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It requires no u metaphysical ingenuity" to shew that when € c . Christ is said in Scripture to have died for us" ( Note XXX ) , substitution is not necessarily or in fact intended . How can the
Dean of Cork establish his posi - tion that ** to die instead of us , and to die on account of our offences perfectly agree ? " The force of the preposition avr ; is clearly
illustrated by Heb . x « . 2 . And if from the phrase vfte g -qfLwv it be inferred that our Lord ' s sufferings for us were penal , consistency requires us to admit that such also were those of the "Christians at
Phihppi for him I Philipp . 1 . 29 . Will Dr . M . call this criticism " metaphysical ingenuity }"
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Art . 11 . ^— Se lections for Reading and Recitation ; Designed Sox , lbe Use of Schools . By James BewsBransby . London ; Print , ed for Cradock and Joy , Pateriiostfr Row . 1814 . sin . £ va « jxp . 424 *
It is , undoubtedly , of great importance that yoafcg persons be presented with specimens of at > knowledgeS teste and correctness in literary composition . This * end
^ vas eminently answered by the Speaker [ although the principal design of Dr . Emfield in under , taking that admirable work , was 4 C to assist the students at
Warrrngton m acquiring a just and graceful elocution" *;} . The 'public , we think , will agree with us in opinion , that the same object is likely to * be promoted by Mr . Btansby ' s < Selections for Heading Bnd Recitatipn : ** they consist of extracts frota authors many of * His own words in the Dedication .
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whom have flourished subsequentl y to the first appearance of the Speaker and its Sequel , and who , on various accounts , are calculated to engage ' * the youthful mind . "
English literature iVa very spa * cious and diversified field 5 over which the rising generation must not be suffered to wander unattended and at random . In Mr , Bransby they have a judicious
guide , whose labours will aid them in gaining a knowledge of the most beautiful and valuable productions of this attractive region . When a ys > uth of some portion of
sensibility is thus made acquainted with many of the finest compost , tioras in his native language , Paradise may be said to be opened to him in the wild . It is the
capital ad vantage of ' selectiorisYike the present that they have a tendency to prevent or counteract an in . clination for desutlory reading ; wiiile they excite and strengthen a deshfoof becoming familiar with our best writers .
In this compilation Mr . 6 . naturally wishes to consult the moral and religious interests as well as the mental improvement of the young . A wisfc so laudable can scarcely Jfiail of being gratified . Ohri&tians of ali denominations
must ^ dmit that tfce passages be has selected arc not merely unexceptionable , torn excellently fitted to enliven « nd invigorate the noblest emotions o € the human heart . T
To a iinmber < i ( sentences and paragraphs , most ^ f which tBis gentleman la ^ id before the public , last year , uader another title , ! + Maxims , Reflections ^ and Jti 0 ^ phical Anecdotes 9 &c .
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702 Review . —Bransby ' s Selections for Redding .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1814, page 702, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2446/page/42/
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