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speaking of this third part * of his Lectures , the language which we shall employ r will be , with little preserve * that . of commendation . We should have been better pleased had Dr . Marsh made no re .
ferences to the controversy , in which he is engaged respecting the JSible Society , and had he spared pne or two undignified allusions to the danger , real or supposed , . pf . the established church . f These however are trifling blemishes in a work of so much excellence :
Bbr have they prevented us from warmly admiring the solid and vigorous judgment , the correct and extensive information , the perspicuous style and method which generally characterize the pamphlet .
The thirteenth lecture points out the relation which the interpretation of the Bible bears to the criticism of it , states the nature find the causes of the difficulty of
biblical interpretation , and , professing to correct some erroneous notions on this matter , represents tile * " sense in which scripture is its Own interpreter , is clear and satisfactory , and sufficient for
salvation . In the fourteenth the professor treats of words , regarded as signs to the reader of what was thought by the writer : he considers the kind and degree of difficulty attending the discovery Qf the ori - ginal meaning of them ; and he directs us to the sources of
intelligence in respect of the words of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek Testament , v . g . the Chaldee , Sy . Meaning here the ** portion of Iccti&r&feivcnmi published at the sum *
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riac and A rafric versions , the Sep tuagiru translation and' tbe Lati i Vulgate . A few ' observations ate
adoed upon ** our own authorized version . " to the revision of which this lecturer is a friend , and otj tiie necessity of interpreting from the original scriptures .
Rules are laid down in the fifteenth lecture for the interpretation of words . In the first piace , we must inquire what notion is [ or was ] affixed to any word un . der our review , by the persons in
general who speak [ or spake ] the language ? Further , 2 dly , W « must ascertain what was the particular application of such words , by attention to the particular
situation of the persons to whom they were immediately addressed . Thirdly $ The words of an author must be so explained as' not to make them inconsistent with his
known character , his known sentiments , his known situation and the known circumstances of tti £ subject on wfcich he wrote . T& consequences of neglecting tBete rules , are delineated ' with ^ re&t force and correctness : an
excellent comparison is instituted between the interpreter who explains the Bible by the aid of reason and learning and the interpreter who aspires to the
possession of higher means , and claimi to be inspired ! It is attempted to prove that there is an important practical difference between the terms does not err and cannot err :
and some valuable remarks are subjoined on the necessity of theological learning and the causes of its neglect . The general heads of fbe six * teenth lecture arq—Of the literal and . figurative use at words ; , ^ of tb * foundMtton of this diiti ^
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Gf 4 Rmfcw * ^** Marzk * s Lectures * ^ Fart * fflf %
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 674, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/50/
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