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      Art , II . Essays on ihe Language tf SdriptfcelW&'A&tiMxte anfi Cdrfectfdnfc . In * IWb Vbl&me » . ; By-JoKttSimpteft : Bath , priritetf . 'Sold \ & lioitoorr by Kg ^ v tan ^ affif ^ by Johnson and Co . 18 * 2 . « vo . Vcri : Iv pp . 496 * Vol . II .

      pp ; 38 tt * - - ^ Concluded from p . 682 . } The Servehth Essay is "An Explanation of John i . 1—18 * Hefe Mr : Sirtipson first investi * gates the true sense of the principal worda and phrases , the meaning of which has' been disputed ; a task that he considers as

      necessary , ii * order to ascertain the real signification of this difficult passagfe of scripture . After giving eritieaV notes on almost every word ^ he 'exhibits * a new transla ** tidti urvd paraphrase of this celebmt&d Introduction ± which he

      ne * it oillastrates by parallel passages ih Isamb , and in the discourses vami '' memoirs of Christ , paiifcieularly * thpsre which are recefttad in the gospel written by John * - tTVshfcw * the view which Mr , St .-takes of the Evangelist ^ Proem ,

      wiar 4 sbail copy part of his version andiof his paraphrase : M ' ln ^ the'begfnnihg ^ vrzts the word { Rr « kithetoitiiil ^ h * ce * n « ht ^ f his public life Jews wt aj 6 a teacher of righteousness , and ^ publisher of glad tidings ]*; and the word was with God [ To thi ^ 1 impart

      l ut ^ U ^ th ^ lilo ^ ir H i ^ h ed extrtfctttAinaify wisdom and' power , and the privilege of speaking and acting in hi £ ( name ' ] , and the word ^ was a God ri \ s YtWas oh account of similar divine coihiiiunifcation ^ , thkt the Supreme Being himself caHed Moses a God ; that

      Jftw »« h ? "writei ; 3 'CSvlLed , those men gods , loji ^ om the w < jjrd of God came ^ that tliriat tirtiself countenanced ^ this meaining ; Bf the tcVmV "»«^ that ^ Isaiah pre ^ ^ dicted ^ he . MfiSfii ^ L ' by _ th £ names J ehovah ipind God ^ so , in tKe sahie senlsfe , 7 esus ^ ts i ^ God ] . 'Xhh [ *< word" t ^ as i& ftf ^^ finih ^ ttlth Ood This teacher

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      was ; from the beginning of h ^ s ministry * aided ia a rruich greater 'degree tliair aiiyHJthe ^ r pp < Jphet , by the ipiyine Spirit , in qrdef to qujalify him f ^ r his superior office ] . All things were formed t > y him ; and without him was not any thing formed that was ' formed [ All thai

      regeneration of mankind which the gospel produced , was effected by his i nstrumentality i and without this not any reformation was adcWmplishecf by itl Comp . a Cor . v . 17 . Eph . iii . * 9 I * * * * And the word was a man , and dwelt among us , and we beheld his glory ^ a glory ' as of the onl y begotteri fr 6 m the Father , full of th ^ " nibst

      favourable truth * [ This teacher was a human being , as Isaiah liii . 3 . xL r , 2 ; and Zechariah vi . 12 , foretold he would be ; and Tie * was born arid -1 ] yed in Judea ; agreeably to' theii > re ^ ifcttoris aho , we saw arirt heard glo ^ 6 ^ i& di 5 J > feys of his heavenly Father ^ p ^ rfdetions ,. ' ' in ? his wonderful miracles , And ; the most im * portafit an 3 reviving truths w ^ hich ^ Gad reVealexfr by tfiftfl . ** - - - -. _ . * ' ,

      Our author supports his trans , la ' tiori ^ ' ah ' rf exposition' wtth ' gFeat extent : of scnpttfraP kf ^ ow ljid g ^ Many ' of ^ his f <^ mar !? s arfe ^^ igfelV ingenious , and rnarty ,-we thinR ^ wi # stana'lh ^^ estol 4 tfi 4 ^ s r ^ - I 1

      Cdmmerititig ^ pon f <* r'i 6 * -K $ v& thircl ^ he ' obsVtveSj ( 2 Y )^ /; ' U ' 4 i The word yiYOiH ' a * ' 6 ccurs a ^ out six hundred and eighty times in tne New Testament" But : -1 ^ aflnotv& ^ 4

      that it is eVe / ii ' sediyHfeb Afoffid $ ofrfy in-any of his ^ ylti ng ^ ^ fbr jprog ^ t pty » ginal creatioFtt . * Nor can ; i ^ ro < f ? Miat it occurs in this < sen « e th |* O u ^ Hf ^ t ^ tfie whole New 'festamettf , ^ ejjrt ittg * « n two instafa ^ es ^ Jafhe - ' s i 1 i r ^ , Heb-iiv . 3 j ? f Upon the words fj / gv ^? y d" ? 6 ;** in the same vefse hethus' eritic ? is ^ s

      " This clause is pa 4 H ^ to ' the rjrf % c « ding . In the * Hebrew kyle i ^ aflS ^ A ^

      * M P- 5 ^^ Mr - S i a 4 ve > ts > ° ^ opinion that John has here Atternptcw ^* a parody ^ bti the subliifre &scri ^ on of Wifidbmlb Proy , niii ^ T Jrfejmeaflt aj ^ ' ; imi tation j ? k . pa * dd $$ beinig ^ asu ^ In ^ ifmpt ^ v ^ riably , a ^^ iejj 4 > % 1 & < iu % composition .

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      7 ^ 2 Revte&i *—Sititpson * $ Essajjb oh the Language of Scripture .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1813, page 792, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2435/page/40/