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one of the brave fellows that signed it , the consequence of which was , that there was scarce any for me to preach to besides the poor remains of a few broken congregations , who had good nature and charity enough to stand by their ministers , whose reputation ,
interest and usefulness was absolutely ruined by the rage , aspersions and violence of the other party . And thus ended my short warfare among the paltry spiritual wickednesses with whom it was my ill luck to be concerned . I have often thought , with some surprise , how a person of my father ' s education and business ,
who got all he had b y his own labour and diligence , should never entertain any thoughts of enabling me either to augment what he should leave me , or at least to preserve it . But bigotry , unaccountable , destructive bigotry , was to be my evil genius with regard to this world .
And now I am come to the year 1723 , which after long and tedious infirmities put an end to his life and my ministry . I had no notion of keeping up a character which was now become ridiculous and universally cen * sured , without being able to do some good to others or to myself . During the bustle I was in , I did make a shift
to keep my honour and honesty untainted , and a very hard shift it was . I thought I should never come off with more innocence , and , therefore , I full y resolved to leave off while it was well . There is but one thing more about which I am solicitous , and that is my
independence . I can part with many things which some are very fond of , for the sake of this ; for as I never have , so I hope I never shall feel the tortures of ambition , the stings of envy , or fears of poverty . Hitherto I have been happy in my situation and
way of living , but hovtf long or how far I am so to be indulged , time only can discover . The world , as Milton sings , is all before me , and Providence my guide . I hope I shall do no harm in the world . Though I am not qualified
to do much good , I will do my duty and be contented . If with my honesty , liberty , independence and peace , I enjoy an humble competence , I am happy , but if not , Te Deuia laudamus *
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200 Summary of EicJihorn ' s Introduction to the New Testament
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Dunster Court , Mincing' Lane , Sir , March 20 , 1821 . SE VERAL years have elapsed since I conceived the idea of translating Professor Eichhorn ' s Critical Enquiries into the Writings of the Old and New Testaments , but the little
encouragement I met with in an attempt to bring out his work on the Apocryphal Scriptures of the Old Testament , has almost deterred me from prosecuting the design . In the mean time , it has occurred to me that a Summary of the Contents of the Professor ' s
Introduction to the ktudy of the New Testament may be interesting to many of your readers , to whom the original may be unknown ; and under this impression I take the liberty of transmitting to you the enclosed translation of the Contents of the First Volume ,
that you may , if you think proper , give it a place in your Repository ; observing merely , by way of conclusion , that I have adhered to the author ' s phraseology , and that , if it suits your purpose , I shall furnish you regularly with the Contents of the remaining three volumes .
T . T . Introduction to the Study of the New Testament , by J . G * Eichhorn , in 4 vols . * Contents of Vol . I . pp . 680 ,
I . Of the Oldest Gospels . Those portions of the life of Jesus which in the apostolical times were deemed the most important , and formed the basis of a course of instructions
in Christianity , comprising all the remarkable transactions which took p lace from the time of his appearance in public as a teacher , to his final separation from his disciples after his resurrection , formed , in all probability , the contents of the first scriptural sketch of the life of Jesus .
This sketch is no longer extant : for the catholic Gospels of Matthew , Mark and Luke , comprise more portions of the life of Jesus than those
* Some account of this work may be seen , Mon . Repos . VII . 355 , 356 , and a considerable translated extract from it , VII . 357—362 . See also references to Elchhorn ' s work on the Apocrypha , N . ' s Essay on the Book of Wisdom , X-473—475 , Ed .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1821, page 200, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2499/page/8/
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