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that both of them bad rou xupiov , of the Lord , in ibeir Greek text , which neither at them dared to falsify , though the ^ Ethiopian may seem , under the power of his prejudices , to have wi&hed to do so , Even Mr . Junes now acknow *
Ledges that he uses a word equi . valent to—hordLof-regions ^ ( of $ o he translates it for use , or rather them * I beg pardon . It is said , indeed , that the words
$ r « ever employed to designate the Supreme Being only . The bias on the good man ' s mind is therefore evident * hut it is a * evident that his Greek would not
allow him to employ the very word which constitutes the proper name of God in his language . He proceeded evidently , as far as he dared , but he did not dare to
employ the word , God , he dared pnjy to write Lord of regions , which he might hope , on account ; of its appropriation to the Al »
mighty , would , with the unwary , support his creed with equal sue * e # s * J ^ eo p aric ulo , I venture to aver , on Mr . J ' s . own grounds , that he had rov ( kou , mi God . before
him when he employed this dex » terity . Had he the other reading , his duty was plain , and his bigotry wojuld stimulate him to perform it . In that case , he would not have bqca contented with em * ploying . Lord of regions ; tbe
nght word , God , could not have been suppressed , especially with Ills previous disposition to use it . Griesbach hp& not gone this length ; but was contented with roqdeet truth , for which moderation he has been rewarded with
the charge of infamous falsehoods For the unqualified averment above made , I am ready to be re ? paftaible , though still fquk *
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language should be $ m& te - ; #$ * - * cnbe my character . Ui « prot >^ ble that th * tmoslattiM ? thauglYV Christ to ke the Almighty , and gave biiu as strong ao epithet asf he could venture to adopt ; his
fidelity could not be further s * u crificed ^ and he did not say , of God , but of the Lord , Mr . i * being witness . What wonder walk it thai : the good man touk nm Tiupiov ,, of the Lord ,, for tfaa 4 ^ k > mighty ? Mr . Jones ., without hif |
prejudice did the bamc , and abused Griesbach for knuvving better ^ 1 his discovery , eiiciied from Mr-J ' s . own data , is one principal reason why I send you an ^ ans wer to hint at ail . It is , then , de- * mon ^ tr ^ ted that the Mthiopic translator had not rtufeov in h m ' with
Gr ^ ek original , becau ?^ all his good will which he displays by using terms so much stronger than toj Kupiou , of the Lar < i , he does not em ( day the JSthiopie term for God which lie must have
done had it stood in l * h copy * Never was aay things o £ this nature , more ifixinbi table , and the ill language , with wbi ^ h the great critic has been pelted ,. might
have been spared , as he has , in fact , asserted far less tbau the truth * Thii exapt slate pf tba case , however , is now , for th « first time , discovered . If I value myself , to a certain degree , for the discovery , the learned will
pardon me , who cannot fail to appreciate the satisfaci ion arising from the apprehension of truth , and especially of literary and religious trpth . They will allow * me ta cry out with exultation * supypttxI ,
It is asserted that tbe authori ty of MUSS * is in favour of rovti&u , ofGpck Let any ra »« , Uiat h f «
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|^ Zh \ Llo yd ' s Ansm * £ q Mr . Joiuss .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1814, page 40, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2436/page/40/
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