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Art . I . ~ A Vindication of 1 John v . J yfrom the Ohgeciions ofM . Griesbachy in y > ttfc ( i is given a New View of the EEternal Evidence , with Greeh Authorities for the Authenticity of the V ^ erse not hitherto adduced in Us Jiefenbq . By the Bishop of St . David's . Jtivingtons .
Pp-7 a ACCUSTOME D as we have been to ^ ee the Bishop of St . David's venturing on the forlorn hope in defence of orthodoxy , we confess that we were not prepared forJua present undertaking . The publication of Griesbach ' s New Testament , in which that
great master , of the art of sacred criticism , himself a Trinitarian , declared that there is no such thing as a rule of evidence for the text of the New Testament , if 1 John v . 7 be not spurious , with the , works of Porson and Marsh in the Travisian controversy ,
seemed to have convinced the orthodox of that day , that : it was a hopeless task to defend its authenticity , and no man , with the smallest pretensions to the character Qf , a scholar ventured to quote it as Scripture . The cause of truth , it was said , needs no such
support ; the doctrine of the Trinity can be established to demonstration from a multitude , of other passages ; let the Unitarians make what they can of the concession that this is f spuriou $ j we have , other arrows ii * abundance , in our
quiver tor , their discomfiture . Soon , however * they found that their : glorying had not feegp goo < J , an 4 tk&t the doctrine of the Trinity was so far from teing supported Jby £ Jieh an exuberance of proof , % fo % t i £ ^ is t&K& were tykeji awav there w ^ W m % remain in «* e New Testament a singfe p ^ fmge wi
JA nch it 8 yen $ mmf %$$ > PS tym *** * Ue weappp wWcfe ; % f l been thr ^ yn oy was ag ^ n br ^ ught ^ forth , fe $ p fthe ^ n ^ p ^ mm ^ rlm ^ 4 Muwnp not wound . | ie ^ fc ^ f tUe JrleAve ^ y Vn Jr ^^ ^«^ &iim «| e , i& appearance J ? W <^ ntrov ^^ ay ; with the Unit ^ rianB , mn Y k W ° * P » W m&e&A ^ . *»*» Zr ^^ flfeW ^ i > WP ittJRBr SKS ? A *^ % j a » MiP QfflfyJmpw w ^ &we were up longer to be 4 re » 4 ecl
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Griesbach and Marsh were gone i ? their reward , the arm that smote tfee wretched Travis into atoms : wa $ paralyzed by death ; so the Nolans and the Hales * thcrcight they might coine forth in safety , an $ ; parade to tlie sound of their own acclamations aver the deserted field . For the honour at criticism we are grieved to see Bisnop Burgess lend to these empty boasters
the sanction of a name , with wliich Is associated the recollection of services rendered in former days to classical literature : we were indieed aware > from his former works , that bis zeal against Unitarianism had overpowered not only his judgment but his learning :
still we were not prepared to expect from him any thing quite so weak , superficial and disingenuous as this Vindication . Our readers , we presume , are
generally aware , that the text of the three Heavenl y Witnesses , and the words iv t ^ 77 J in t he eighth verse , are found in no Greek MS . except that of Dublin College ; that they are cited by no Greek father in alt those violent
controversies about the Trinity and the person of Christ , when heaven and earth were moved to furnish arguments against the heretics j when cthci most strained and absurd allegorical interpretations of Scripture , and of
the eighth verse in particular , were resorted to ; when the wor * ds whicK precede and the words which follow the text in question wer ? e quoted ; that they are foimd in the IWSS . of no ' one ancient version but , the Vulgate ; that
even of this , though tb $ majoritejrg ^ ta , in , the oldest and the beat M ^ S ^ reject the seventh verse ;* tht ^ of ^ fte Latin Fathers , many , to wfioae arguments it would have beeii ^ ya |^ al 4 ^ tioye not quoted it ; aud t ^ at y ^ mus Tap 8 ensis , at the $ k >§ j $ ^ . tpfe jwjfa ceptury , is the firsj ^ pi wMQ 8 wbrl ^ a
: ^«« The few La ^ MSS . tliiirV ^ t tne- vferse are ^ ittuch ^ j ^ or W ? t& ^ herd of incorrect ami modern ccj ^ e ^ ifhat re fain it , as a ^ m ^ l , well-trained ba »*^ f soldiers to a ^ numbroos rabble ^ eslltttte of discipline qnd dhanimity /'—P <^^ ; p . 154 .
R W ~ ... . _ . . « . ¦ , ;¦:. . . , . ¦ Retiew. 1 ; - : .V/:! R ! ¦ ¦ U Still Pleased To Praise, Yet Not Afraid To Blame."— Pope.
r w ~ ... . _ . . « . ¦ , ;¦ :. . . , . ¦ RETIEW . ; - . v / : ! ! ¦ ¦ u Still pleased to praise , yet not afraid to blame . "— Pope .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1822, page 39, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2508/page/39/
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