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and > pow ^ rfoHyr operative ^ amhperp ^ tna I as Ahie deriiW or vrdH ^ ei ng ;—? tn the mu&tfel actknfc , aiid control of self-love and social affection .- His doctrine is alike removed from the mystical and occult on the one hand , and the cold maxims of a selfish expediency on the Other . The enlightened moralist and
benevolent Christian here speak the same language , and point to the same path of wisdom , uniting authority with counsel , and proving together that man is under a moral government , and that the great moral Ruler has in . the Christian revelation expounded awd enforced the same law of morality .
which was always inscribed in his nature . From our review of the present volume , which , though somewhat extended , is too brief for the survey , it \ fftl be seen that the range of enquiry is very extensive , and the subjects of
great and universal interest ; and without lavishing commendation we may venture to say , that few even of the thinking class can peruse the Ethical Q uestions carefully , without gaining something new as well as useful , both For speculation and for practice .
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Art * - II . — -2 ) r- Lunrences Remarks * - upon Griesbaclis Classification , ® c . [ Continued from p . 172 . ] THIS author speaks of Griesbach ( 1 < 3 ) - as " correcting the received text upon the decisions * o ( his own judgment . " But , if Ben { jel and Semper are acknowledged to have been
his predecessors •* in the sarhe path , " " ^ e nav e here an obs ervation contr a--d ieting another of Dr . L / s-statements . It is an observation which , in it s effect , whatever be it ' s design ,
cannot injure Griesbach's memory . Nothing can be less arbitrary * nothing , in this department of literature , less precarious , than ti ^ e . Pro fessor ' s correction of the text of the New
Tesram ^ nt . Far from retyrog <> n *• the -decisions of his own judgfrn « e * U , " he i \ 9 & never lost si ^ t of the critical principle ? " of former authors of hi ^ h reputation : and his merit consists in his diligent and skilful application of those principles * in theptttienee of bis labours * and , especially , i » thai habit
. pf discerning the age * and estimating _ fjta relative . yaliu ?« of • tnaAAiscfipts ^ 4 nch h Qv lf to We ^ i ui ** 4 Jby
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experience ^ epmh mt&i ' - ^ Hh nsaga citry ^ anil knowledge . * A few yfcai » p * fc ~* v iotwsly to ibt& ¦ , « t ^> ea raufce of -Gst ^ s ^ bach's edkio ^ in ^ 775 , c < uof learned countrymabn artd priiiter jBowyer had puW ish ^ d th e < 5 reek -Testa in e # tf « 1 \ d
admitted into it ' s text those -readings ' which Wctstein hsid merel y marked ^ as being preferable to Mrhat were « generally received . ^ Consequently * no candid and intelligent person will * either openly or covertly , accuse Griesbacn of an Attachment to
adventurous critics , or of lightly departing * , and encouraging others to depart , from "< the beaten track of preconceived opinion . " After stating that Griesbach < c confines himself solely to the tti j * l e division of an Alexandrine ^ a W este rn ^ and a Byzantine , text , " ( 20 ) D * i Laurence asks ,
•* May we not hfcnce conclude that , feeling the task of accurately fixing- th «* true nnmber of classes grenlet than hit expected , he Satisfied himself ivith what he deemed an approximation to the truth ,
and was contented to finish , as He be ' gari > with only three ? But does ^ his approximation afford a sufficiently solid bast $ for a durable superstructure ? Can it fuFnlgb any thing like complete satisfaction >"
From these questions we * con * elude" that the Ke ^ iarjcer is : k >» jt imperfectly acquainted with the nature ami the principle , ... the history .:. w 4 l the ata ^ e * of Biblica . 1 Criticism . Reasonable s ^ ti a faction \ % wh ^^ true scholars will look- for from it ' s -we *
searches and deciwons ; since U '^ does not present to the naind that twnpltle evidence which characterises laaiheniatical dcrnoustra 4 ioi > s . The hi ^ jQ $ t certainty , of which vt a < imitv hifh&tnl c > crtain | y : i \ oc oafei gr , e&tqr be attained i xv regard : < tQ , ntosl of &he s&kjfctts apo whiph fn $ n ajce . called , jto e «« rci « e
their j ^ idgpnepts , , Jt rtoas ^ MvQrittiagin ^ d by CrjriQsbacn ? CH \ hte adcriiiJCJRS that nothipg i $ l ^ fi to be d p ne < fey su <^ je ^ 4 * ng cditp rs . . Michael is cou » 5-sidered " the age , of irianbood '" J of the criticism of the text of tbc , 5 Tew Testament , ail ijemnning vyitlh Mi ' l ' ^ edition , S f nce ^ at , pe riod it Jp $ ?
? See , in Symbol . CHtic . Vol . I ^^ ifl ^ hiA own - description of the qualifications Ot di » £ \ A \ e Edittor x > f the l $ e * Teetaniertt . , / . ^ . 'Woar . 'TcsU Grif » VW 17 J 9 B . PtfeiV :: ** :: » X Intcod ^ t * the N . ! D . V ol ; III in 4 * 4 .
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236 ^ Review ^ LaittM&ze im 0 riedfau&j Gre ^ Te ^ Uiivtnt .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1817, page 236, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2463/page/44/
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