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te ^ viously , the n > erit of great activity of raind , epnesttf ^ ss ^^?» $ * - tHity of invention , and exuberance of diction . Hte kteaa flow jp |^|^; ^ nc Seem to have beefc reebrded vrilh ^ qual rapidity . But he app ^^ c ^ tte i | n ^ aWe ^ prun ^ V le aifange , and to compress : and , instead of co ^ j ^ ut ^ f ^ fng inpA sJiftnle . ^ oitioaet fbrno . th ^ cnneinsmnji at which he has i £ i fipiv € sd ^ -after
h ^ ying ' I ^ viittett w order to investigate * and cotnmitted to paper-JS& $$ ^ 0 ^ : of iho ^ igh ^ in atH tl ^ ir detail , by which he has bfaaself TO ^ n ^ MvJto ^ l tf ~ , suits , and even all the rambles he has taken from the cou ^ eM ' ^^! n ^|^ 4 o « t ^) rhim « ejf ^ h ^ gives the whole , in all its cTudity , to , tfe ¦ m \^^? cjn , works of amusement , or even of the lighter tends m ; ' ^ i ^ 6 rifniipc |{^*' s ^ pp , S cojijps ^ rai s in not fee qensur ^ ble : but the delegates of tb ^ ^ g ^ p ^ i © ] W ^' vill do v ? ejl to require from those whom they encourage to ^^ ^||) rj |^ students of theology and criticism , to take Benson and Whately as ; their mo- » dels rather than Dr . Hales and Bishop Burgess ; to complete theit ^ orki , or at least to mark out their entire plan , before they begm to \ ienSpo ^ tbitf
pnnter ; and , in disquisitions like those of the Dissertations , to ptevmrit | JOtt the author to suppose that the delay of a few years will proljably bie of " . ffi ' injury to his reputation , and certainly not to his usefulness * Etoti ^ ririg upon investigations tlius new to him , some topics must i ^ cessatily present themselves to the dissertator which , others had adequately dis-^ vSs >^ 4 t Fqt these he should have made reference to the respective authors ^ ratlier \ hau give the student the trouble of reaching their con ^ lusBions through his devious routes . Foh other topics he had not sufficiently pfepared hims ^ by dttly considering the objections which had previously been uiged much
against the opinions which he himself formed a and which he sometimes ixi ^ intain ^ t ^ ith as ; popfi ^ nce a ; S if they were established a » 4 acknowledgecl truths , Apd where he has be ^ a successful , what is valuable is often bl ^ p 4 e 4 ^ itH so n \ wch that is dubio us or erroneous ^ and is presented in a fb / m so little adapted to , tlie requirements of the case , tfrat it is viewed with le ^ f of satis % ^ ioji an $ conyictiat } lhaii it might otherwise have obtained * ^ ui we must a ^ gaxKi li&ten ta tl \ e author v / ' i .-I . - ? ' . ' :
; V ^ : i ^^ -I , c 9 nc eivfsdtJie design of tlie fallowing composition ' , I d ^ t € lito > i ( ied to adopt a rnje * to wbieh I have rigidly adhered thtottgltout , ' ati-d for adfe ^ ring ^ Qji ^ l ^ ft ^ flSpl . I . 'lijMri ^ . jiijfewr ^ o -Ii ^ liI ' . W 9 . rqaftQ ? i . to Wanje , mywM . TWte was , t ^> in discussing $ ny question , ogf »^ v | ng apy difficulty w ^ cj * m ^ hx present itself I WouW ti * ust as miicli / as possiblei'to my own researelies , and Witli the iielp pnly of the gospel narratives , and of such other collateral resources aa are ojp ^ u& ^ ijie leartWd w ^* ld irt ^ e ^ ci-al , I would eB ^ ktivowr to reas on awd to . deciio ^ a ^ jny * ei £ i WM I wjts pcrwadod tkat , with ^ mind die ^ nga ^ ed froui a ; luotoatcsharc
|» IiQqiHi ^ i \ r « dlan |^ u % / ^ &ystenuy ^ ^^ $ W ^ 0 ^ :: ffeis ^ g ^ wiijg < Bspo » WQii wiwc lM # «^' \> ht of : m W ( l ^ mt <> ierw ^ t < k reason and to decid e" fbMhew ^ ves ; wKP 2 yiteiP ^^ # rci ^ of popukt doctriiie ^ n % gra * dim # ^ iW ^^ "V J' ^ ti ^ pd the towers of the citadel it ^ eM * We ^ C ffii ^^^ % ij ^ i «* i . Aici ^ te share of ahilitywV attd * a filing * s ^ ci ^ gagied from pceconc ^ ivcd opiiiaoDs , or attaehment to par titular SysVen ^'
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76 ^ O / j i ^ Chfonotogy ami Arrangement of Gospel P&trrative * ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 766, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/38/
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