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quires , therefore , definition . An ignorant preacher , to trace as I did before the meaning of the term illiterate , is one unskilled in that which he professes to teach
Instances are not uncommon , of pretenders' starting up to teach every branch of art or science , without competent qualifications ; but we must be careful how we
ripply the term of-ignorance , lest we should destroy the exertions , and annihilate the merits of many very respectable members in so ^ ciety . We must keep in rnind what the individual professes to teach , and are not to measure his
ability by the powers of other persons , Avho may be further advanced than he , and with whom he does nol pretend to vie , nor
wish to enter into any competi - tion . Imperfect as are oar translations of the Holy Scriptures ^ and I include the Improved Version of the New Testament in
this description , the great scope and end of the Christian religion may be learned through any ot them . The knowledge of Christ and him crucified , the certainty of redemption through his blood
the confidence in a future state , and the establishment of the kingdom of God , for which we daily pray , the necessity of purity of life and obedience to Christ ' s precepts , may be acquired by one
who understands only the English versions ; may be felt in as high a . degree , and may be communicated with as great energy and power by the illiterate teacher , as by one , who has all the stores of Hebrew and Greek erudition in his library . Having had a considerable degree of intercourse with men of the greatest learning and talents , that
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On the Temptation of Christ *—Letter V .
Sir , April 6 , 1811 . My last letter , inserted in the Supplement to the 5 th vol . of your
Repository , presented to your readers the particulars , in which my way of interpreting the gospel narratives of the temptation , differs from that of the late truly
excellent and ingenious Mr . N . Cappe . Whether it approach more nearly to a coincidence with that of Mr . Thomas Dixon , of Boiton , my
memory will not enable me perfectly to ascertain ; but I h ^ c met with an observation respecting the resemblance between the two , which I must have written many years since , on the cover of an old manuscript copy of ray schem , to the following , purpose : —
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460 On the Temptation of Christ . —Letter V .
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this nation has produced , and also with those , who , I fear , iausl come under Mr . Belsharn ' s defini . tion of ignorant and illiterate teachers much as I have been gratified by the skill and i ngenuity displayed by the former , I have felt a greater satisfaction and do . light in the serious views of ^ ospel truths displayed by the latter . I have retired from a display of learning in the pulpit without any emotions , but those of admiration of human skill ; whilst , the illjte . rate teacher has brought home to my mind those truths , which peculiarly characterise the gospel , and an ardent desire to become
better , by the exhortations , re . proofs , and admonitions which have been delivered , ifnotclassi cally , yet with seriousness , earnest , ness and propriety . I remain , Sir , Your very obedient CLEMENS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1811, page 460, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2419/page/12/
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