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and a dungeoa * by one of those under lings of € > &uiy& mid King * a €€ Suppression of Vice'' &K ?* £ < f / , or a " Constitutional Association . " To return to your correspondent ' s letter . I regret to perceive that Mr , Taylor ia able to give but a p # 0 r character of ** the Constitution of New Jersey" in which a lust and H-
beral policy has yet advanced m > further than to render * ' every Protestant sect eligible to offices , " as if the distinction of sectsy ot any question respecting the world to come , had any concern with the proper objects *> f civil copventkm ; the fair possession
and usufruct of the present world ' s ad- * vantages . Nor bfts your correspond * ent fully explained the " blasphemy ^ law" as laid down in " the Mayors Court of Philadelphia" If the " persong prosecuted- ' were punished "for interfering ; v ^ itk the rights of others , "
no punishment could have been more just or / beneficial , because thus a Jew or a Mahom ^ dcm , a Dmst or an Athe ist , would be equally protected ; unless it be maintained , as if dominion were really founded \ w grace , that Christians only have civil rights . There is , indeed , a glimpse of the
antickri $$ i < m " a ! Ua&e £ b ^ cvreoa Church $ ad State" in JYlr ^ TlayJor's concjuding paragrap h * ^ TJie Gwil power " does not «* erejy protect " the peace " and < c the rights 7 of tfee ciyU cooimupity , his pmy proper Qccupation , but ** h . e as God sitteth in tib # temple of God , " to define and to punish * pro . * f « ine and impious ribaUfcyw "
1 take this opportunity to remark , tnulr the j * translation" quoted by your reapectftWe coifre ^ pondeat , ( p . o 23 , ) \ % l ^ irob ably opp- . of the $ w < 5 > ^ nietttioned ia lewis ' s ^ History of the KngU&h Translations Qf % faMfotes" ( esd . 17 ^ 39 , pp . J 96 , 137 ^) as pubfehed in 1 £ > 63 .
The first he d 0 serib € J 8 > fe *^ l * e qua rto edition of CQnerffa W * Bible , printed at Zurich < 165 Q *) re ^ ubli ^ ed f ( 1653 ) with the anldijtioattf ^ new > titte ^ pag ) e /' The other is a im& ^ d itiop 4 > f the Great Bifcle , b y tte Kia ^ s ^ winter , Edward W / tHchttrch * , in folia / ' |» robatily * the te $ t that wft& priiit ^ d ^ in the < re ^ rn ^ Edwiurd VL
Y < mr jLa ' n %$ ponde » t hafc not quoted the 8 th vertjte , 90 that it is uncertain whither , & $ in the tnutboriztid JEotfJish T ^ j r ^ ion , them is the variation fram 4 three are ^ He" to * ' three agree io
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< M&" I * \ ht ¥ *^* &k ^^ - - ^ known , this m * w ^ u | ticien 0 y aace | tain-« d ( o ^^ i ^ m ^^ t ^^ f ^ Qfie *)* 0 appe ^ to ha \^ e been m a 4 e ^ ub 9 erv 4 ent to . the puijK )^ e ^> f * Trusty , tboi ^ bf verse , in 1 ^ le tter ^ ta ^^^ A J $ ^ • • now ifi every on ^§ mmitb , mm a ^* counted the maia te ^ t for the business . " In that translation , verse ^ 7 and 8 , notwithstanding the variation in the £ reek , alike end ; with hi tre& unum $ unt 9 evidently referring in eacU to testiirwinum . So I observe in II Nuovo ed Eteruo Testamento , printed
in IAane , 1551 , as translated froni t ^ e Greek , far Ihe Protestants <^ ltgiy , ( which I ha . d occasion to mention p . 74 , ) tb& cjose of both v ^ rse $ is thus ex ^ c ? 0 y alike : i quai tre , sono u ^ a ^ medesyoM cqso , In the French Testament printed at Mousey the Janstenists , in L 710 , both
yerse § close with " et es tx < m so |> t une m ^ uie chose . '' A nQte , however , to the 7 th yerse ^ h a ^ " , pj * r esseiwje /' and to the 8 th , " p ^ r report . " In the French Te $ ta * ne # t printed at Charenfrn in 1668 , Jthe variation in
the twj versesxis fully accojpfiaocwtfw to the purpose pf a T ^ yinity ^; ver . 7 ending , * ¦ . & $ ces trois-1 ^ ^ 001 un ?* yer . 8 , " ei ; ces frpi « 4 ^ se j- ^ o ^ ten ^ ^ un . ' Such also i ^ tfoe conclusion pf this 8 th wirs ^ m t \ & edition ^ f ^
JVeUteim , 1710 * whil $ t ^ e ^ yth . verse eiw | s with " e * , co 3 trQis-Ui pe ^ a * qu ^ un . " Jn "Le I ^ owpai * T ^^^ inwV & Paris , 1764 * •" : **«* appTO bi ^ tiou et privilege du Boi , tfe ^ ^?«* tholtc translator closed the 7 th yd »^
with " et qes troi 3 » e $ Qi&'fpi ? W 4 in adding in u note , " ua ^ tnil ct n ^ etnc jDieu en ^ ^ per ^ qnnft » > ^ wlli }^ A ^ Stji verse ea < is exactly like th $ tj ^ n §| ar tion of Mons > with this » ejpse , givc ^ ^ a note , ** s * unissent pour atVester une iii ^ me v ^ rit 6 . "
It is x& be xc » retted tbsM ; ^ € fer had npt . fbe magnanimity to ooait th ^ fie # v $ nl ( f wt inosses * in bis ftf < wv . 4 ^ f ^^ 1703 . He jpenders the 7 th * ei » fr || k the translation pf Mon $ , con ^ wpg the Sth with < c et « es troia ft ? Ij ^ PWt Jt
«^ t ^ ne mfinae icliwf ^ f ? # JP ¥ * # ^ 5 he discovers his petffeck ^ ofiyiGtitfii of thejfoi ^^ y , iwid , i ^ i i ^ e ^^ owing cq ^ - c ^ &ion , h > 9 w ^ nt qf tl |^ wprag ^ to < g * pjpiie * it ^ o ^ esaa * , Uy , # , wi |< jh evJi ^ lieibrmer : " N ^ ai ^ inB qe | W »? sage etaw WfSft dw ^ jaott fiibieB , on a * a p « p
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History yf the Three & % ** # ** & * Text . € » l
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1822, page 691, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2518/page/35/
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