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trine , but also the mode of expressing it , or that the li g ht he had obtained respecting the meaning and purpose of the ancient Scriptures extended to the correction of every error in the version of those Scriptures with which he was familiar > We can neither find that such inspiration as this was pretended to , nor can we perceive its \ utility . The writer of the E p istle , teaching what he knew ( probably by personal inspiration ) to be genuine Christian doctrine , quoted the Psalm in the form in which it was familiar to him
using its words to express the sentiment he wished to convey . That sentiment is the abolition of the sacrifices of the law , of which the death of Christ , in obedience to the will of God , described as the offering •* of his body , " was the sign and seal . But we can find nothing resembling Dr . Smith ' s doctrine in the Epistle , and much less is it to be extracted from the Psalm , which indeed we can see no pretence for considering as at all prophetic . The following , we apprehend , to be a fair translation of the pr incipal verses quoted , which we request the reader to compare with that which we have given from Dr . Smith :
Ver . 6 . < Sacrifice and meat-offering thou desirest not ; ( My ears thou hast opened ;) [ i e . thou hast made me willing to attend to thy instructions ] Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou requirest not . 7 . Then I said , * Lo , I come ; [ I am ready to hear and obey thy commands ; ~] In the roll of the book , it is prescribed to me , 8 . * To do what is acceptable to thee , O God , is my delight : And thy law is within ine . '" Wellbeloved ' s Bible , Part VI . ( To be continued . )
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Beautiful sunk the sun On Shinar ' s ancient vale ; And sound on earth was none ,
Save the sleepless nightingale—Save the soft wind that stirr'd Palm-leaf or tuft of rose , And the low murmuring , heard Where the dim Euphrates flows—A spirit-like and a solemn sound , A voice of power through the stillness round .
Emerging from the cave , Where first his days began , Stood b y the deep-voic'd wave A tall and regal man :
* From a legend given by Mihnan ( in a note ) in Vol . I . of the History of the Jews .
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The Conversion of Abraham * 113
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THE CONVERSION OF ABRAHAM . *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1831, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2594/page/41/
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