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    ing those who had their natural descent from the gods , the same idea would be attached to it , when applied to Jesus Christ ? All the ipstances produced in this note

    suggest a natural descent or affinity , and the blood of the gods were uniformly either demi-gods , or naturally entitled to immortality , and to a right to join the celestial feasf . In all those instances , also , aiyux , blood , would admit of a literal , or almost literal , as well as a

    metaphorical sense , and a heathen coql . d not be shocked with the language , in reference to the pretended offspring of their divinities , that the blood qf Jove or Apollo flowed in their veins . I dare not with

    common decency , apply this to Jesus Christ , or ask an obvious -question , which but to ask would pfiend the ears of all Christians , heterodox and orthodox . Both these parties are equally concerned in this discussion .

    Indeed , it might not have occurred 1 q the Doctors Davies , to the Henleys , and Bowyers , from whom Mr . W , confesses that he borrowed this curious idea , that it would offend the delicacy of orthodoxy itself to admit the consequences

    naturally flowing from the phrase Wfjux , rov 6 § ou never , in fact , occurring , in any of the authorities ad . dliced . But as the expression appeared to countenance a favourite dogma , they may be pardoned for / KK being duly impressed by U * e consequence * of their own

    admis-« J Qji . Something they » eem to have f tppreheadecj , when they softened 4 be , inadmissible terms into the less 4 ) $ feR $ jve one of Ghod ' s own Son . Owr wonder , with respect to them , . tbougt f * $ Ut firet almost irrepcessibje , &&& * & when we consider how their j&Wwduct may &e aqcouiaUtd for .

    They might love the object of their attachment more than they feared any evil arising from tfye means employed to promote it . But what can be said of G . W , ?

    Here is not an atom of sound reason in favour of his text * Here is not a grain of authority for his translation . He saw the danger and i nexplicable perplexity that arose from his text , which reduced biiji to the subterfuge of glossing it over , by an unjustifiable rendering . All

    his preconceived notions might naturally lead him to prefer the only true and rational text ; and yet he loses his temper with Griesbacb , and hazards his reputation as a critic , beyond the most temerarious visionary that has met my notice . How can we account for all

    this ? Culpable motives cannot be attributed to Mr . Wakefield . Alas the motto to this paper , I believe , gives tbe true solution . G . W . wanted judgment ; G . W . w ^ s no critic . On this account , fancy took the lead , and hurried him and

    his learning through all the bogs and quagmires of affectation , conceit and eccentricity . For the sake of the prettiness and glare of the wretched coni ^ ndrum ., the S # n of

    Gad , by magic extracted from tq fvjAa , ibu > v row $$ ov , &e has given to the world a specimen of tbe most wretched foolery under the name of criticism that has ever

    disgraced a scholar . Qjf G , W . I hare / the utmost veneration . Hi ? pspfcity y * $ Uncorruptible . IJis learning it 43 not for roe u > attempt to apprecia te .

    With the man , however , I am » ol concerned in ti ^ s -paper * - fl f w&o I jcofM say nothing but tbaf ; which ib grqat and good . Of hi ? t # tf e and -sagacity $ ntf jtydgme ; ut r I l ^ ve # p 9 fc ; ii t ^ ee ^ y , and l ^ ve W »

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    396 Observations on Mr . WektfitWs TramlcUion of 4 cts xx * - f < l .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1813, page 396, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2429/page/40/