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REVIEW. " Still pleas'd to praise, 3/et not afraid to blame. — Pope.
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to persons knowing nothing of Mr . J / s rule and interpretation . The iirst degree of daring would naturally be a small addition > not speedily to be detected . The next would
be the rejection of the original reading , you xvpiov , entirely , that the possible referenced * his own bloody to that expression might be
precluded , and that its necessary application to rov § £ ou , now standing alone , might triumphantly establish the divinity of Christ , of whom , exclusively , shedding his own blood could , it was with
good reason thought , be predicated . Lastly , I dare not yet trust to this new interpretation , as a secure defence against the im * piety which Mr . Wakefield so justly dreaded- Give the learned
or the unlearned the reading rov J&soy , of God , and they will not scruple to shed his blood , if by that means they can establish the divinity of Christ . Canons and rules will prove a weak barrier a-
gainst the inundation of mystery and blasphemy that will ensue . The truth , however , is the truth . If the new interpretation can be confirmed , I shall have no unwillingness to read , the church
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Art . I . Essays on the Language of Scripture ; with Additions arid Corrections . * In Two Volumes . By John Simpson < $
Print-• All or most of these Essays weie at first printed , successively and separately , for circulation among tUc author ' s friends . t In the interval between the ti a&smission and the appearance of this arti-
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of God , if that reading can be established also . But ho consideration can induce me to believe ^ that God , whether a first or second person is of little consequence , shed his bloody or that this text
teaches that God purchased a church by \ hi $ own Son . I like Mr . Jones ' s conjecture as a dernier resort . At present , it seems unnecessary and not founded , Gries . baches reading yet maintains its
ground , and answers every purpose of defence against impiety . The appearance of a faithful trans . Iation of fits note in your Repository would be highly acceptable and extensively useful .
Your readers will pardon this obtrusion on their attention , though at such great length . They will , however , be glad to be now reloased , as I am in bearing my humble testimony to your
excellent and liberal publication , into which alone any thing like free discussion of religious subjects , any thing in the shape of theologigal and biblical criticism , isadmitted in this en lightened country and extensive empire . Go on and prosper . CHARLES LLOYD .
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ed by Cruttwell , Bath . Sold in London , by Egerton and by
cle , the excellent writer of the Essay , &fc . which ajc the subject of it , has ftiMrfied his mbrtal course . We knew , admired and esteemed , and shall long
lament him . It was oar hope , we confess , that our notice of this his last ^ Ju . able publication , might meet h »» « £ and , on the whole , obtain his fPf ^ tion . We were pertuaded that he woui *
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600 Review *—Simpson's Essays on the Language of Scripture .
Review. " Still Pleas'd To Praise, 3/Et Not Afraid To Blame. — Pope.
REVIEW . " Still pleas'd to praise , 3 / et not afraid to blame . — Pope .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1813, page 600, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2432/page/40/
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