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i ( QB , in tfcsefcrigm a& c ] formation ? i lapg ^ gQ . rnr C ^ mseqaences of in . ^ rpreiing . wosds li terally % * when they are used figurativel y * —Ne . nessity of arranging the words in genealogical order . Most of Dr . Marsh ' s illustrations and
observations , in discussing these topics , bespeak the accurate philosopher , scholar and divine . Of lecture the seventeenth the main subject is allegory . The relation which it has to metapkor , 33 largely explained and very wejl illustrated . Merited censures are
passed cm the bractice of interpreting the scriptures allegorically . It is proved that this custom * can derive no support from the
language of Paul in Gal . iv » 24 : its origin and progress are traced ; apd the evil of it as aiding the cause of infidelity , is powerfully exposed .
I . q the last lecture this topic -is jn ^ si ^ ed at - some length . Here , 3 gtm , we meet with an excellent SjP ^ cimeii of scripture criticism—Qn 9 Cor . iii . 6 . From allegori - ^ tfie . Professor advances to treat < & . typical interpretation . This , ta observes , is warranted to a
certain extent by the sacred writers themselves : cc and , " he adds , - . M M » e transgress the limits , which ^ €$ f fyave prescribed , we shall be
in perpetual danger of taking tbiq gs for what they were not rfe . s jg * ed to be . " Having adduced * sinking example of the abuse tVni # » I » — i i /» . •• !¦• i wnic be madof this kind
n may e ° finterpretation , he concludes the third part of his lectures by ann ° uj \ cing his purpose of next directing the attention of his
auditoi ^ d readers to the interpre - ta ^ prophecy . On a su bject « o loi portaqt , yet so curious and *^ fcj % w « s fA ^ U . bei ywiicttlar .
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ly happy in receiving instrtrtftoii from stich a teacher . . - . We i ? hall now apply ourselves to the agreeable , yet , within out limits , not very easy , task of selecting a few passages from this pamphlet .
The following remark of Df . March ' s , in recommendation Si Biblical criticism , are intrinsically valuable , and not a little perciheik to the present condition and esffc . mate of the study of divinity : ( 3 ^
" The Bible must be examined bj tlie same laws of criticism which ar * applied to other writings of antiquity s and every man , who is set apart for th #
ministry , should consider it as his boun ^ den duty to study with especial cari that primary branch of theology , thii criticism of the Bible . It is a branch * which gives nutriment and life to all the other branches : and these will , be *
come more or less vigorous , in proporv tion as that branch either flourishes or decays . By cultivating the criticism , of the Bible , we acquire a habit of calm and impartial investigation , whicn wiJJ .
enable us to enter with greater advantage on the other departments ' of ? die- * logy ; we learn to discriminate between objects apparently alike , but really di ** tinct ; we learn to sharpen our judgT raenls and correct our imaginationsj we learn to think for ourselves without
blindly trusting to bare assertion , which may deceive * but can never convince ^ and , while we fortify our faith against the shafts of infidelity , we become proof against the seductions of ignorance and fanaticism . Such are the advantage *
resulting to an interpreter of the Bibio from a previous acquaintance with the criticism of the Bib ? e ; advantages un ^ known to the mere theological empiric , who regards them as useless for xu * other reason than because he has never
learnt to comprehend them . We shall next lay before our readers the sentiments of the Maj > garet Professor on our auC / i Q riz ^ di version . He says ( 35 ) , ^ ^ € t When we consider die imrnens * , accession whicn nas been made C jyg ^ fi the age of James the Jfirst ) , bouPtS ^ our critUai antfto' to-0 u *^ hilgio £ ic * l
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 675, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/51/
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