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      Mosheim , which he points in large * a $ i £ fil $$ rT \ % oojlui . c test ! , ETIAMSI JURA ^ O , Jp Ul TAM MAN ^ BSTP IUMQS VEJTDIT , ME NON CftE ^ ITCfRUM ESSfiCONFIRMO . "

      Tlje second passage , alleged by the bishop , in confirmation of the charge against Origen , is , if possible , still less to the purpose . Referring to the text , Isaiah \ ii . 14 . " Behold a virgin shall conceive /* Sec . Origen remarks , " the wordsdlma , which the LXX have

      translated into the word tfagvevo ? ( a virgin ) , but others ysctvig ( a ypung woman ) , is put too as they say , in Deuteronomy for a virgin . " * What / ' says the bishop , after having cited this innocent passage , " was it unknown to the compiler of the Hexapla , what the reading of the Hebrew text in his own time

      was ? , If he knew that it was what lie w # uid have it thought to be , why ( Joes he seem-to assert upon hearsay only ? If he knew not ,

      why . did he not inform himself ?" ¦ % '¦'• ' ¦ «••< ¦ « . ' - i . ' ¦ Ajn 4 without further ceremony , he again fulminates the terrible sentence of Mosheim , cc Eco , hqi c

      T 3 $ STI , ETIAM 5 I JURATO , QUI TAM , . ^ MANIFESTO FUMOS VEtf-IUT , ME NON CREDITURUM ESSE CO ^ tfJRMO . " , / Tfhe reader is now qualified to j ^ d ge * not only concerning the justice ^ but also the extent of the bishop ' s charge against Origen for

      his want of veracity . The good faJke * , it seems , was a man whose ^ Sti n ^ pny the venerabl e prelate ^ 9 ujj < l ( i ^ ot trust , even upon oath , Noj < joes ne confine him $ elf to the simply question concerning " the faith of Hebrew believers , in Ori . ym

      g ^> v pwn tinea /' ' ¦» ^ pwn zs . , . But what sayb JVlr . Prebendary Horsley ^ o ^ jll tips ? I will cite fc * wft ^ J frg ( ^ P ^ ift R ? ?^

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      of his late publication . Videlicet : — cc character of Origen stands

      so high iri the learned world that he who should charge him with disregard to truth in general would excite against himself the indignation of every man , of letters . "

      This the reverend Prebendary calls vindicating his father ' s injured reputation . Surely ,, if the venerable prelate were permitted to utter a voice from the tomb , he would earnestly exclaim , " from such defenders , good Lord deliver us . " And let all the friends and

      admirers of the pious prebendary say " Amen I . " am , Sir , Your ' s , Sec . T . BELSHAM .

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      Mr . Sturch on the Dialogue on the Study of the Scriptures . Sir , March 1 st , 1813 . The anonymous author of a sort of dialogue between A . and . B .

      inserted in your valuable miscel - lany , ( p . 103 . ) published this day , in recommending so earnestly the

      study of the scriptures , / ' is ^ no doubt , actuated by a very Toai - mendable desire to promote 'the best interests of your readers *! I cannot help wishing , bdwever ^ that he had confined hirfrself to xalm

      and sober reasoning , without attempting to work on our passions , and overwhelm our minds , byMch terrifying phrases as •* eternal mis - ery , " * eternal punishment , " and " the wrath of God for all eterniiy /' Such language , it is admitted , may powerfully aflfect the imagi

      nation , but is not likely , I think , to produce that salutary and permanent influence oil the condjbet , which is the proper' # nd genuine effect of patient enquiry and rati ~ ortal cottvibtitki . M ; * . i .. s

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      Mr . Sturch on the Dialogue pn the Study of the Scriptures . 297

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1813, page 297, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2428/page/13/