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J 0 $ u $ * And this 1 $ a case exactly in point . Agflti i > , * < In this we knowthe love of God , because As laid down his life for us . " 1 John iii « l 6 » The common trans , latioa . has of God in italics ; be . cause rov Ssqu h not in many co .
pies ^ f tji e original . Some authorities however have it , and I doubt not but that ryv ayaLittp rw &sou came from the hands of the apostle . The love mentioned is assuredly the love of God the Father ; and it is thus referred to him in
roany parallel passages , See John iii . l 6 . Rom . v . 8 . viii . 33 . 1 John iv . 9 . If then the passage can be explained en this principle , all argument for rou xvpiov falls like dead weight to the gipand .
^ . Last ly . The reading of rov Hy ^ flw ,, if false , can easily be a *> Cf » ttnte 4 ; f <» r $ v , ns it is but a wrong in ^ npre ta ti ^ n dictated by a rnis . tj ^ en ^ tioa of ChrisU The aiu th ^ rs of all the versions and n > a-
nusqnpts v * er $ believers in his diyinuy : and as they were disposed * 9 wrest every passage in de . f ^ BCe of thai doc trine , they wrote
xv # 40 t * m explanation of &eov on the margin of their copies ; which in time crept into the text : and tjysf . will account for the reading < & Sew Mai nvprt * . In their < Ws < -
c ^ M ^ es or apologies they also quot ^ tbe pp ^ sage with this exp » a-^ ioo and the quotation became a lifljie considered an , authentic 'W *^ . v . Q » - thi « othw hand , tte ^ ding , og # * v & * w , H not gen-^ flp , implies the mos t improbable * Mence . for it w <* Mld be thw ^ ^« fofu # cmd JdfffltorW * forgery * w fttl < 5 h , , % forgery ^ s no ate ^ Wt # tte « ogt i - ^ lpmQ ^ ise if it p ^ s ^ 2 ^^ teBfi ^ WW tit ' ^^ o « fcwl Itwit a remote and
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doubtful argument for the divinity of Christ . Which reading then is the more improbable , thi \ t which
is the dictate of fraud , or of prejudrce ? We daily see the effects of the latter in ifee versions and interpretations of many good * but mistaken men . Whereas , those of the former seldom oecur .- ^ -
Through every age the jealousies and animosities of different sects ,
the respect which all parties paid to the scriptures as they were delivered by Christ and hisaposttes the great variety of copies , and the difficulty of producing uniformity precluded the successful attempt at forgery among any class of Christians . These
causes have guarded tbe Greek test with scrupulous accuracy ; nor is there a passage in the N . T . with the exception of the
introductory chapters in Matthew and Luke , and the three witnesses in John , that betrays the band of fraud . These arguments when known antl examined will for ever settle the genuineness of the common Greek reading , and dissipate tfafe
rubbish which Griesbach hag heaped together under the appearance erf learning . JOHN JONES ; k . .. .
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Vindication of Hhc Common Greek Text in Acts xx ; £ 8 . K > 7 » S
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Dr . Lloyd ' s Translation of ffic principal and most essentialp # r of Grie $ bach ' s note an dtcte W . 28 . Sir * If no one of your learned eofcr ^ spondents should h ave fu rni&h ^ d you with a compieiie translation of Griesbacb ^ s notoe ; oi | Ac * S ix . 28- » part of it iwfhich J naw bCtt 4 a&d wbicby perhaps "Wilt tfei&ftna fauhfuWy r , mkdm&tyvmv *§* j m ^ e , " , ¦¦¦ : ;
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 673, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/39/
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