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the converse of it must he true , namelyu that * thfe' maniasefcipi which contatoed thi * vluuae vf the eighth verse , Contained also the seventh verse . On
the Reviewers own principle , then , tjie disputed text was in the copy of Bede ; for he thus quotes the eighth v $ rse : Quoniam tres sunt qui testimonium daot in terra , spiritus ,
aqua , et sanguis . After commenting on these words , Bede returns to the seventh ; and having quoted it in substance , he thus subjoins his comment upon it : Tres
aunt qui testiiaaomum perlnbent veratati . Et tres ( inquit ) unum sunt indU vidua , namque hsec manent nihil que earum a sui connectione sejungitur ; square nee sine vera eredenda est hu > manitate divinitas , nee sine vera
divinitate humamtas : that is , " [ There are three who bear testimony to the truth : and the three" ( says John } €€ are one : for these remain indivisible ; and none of them is separated from what is connected with itself : wherefore , nel > thef the divine is to be believed in
without the real human nature , nor the human nature without the real divine . * ' Now it must appear , beyond all contradiction , that here i a cited the seventh verse , with Bede ' s own comment upon it . In the seventh verse the Apostle mentions the three wit *
nesses , or those who bear testimony in heaven : in the eighth he mentions the three witnesses on earth . Bede , as I have already noticed , inverts the order , as was often done for the pur * pose of disguise ; and having animadverted on th « three earthly witnesses ,
Tres sunt qui testimonium dant in terra , he resumes the three heavenly witnesses , and says of them , Tres sunt qui testimonium perhibeut veritati . Farther , it is observable that Bede has omitted the dangerous clause © f the eighth , o * Tp £ i < aiq fa wri , and
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quotes that of the seventh , kui & 77 ** 3 iv iio-i . " Et tres unum sunt /* M * nally , the Apostle , according to the Trinitarians , \ n the seve&fh / vetae bears testimony to the trtie divinity of Christy in the eighth , tq his true hii-i inanity . This was Bede ' s notion * and hence he says , Tres sunt qui
testimonium perhibent ventati , that is , to bis true nature both as God and man . Individua namque haec manent , nihil que eorum a ^ mi coimectiooe s ^« n ^ gitur ; quare n £ c sine vera credenda est kumanitate divinitas , nee sine vera divinitate humanitas : which is as
though he had said , " The seventh an-d eighth -verses are inseparably connect * ed , and the former , "which asserts the divine nature of Christ , is not to be taken ; without the eighth , which as , serts his real humanity . " Now , reader , reflect on tbe unquiw
lified declaration of Porsfxn * Griesbach and the Quarterly Reviewer . And what shall we say of them } After this detection , it is scarcely possible for the fondest devotee to give them implicit credence . But I will pursue them through all the mazes of the
controversy , will not only defeat , but strip them naked , and leave not a shred of argument to cover them . Such are their arts , their lofty confidence in themselves , and their coiu temptuous treatment of their adversaries , that they deserve no quarter > and shall have none . As critics and
theologians they are guilty of sin against the Holy Ghost , against the hallowed spirit of Truth : and , in return , the violated laws of truth demand that , instead of being forgiven , they should be sacrificed on tbe public altar , as victims to appease the manes of the murdered text . BEN DAVID .
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94 Orklhe Pro em ofJohni Gospel
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Sir , HAVING in my possession a manuscript which may throw some light ou a subject now under discussion in your valuable Repository , i . e . the Proem to John ' s Gospel , I send a copy of it to you , requesting that it may
l > e inserted in your next number , if you can conveniently find a place for it . It was written about the middle of the last century by a respectable and learned Dissenting minister , who was shortly after called , at an advanced age , to enjoy the reward of bis pioua aad uaefui labours in . a , better state of existence . x . y . z .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1826, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2545/page/30/
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