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Birmingham , Sir , May 2 , 1822 . IN consequence of the friendly and gratify ing suggestions of your correspondent Proselytus , ( p . 151 , ) 1 have given directions to Mr . David Eaton , ( 187 , High Holborn , London , ) for a new edition of the " Sequel * ' to
my " Vindication of Unit a riant a in . " It will therefore be ready for publication in a few months , at as low a price as can be afforded without loss ; and I shall be obliged if any Book Societies , who wish to furnish themselves with copies , will send notice of their intention either to myself or
to Mr . Eaton . I embrace this opportunity of adding a few lines in consequence of the remarks which have lately appeared in your valuable work , upon my views of the passages which , in the common version of the New Testament , repretne
sent unristians as caning' upon name of Jesus Christ . " Servetus , as quoted p . 1 ( K > , thinks that the phrase presents no difficulty whatever . Nevertheless , it is not clear what his own view of the construction of it is : for he gives no less than five different translations ; 1 st . ' * being * called by the name of the Lord : " 2 dly . < c taking his name upon them : " 3 dly . callinif
on his name : " 4 thly . " calling' his name upon them : " 5 thly . " being * named by his name . " Before I can admit that any one of these is a correct translation of the phrase , I must see sufficient evidence of it . That the expression had the meaning now commonly attributed to it by
Unitarians , has been repeatedly asserted , but , as I think , never proved . Your author cites the authority of Wakefield . I ask , JVhere are Wakefield's proofs ? Wakelield evidently supposed tTriY . aXov ^ occ , to be in the middle voice ; Hammond , who deduces from \ t the same general sense , asserts that
it is in the passive . See his Note on 1 Cor . i . 2 . This , as it appears to me , is a most material difference , but ttciircely regarded by those who have written on the subject . The use of
a-7 Tiy . a . XE ( TocfjLE )/ oq y in Acts xxii . 1 b , seems to indicate , that in the disputed passages the verb is in the middle voice . Upon this subject I beg leave still to express my doubts ; and , as the inquiry may probably !>*> interesting
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to others of your readers besides my , self , 1 shall be obliged to any of y 0 U r correspondents who will produce whatever evidence he may think either fa . vourable to the translation commonlv 1 W T a . _ • J Unitarians
given by , or in any way illustrative of the construction and meaning of the phrase , deriving his remarks either from grammatical analogy , or from % } ie actual use of this and similar phrases in Greek authors
I have seen no reason hitherto to retract the supposition , which man y have ridiculed , that this may , perhaps , be reckoned among " the difficulties left in revelation tor the purpose of
inculcating humility and candour . " To the observations of the British Reviewer and Servetus upon this point , I beg to oppose the following remarks of the able and learned Translators
of the Bible , in their Preface to the Reader : " Though * whatsoever things are necessary , are manifest / as St . Chrysostom saith , and as St . Augustine , 6 In those things that are plainly set down in the Scriptures , all such
matters are found that concern faith , hope and charity ; ' yet , for all that , it cannot be dissembled , that partly to exercise and whet our wits , partly to wean the curious from loathing of them for their every where plainness , partly also to stir up our devotion to crave the assistance of God ' s spirit
by prayer ; and , lastly , that ivc might be forward to seek aid of our brethren by conference , and never scorn those who be not in all respects so complete us they should be , being to seek in many things ourselves , it hath pleased God , in his divine providence , here and there to scatter words and
sentences of that difficulty and doubtfulness , not in doctrinal points that concern salvation , ( for in such it hath been vouched , that the Scriptures are plain , ) but in matters of less moment , that ftearfulness would better beseem us than confidence , and , if we w $ resolve , to resolve upon modesty " JAMES YATES .
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202 Yates ' s " Sequel ? ' to his Vindication " of Unitarianism .
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Norfolk , Sir , May 10 , 1822 . YOUR Chichester co rrespondent , who signs himself Non Con , Cpp . 22—24 , ) desires to be informed , how Unitarians can acquit themselves
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1822, page 292, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2512/page/36/
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