concert with the most perfect liberty . Your ' s , A NONCONFORMIST-
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Estimate of Strictures on the Improved Version * 115
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1810, page 115, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2402/page/11/
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