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the Greek text of the Christian Scriptures . The exposition " of every passage cannot be expected to be equally luminous or satisfactory ; but the inquirer will be pleased to see the view taken by a judicious and learned critic of the words and phrases which have
so long puzzled and divided the Christian world . There is no text which the author has feared to meet ; and there are not a few of' those that have been Usually regarded as hostile to
Unitarianism which he has shewn to be in alliance with it . He has not concealed the difficulties in his -way , but has rather , we think , in some instances , overrated them ; a fault , if such it may be called , which is not usually chargeable on controversial writers . His criticisms are generally intelligible to the English reader ; the few cases in which
perhaps , they are not so , occur in the notes , where we meet with many just strictures upon the force of the Greek particles .
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chiefly in opposition to the fancu ful hypothesis of Mr . Sharp and Dr . Middleton , so completely refuted by the learned and witty
Gregory Blunt . The mass of the book is , however , plain to aeotru mon understanding , and cannot fail to please and instruct , if it do not fully convince , such as make the Scriptures their study .
Although the work grew out of Mr . ¦ Veysie / s Letter , we do not think that the author has adopted the best form of an answer , that of Letters addressed to him . The
person addressed is frequently , of necessity , lost sight of , and the return to him is , in some instances , [ as in p . 215 , ] abrupt and awkward . ,
The volume is bulky but will scarcely be pronounced by any lovers of truth to be heavy ; at least , we ourselves have observed
few passages in it which could be spared ; and , certainly , every reader will agree with the writer , ( p . 14 . ) that " it is better to be diffuse than to be misunderstood /'
( To be continued . J
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3 40 liciiexc . —Cogaris Sermon for Radclrffe .
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A jit , IV . A Sermon delivered at the Old Meeting House , Waltham * stozv , Oct . 29 , 1809 , on occasion of the death of Ebenezer Radcliffc , Esq . By E . Cogan * 8 vo . pp . 3 . 5 . Johnson . Mr . Radcliffe came not , as Mr . of his venerable friend , poured ( jogaft truly remarks , within the out his feelings in this discourse , description of ordinary men . His which is published verbatim as it departure from the world could was preached . Though the subnot fail to make a deep impression ject be common , the sermon is upon the minds of survivors . The highly interesting : it is arguments ^ preacher , affected by the death tive pathetic and eloquent ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1810, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2402/page/42/
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