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perfection , our magazine-writer seems to look to a quite opposite qtsiartsr— -t $ h ^ irc fitted upou oueout of the almost itutattw-rable ttaftdatiotw of the scriptures kitotnodfcrts tocgues as tfre ** a / sw r / toa . of fceefcricy , aitfl to deviate from which , he accounts a kind of treachery ra * e ^* tt * jc « ms tb « ri ttet of Judas himtseif ! That tb » & ifetbe translation in c < iu , inon
wewn « Bg us iKiay lie cotrckided without muck danger © f mistake . But what are its claims to such a pre-eminence ? Witl ^ o ut th « L least wish to detract fro m its r « it tkerit we must refuse to ackhowledge its infallibility . It will be difficult evet * to allow its impartiality when we
consider that it was made at the comttitexd of an arbitrary and pedantic monarch , wJiose ^ ebiogica } notions the persons employed did not dare to contrachVt , and when we read tte nauseous piece of adulation with which it was prefaced , ft is obvious that it must have wanted the light which later discoveries aui « m > r £ venieiits in sacred literature
have furnished . It lias even been allowed h f persons who agree with our writer on many pornts of religious faitb > that several passage * fey which they appear to be supported ought either to be altered oir e ^ pui ^ g ^ dr w particular that ( j John v . 7 « y respecting the three heajv ^ tuS- witnesses against which ^ the evidetice is acknowledged to be decisive and iawjtitroVertiDle . The utility , not to say the necessity of a version > in the
fidelity of which all denominations of CShrteuajis mi g ht agree , fr readily ackna ^ k ^ pedj put t » e only chance for arriving ^ t an end 50 desirable , is to givp the iullesf : scope to inquiry , to afford the requisite encQurajjeEaentto very respectable and-well intended
endcavoifr to make all men acquainted with tt > e scriptures , under owery translated sense whicti tfiey will fairly bear t and to ' call upon the world at large to feud , compare , ao 4 judge . There i $ a sure testimpny of the Lord which maizes is
W * sp the ^ mple- —there a pure cony mandmeDt which enlightens the eyes ; but it must he presented to mankind in its < 4 rt * iMtj / and purity Ucfor * it qin pro-< tocc l ^^ fte happy effects . * * 4 i ^ t is vdry convenient to \* W $ a nicl ^ iame ^ o ajflp i y to those ^ whom it is Wiihcd to iriiH ^ qwp and expose to public l )* trec [ . ' SocluiAn blai ^ b ^ rny ' 15 n f hrwc ^ o l ^ kj ^ ed fbkt ^ $ W 9 X jW * ' -JBi *)** % ?* . £ HSPW wk its mtimmp- ^ tf idusht 2 wt w& &o Well
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if they did , SujaiKwe , however , we were t ® rebut the calumny with k Caivinistic Per : ecmiqo . * Whether or not Socinu were a ^ lasj ^ temer ts merely matter v > f opinion ; Wt that Calvin wsbi
a persecutor , and niurstied with nnrfc . leating cruelty the Anti-trinitariat * , Mkhaei Serveti » , * & the stake , i * a tfecorded historical % ct . That hi f irM : o-\ erancehasnet perhbeJtuitl Mm . Mre have
a striking p -oof in the paragraphs under di : icussion ; but happily the pre eient cannot now be carried iato pi ^ cticetht venom may remain , but the sting is drawn '*
Our corespondent , whose letter is dated Philadelphia 1 Oct . % j , 1 B 1 O , informs , us that the Unitariaii Society of that city u goes on cooi ? P | : tably and harmoniously ;•' ¦ and after some particulars concerning the outrageous attack macje upon the
cc Iniproved yersioii / 1 by the aforesaiil Doctors of Diviuity , adds , "i ^ aniaware that such details as these can be no far ^ ther interesting tb those on your side of the Atlantic , than as they tn ^ y serve , ^ 0 , exhibit t ^ ic temper of the Evaftgeli ^ aX or n ^ her extra or super-eyafig ^ icai foft : 8 in this lan ^ of k ^ ted reHgkfli ^ ' % i , berty . 1 s ^ y boasted , for so £ ar as thdf power of tfie chrgy reaches , and so far as their influence can avail , many of tfem r ^ k with aa uoh hand . —^ 1 ought ^ however , to add that there are some
honourable exceptions to this . , even among the Presbyterian clergy . ' The paragraph alluded to has been found fault \ v * th , and j ) Y some of them pointedly reprob ^ te ^ . —The excellent Bishop of Pennsylvania , Dr . White , true as he is to his o > wn church , is a model of Christian humility , meekness an 4 candour : he was oa ^ of those who uni
formly treated the never-to-be-fbrgottfip Dr Priestley with attention and kindness . Towards , the letter part pf the I ) r * s life , his ficariiig was much impaired . When in phifadelphia , in lfto i *
as no Uokarian place of worship was open , he generaJy attended that episcopal dmrch in which the Bishop preached , for this good pa * n preaches twice every LordVday . ifiiowin ^ tjie Dr . to he dull of hearing , bishop White
always spoke much louder' thaji M&u ^ l when pr . P . was present ; a ^ cf onc af ^ ternoon , I actual ^ ftf ^ w the % «|^ op act-. i | Rg as a Dcw-pjkner to the Qt ., the icx-, toin not ? &ngi ti ^ c 4 % felY at hand . — ? fe * f a fcitifdc loat ^ , W * tiiejr m
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612 Intelligence . — Untiurianism in America *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1810, page 612, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2411/page/40/
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