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another . — -It ought not , however , to be concealed , that he was convinced , equally from the investigation of the principles of natural religion and the
Scriptures of revealed religion , that God was one , —that Jehovah had no equal or rival , and that he alone was the object of religious homage : he Avas also satisfied that Jesus Christ
-was a man , the creature of God , and his delegated messenger and prophet . * And how much soever good men may be allowed to differ from each other in the superstructure they may erect for themselves upon the foundation of the gospel , few persons were more
competent to investigate theological subjects than himself , as far as human learning , a cultivated understanding , and a liberal mind , are to be considered as qualifications for such investigation . About the latter end of the yealr
1783 , was instituted a small " Society for promoting the Knowledge of the Scriptures . " f Mr . Dodson was a very early and a very valuable member of this society . He communicated some papers of his own , and conducted through the press some of the most valuable contributions of others .
The papers of this society were published in numbers , at uncertain intervals , under the title of " Commentaries and Essays . " J And among
* [ Among the earliest associates of Mr . Lindsey , in 1774 , when he first opened a chapel for Unitarian worship , Mr . Belsham mentions u the late learned and eminent Scripture critic , Mr . Dodson . " Memoirs ^
p . 122 . When the Unitarian Society was formed in 1791 , Mr . Dodson was chosen the treasurer , and , as I hare often witnessed , for several years gave great attention to the business of that society .
To another object , common to None onformistSy the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts , he was very friendly , and in 1702 was chosen a delegate by the Dissenters in one of the counties , to endeavour to obtain that hitherto n neon ceded repeal . It was , I believe , in that connexion that I had , first , the pleasure of Mr . Dodson's acquaintance . ]
-f * See a sketcb of the plan in Jebb ' s Works , II . 237—253 . It is also prefixed to the first volume of the u Commentaries and Essays / ' 8 vo . 1786 . J [ TJiey were collected into two volumes . $ r 0 # , la the second volume th *
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these , Mr . Dodson furnished a New Translation of Isaiah lii . IS ; liil - 12 , with Notes . * Also , " A New Translation of Isaiah i—xii . with Notes /* &c . t
After revising his former papers , he extended his original design , and published , in 1790 , the entire book of Isaiah , in one octavo volume , entitled " A New Translation of Isaiah , with
Notes Supplementary to those of Dr « Lowth , late Bishop of London , and containing Remarks on many parts of his Translation and Notes . By a La 5 mau . "
Bishop Lowth expressed himself in a very handsome manner , in a note written to Mr . Dodson , upon his former translation of a small part of the book of Isaiah , published , as before mentioned , in 1784 , % He also repeated his acknowledgments in the
same style , on receiving , in the course of the next year , a copy of the translation of the first twelve chapters . On both occasions , the Bishop pleaded his declining health as the only reason for his not giving these papers the attention which they were otherwise entitled to receive from him . Dr .
late Mr . Tyrwhitt has two papers , with his name annexed , and dated from Cambridge , in 1786 and 1787 . No . xiv . — " An Explanation of St . Paul's Doctrine concerning the Creation of all Things by Jesus Christ /' No . xv . — " The Resurrection of the Dead
through the Man Jesus Christ . These pieces have been since republished by the Unitarian Society . J * Com . and Essays , No . 1 , 1784 , 1 . 31 —50 . Jt Ib . No . 3 , 1785 , I . 149—258 . The note was as follows : u The Bishop of London presents his compliments to Mr . Dodson , and is very much obliged to him for his remarks on Isaiah , and for the great honour he does him in them . He begs to be excused entering *
into any disquisition concerning them ; not , he assures him , that he does not think them worthy of the greatest attention , but because his ill health obliges him to avoid all inquiries of this nature , that require intense application . " London-House , March 26 , 1784 . ''
[ Bishop Lowtb had declined the Archbishopric of Canterbury , in 1783 , on account of his age and infirmities , and appears to have suffered severe bodily pains daring the remainder of bis life ; which closed November 3 , 1787 , ia his 77 tfc yearj
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004 Memoir of Michael Dodson , Esq .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1818, page 604, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2481/page/4/
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