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BIBLICAL CRITICISM.
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$ e $ of less thaii J % 0 , and 1642 of * 'less than JpSO per annum : besides 52104 incumbents at less , than ^ 1 00 . This is not stated . by me to shew that our ministers 46 very well off , " but to prove
the absurdity of this way of reasoning : besides , the dissenting is not so sterile a soil as some may imagine ; we have rich physicians , bankers , advocates and merchants , and these are among the sons of the prophets . One cause of this gentleman ' s complaint , is that in
onJer to support a family he is under the necessity of labouring in some auxiliary way ; what his labours might have been had he
been thrown into some other walk oflife , I cannot say ; but this I will take upon me to affirm without fear of denial , that no set of men brought up to the common occupations or professions , can , or do give up so much time to relaxation and pleasure as our
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ers will allow , that Latin translation has little merit . My small study furnishes me with but few books , which obliges me to make the best use I can of I hose which I possess . The work of Michaelis , which pronounces on the merit of
the translation in question , is not amung my small number ; but tle report q £ Dr . Middleton ,. who could have no inqtive to sacrifice his reputation , by a false account , is of sufficient authority to prove
the Professor ' s , opi n ion . The ^ pajsage to w , hif : h I particular re ^ er is , in p . $ 6 Q ^ f ^ GreeK ^ rVefe ^ y * H |* MW . 53 ?^ ntfj npf W M ly one that would serve my purpo : > $
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young divines are in the n&bit'bf doing . The gospel is certainly " a pearl of great price , * ' but its value does not depend , as this gentleman seems to think it does ,
upon the money we pay for it ; though I am far from denying that those who serve at The altar otaght to live by it . With respect to ' the decline of that good old custom of sending tokens of regard fot our ministers in the shaoe of
viands , I could point out a way of accounting for that , which would rescue the laity from the charge of meanness , but I chuse to bfc silent on this head ; wishing to say nothing that might offend ; at the same time that justice demanded that some notice should be
taken of the misrepresentations of a discontented man who has thought fit to make his own case , the cas ^ of every Dissenting minister . VERAX .
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Answer id tie Dissenting Minister ' s Complaint . £ g $
Biblical Criticism.
BIBLICAL CRITICISM .
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Primitivus in Answer to Mr . Jones * ( JStepp . 352 —466—521 . ) Sir , . Allow me now to resume my observations on Mr . Jones ' s letter on Acts xx . 28 ,
The support given by the ^ Ethiopic version to the received text , tqv 6 cou , remains without any confirmation from Mr . Jones . This is evident from his relying on the JjiUn translation of that
v m \ yalto , n ' s Polyglott , \ yhiph J will i mmediately shew to be yoUeseryijQg , of tbat reliance-^ V ' $ t * r be , £ a ^ se in the opinion of ^> KU { b ^< gQp 4 judge ^ a 9 I w ^ ll * ak « for granted , and your read .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1813, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2432/page/35/
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