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    more than the name of Presbyterian now adheres to their present representatives , a wise and impartial j udge would construe liberally the case before him , and not hasten so readily to the " decision , " whkh your Correspondent F . confesses himself inclined to make . EUBULUS .

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    Letter to the Rev . Thomas Madge ?' , an final Restitution , Hackney , Sir , October 17 , 1818 . HAVING , a few years since , - - stated my objections to the doctrine of Final Universal

    Restoration , through the channel of the Monthly Repository , [ IX . 343 , ] it was not my intention again to have solicited permission to occupy the pages of that valuable Miscellany , upon the

    same subject ; and I believe nothing but yonr letter in tile last N » inbei ^ of the Repository [ p , 562 ] could have induced me to do it ; but so strong is the impression upon my mind , of the candour and clearness , as well as

    fairness of all the argurneuts in favour of most of the Christian doctrines , that I have heard from the pulpit or read from the production of your pen , that from the ground you have taken , and the particular manner in which you have expressed your belief on that subject , I am induced to offier a few

    observations on it to your attention . With your usual candour you begin by stating , that , as it appears to you , the doctrine of Universal Restoration is neither expressly nor designedly inculcated in any passage of the Old or New Testament ; but

    notwithstanding , from the benevolent character of God , and the scope and design of the Christian revelation , particularly the future high office of Jesus as the conqueror of death , you can never be brought to believe , that the benevolent Parent of mankind could have

    condemned a great portion of mankind to " everlasting irremediable woe" A nd here , Sir , J am ready to join issue with you , and farther to declare , that I cannot comprehend that any rational being , having , from proper inquiry , a sincere and firm conviction in the

    perfections and benevolent character of the Deity , can possibly , at the same time , believe that he lias consigned a large portion of his human offspring to eternal torments , for the errors and

    transgression of his laws in this transitory state of existence . But because Cod has not denounced against mankind this malignant decree , which does not appear to be the case from a fair interpretation of any passage in the New Testament , it does not therefore follow , that the doctrine of Universal Restoration is true * nor do I

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    6 Q 8 Oh Griesbach ' s Edition of the New "Testamenf .

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    Sir , THE publishers of the edition which has just appeared of Griesbach ' s New Testament , have been aware of the unsettled state in whiefi , as your Correspondent Obscurus [ p . 331 ] remarks , the note on Acts xx . 28 , had been left in the former English edition of 180 Q , and have , in this as well as in other instances , introduced a better system of arrangement . There seemed to be little or no doubt from Griesbacli and Birch ' s Notes , as well as from other sources , that Oea was the reading of the Vatican MS . ; but they have set the matter at

    rest as far as they could , by procuring ii fac-simile of the verse from Sig . Girolamo Amati , one of the Librarians , which is given in the Preface of the new edition . By this the reading appears finally decided to be 0 ea , at least as far as the certificate of the Librarian goes . It corresponds too with the report of Obseurus , who

    probably derived his information from a similar source ; but it would certainly be well if Obscurus or any other person would communicate the result of a careful and accurate examination of the MS . in this place , although this may not easiry be obtained . It is

    well known to have been in many places retouched : the general opinion is , that this has been done , ( as the Editors of the New Version observe *) by a faithful hand ; but it ought to be added , that some great names have doubted much the value of this MS .

    and it certainly is very singular , that it should differ from the Alexandrine ( which it usually follows ) on so important a point as this , and that too without being followed in its reading

    by MSB . and Versions generally considered as of the same school or class , and to which , if genuine , it would of course be expected to give tlie tone . T .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1818, page 698, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2482/page/34/