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that ^ wfttoPtif tfhem has WnKI&n in '' defai ^ MCMti timiwri ** ' ' " ' ^ fint dt »^ 1 ^ «» other reason ^ tar \^^ tfiu ^^ 8 tiS £ ' tic ^ 9 is ) i& |) tif CJdJfctt ^ i Ixave (^ orv « dy that wthmit the & tiff the seventh verse , 4 e * o fv ' of $ ke eighth is iinaecoantabte . i ^ et us ^ ee ^ then , what sen $ e we get by « iakin £ tbe W ?* of the eighth refer y > the & of the seventh . M There a * # three which bear witness m he ^< % the father sad ifce W&rd and t ^ fSftoly Spirit , aud these three are one tfein ^ 5 and there are three which bear witness on earth , the Spirit , the water and the blood , and these three are to that one thingiP What meaning cm be attached to these weirds we cannot imagine . There is ho need of any new theory of the Sreek article , to explain the use of ri before f v i It
marks more eraphatical Iy the absolute unity of purpose of tfce Three Witnesses . Uiiqaestionably this mlffht have been expressed by d <; % v , but Ies 3 foiriblf . So the Apostle , 1 CJb # , ^ di . 11 , might have contented himsejf with
saying , % v kou t 6 kzvrd tcvevfjut , bilt he has chosen to fcay * fa fv . - • - 2 . Bishop Burg-ess allows , thft all the Greek MS& , eave one . ( thfe Codex Ravienus he abandons to tt » fate , ) omit the seventh veYse- ; but not at ail dismayed by thjfe circums ^ nce , he setd himself to prove , by a Most extraordinary proce ^ s ^ that tikis is no
reason for doubting its authenticity . He divides the whcile time , from the composition of the Epi ^ tte to the invenlion of printing , into three periods , the first extending to the end of the third centiir ^ , . the secodd to the end of the ninth ; and He observes , that during the first parittd ^ tbere is no ^^? ternai eviderid * tifri&mt tktfVer&d , b ^ -
eause none of tfar preBeat MSS / are a » old m the dntii dentnry . If thief remark hakl prbe ^< $ ded fn ^ tn some on ^ devoid of every ^ jtaetut-c bf critical knowled ge ) the eonfaatott ^ td tfafe which it IiMlifcates ^ lilight be ^ ex ^ Mll ^ ed ; if a TolaM' or a C ^ dlln *^ Ipii ^ own it out as . an inftinliarion harixixL wowa it oat a&aaiasintiatioji agfainAt
& ^ # ^ K € ^* t t ^ e ^ l ^ p ^ wSicUfcewlfilf % HK » w ^ emQlii& * lu * ^ «^ faith , tfh ^ thtrftsite cattlmry att w * rsary under tftk iNiltt * < kmW b 4 v ^ voii
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Wikm ^ em , 1 ^^^ ' ^^}^ J ^^^ ^ f ^ h ^^ m ^^^ u ^^^^^^^^ i ^ i ^^ M ^ M ^^ m ^ W ^ ^ ate than the MSS . themselveS . ^ No ^ it i $ pretty te ^ nerally ^ mit ^ t ^ t ^ preseiit copies ^> f ^ he ^ lfebreW Kerm ttxres are not older j ^ h ^ ii p Wnl e ^ aturjr ; corisequenfty ther ^ p % & ^ - ¦ tefryA , * l ^ b ^ V ^ % ^ fe ^ f if ^*/ ' ^ ^^^ mtfSvi ^ mc ^^ m ff ifffi ^ cJw the / PeMvifr&h : l ^ ¥ ^ IW « if the collateral eviaeftbe of ^ M ^ i # &c . ; nemo dat < r&&& rwh htfSSi ; ^ M § * A \ exist rk MSS / iequW # ^ f ^ iM those of the ¥ &hf $ w S « HlM ^ fe §; rffl
having no eVideiiee theti ^^ rVe | , tl ^ can lend , noiie to others , Bttt /^ add inconsistency to absurdity , th % B ^ aHd'fr goes oh to say , that the ^ oT ^ atBr ^ i MS . extant is of mucS * fyt& d ^ than the Latin Version of jt&fe WesttM Church . " Has , then , thi ^ y ^ t ^ & come down to us On soine tablet $ E
brass or marble , ^ Vhile tiid Greek tfiirginal is onl y to be found in tnodern and perishafcle parQhirfeql ^ If && thto we hive as Httte titerbaft evf ^ - dence of the one as ^ f tt ^ c ^ ei % i ^ t only diiritig the fif ^ t fteft&i , b&t dbi # to the tittie Vrtieft bui Mt ^ of ^ adk werfe Mflriften . We itiSr be
thought , perhaps , to pky tt ^ drtbofti ^ pliment tdthe SagacityiofMtf readers , evett by obsertmg , w mMitg ; * fcdi $ MSS . orfe ribt cjt * eate 4 , If 1 ^ f&rbV , but copied from fe&eS bpeir ' , ^« ite MS : of the fottrtt cefitU ^ v ^ ii ^ ! a Sill preserved , is eMWhtof I ^ f «^?^ % i 5 t
demonstration , but ^ WifefWM ^ B ^^ ttfe existence of its text ih «| lfe pr&edpig centairies , the . M 8 S . df Wm ^^ Xye pemhed , and that thti ^ WT <*^ i ii carried \ tp to the atitbWtipr % f the ^ u ^ th ^; Mtowariegs &dgt W A ^* #
the hunr . m infirmities of t ^ anscri&ert , and as tliese are i ^ pfefttea % vm 'G * BPf m $ &t e&pftng , tU ^ f « HB reason ^ lf con ^ ict ^ e * ^ s « lM ^« P valuable : but if , accor % t ^ im ^ Btir ^ ss ^ principle , mm Mp | e no e ^^ rn ^ l evidei ^ 4 > f ^ ^ iBfeni ^ Of a text , before ^^ ct ^^ esdttfeg MS& ? miMM tip Bcepticwra < tf Hat ^ iiln ^ WP ^ IhcMMMto fliv'I'fttt ^ Htel *''" ' ^ ' wHT- $ j . « 0 . 'I -jMwjjHEf ^ i *! V *** f t B ^ oif vvfettt gro * mff 4 d 8 #% aJ jHfl tho ¥ so ^^^ wy ^ ^^ ^^ ^ js
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1822, page 41, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2508/page/41/
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