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you only struggle for the retaining of a medial line in a Greek capital against the authority of the most ancient Greek MSS ., the oldest versions , the most
ancient Fathers , both Greek and Latin , as is evident from their comments , and all Internal evidence ; and make it your * grace and glory' to establish c our Saviour ' s Deity , ' by the niceties of the doctrine of the Greek article , bv the « Canon
of Suppression , ' applied too , y , to . There is an important difference between us , which , however , never seems to occur to you , that we have recourse to such ' niceties of philology , '' only in self-defence ; whereas your system cannot stand without them , however you may affect to call them < subordinate evidences . '"—Pp . 121 , 122 .
Archdeacon Wrangham professes Indeed to have < c sturdier arguments '' at his command ; theannouncingstar , the ministering angel , the initiatory baptism , the commemorative supper , the brightness of Tabor , the darkness of Calvary , the rending vail , the
quaking earth , and the opening grave . " This and similar flourishing ( for it is nothing better ) the writer of the " Three Additional Letters' ] fully exposes ; in accomplishing which object , he proves the incompetency of his opponent , as a commentator on the Scriptures . —Pp . 122—145 .
The remainder of the third Letter , is chiefly occupied by a few questions concerning the doctrine of the Trinity : they are proposed for the dignitary ' s solution ; and their pertinency and
force are such , that we should be happy to see them printed separately , and put into general circulation . Of the last paragraph of the " Three Additional Letters , " we shall copy the
greater portion : " With these Letters , " says Mr . Wellbeloved , " the controversy also , on my part closes . I entered upon it with reluctance ; I have pursued it with very painful emotions ; and I gladly relinquish it for ever . Yet , Sir , if you are disposed calmly
and seriously to discuss the evidence of Unitarianism , on the ground either of Scripture or of ancient testimony , or of both ; and on the condition of mingling with it nothing of a personal nature ,
nothing relating to the supposed consequences of the doctrine , or of the talent and character of those who profess it ; such is the importance of the suhject , I should not feel myself at liberty to decline the defence of what I hold to be * the faith which was once delivered unto
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the saints . " But to nothing in the Way of banter or sarcasm , to nothing approaching to the style and temper of your last two charges , their appendixes and notes , from whatever quarter they may come , will I attend again . "—Pp . 157 , 158 .
Although we have now placed before our readers a "view of Mr . Wellbeloved's two sets of Letters , our sense of duty requires that we add a few observations on this controversy ; on the state of things , whence it has
arisen ; on the manner in which it has been pursued ; on its nature and its merits , relatively to some other local or public controversies on the same general topics , and on the lessons which it addresses to future
combatants . Such a series of remarks we shall hope to insert in a following Number of this work .
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168 Review . — Bruce s Sermoris on the Study of the Bible .
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Art . II . —Sermons on the Study of the Bible and on the Doctrines of Christianityy as taught by our Lord Jesus Christ . With an Appendix .
By Wm . Bruce , D . D ., Senior Minister of the First Preshyterian Congregation , Belfast . Belfast , printed by John Hodgson . 8 vo . pp . 322 . 1824 .
T HTHIS volume is in one respect a JL novelty . It is an exposition and defence of the system of Christian doctrine denominated Arianism , which for the last quarter of a century has been left by its professors to rest quietly upon its own merits . This system , we learn from Dr . Bruce ' s
Epistle Dedicatory to his congregation , has been inculcated from the pulpit , which he so respectably occupies , for a century past , and by himself for more than a third of that time . He now publishes these Sermons at the request of his hearers , as a record of their religious principles , and " also for the consideration of those who
differ from" them . " In these controversial times , individuals and societies are called upon to make their sentiments known ; and a minister may deem it his duty to his
people , to explain himself in a form more precise and permanent than oral instruction . This is particularly expedient in those who profess free inquiry , and'adopt neither creed nor confession , articles nor doctrinal catechism , but the word of God alone . "—Epistle Dedicatory , p . i .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1825, page 168, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2534/page/40/
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