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SPECIMENS OF A NEW, SIMPLE, AND IMPARTIAL TRANSLATION OF THE GOSPELS, IN A HARMONIZED FORM, WITH SHORT INCIDENTAL NOTES, BY A LAYMAN.
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flicted when the convergence is . complete . Does any one glory in a wise spirit of economy and liberality , let him , with the half wild girl who hung lights around his grave to scare away the quick-scented beasts of prey , love Arthur Sneyd . It cannot be
objected these are but fictions . They are faithful portraits of ^ aTST s ~ of ^ meny ~ and ~ soj 4 r ^ drawn ; the colouring is managed with consummate skill ; the adventitious circumstances are most judiciously arranged—— -but , contrary to our declaration , we are becoming critical . With gratitude , therefore , we say farewell .
Specimens Of A New, Simple, And Impartial Translation Of The Gospels, In A Harmonized Form, With Short Incidental Notes, By A Layman.
SPECIMENS OF A NEW , SIMPLE , AND IMPARTIAL TRANSLATION OF THE GOSPELS , IN A HARMONIZED FORM , WITH SHORT INCIDENTAL NOTES , BY A LAYMAN .
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CALL OF MATTHEW , AND ENTERTAINMENT AT HIS HOUSE . Oct . 23 . & 24 . Matthew ix , . 9—17 . And Jestis , passing oh thence , saw a man , called Matthew , sittingat the tax-office [ or place for collecting the public revenue ; whence Matthew was one of that class of men , called publicans ] ; and saith unto him : ( e Follow me . " So he arose and followed him . And it came to pass , as Jesus was . reclining [ as a guest at table according to the eastern custom ] in [ Matthew ' s ] house ,
that lo ! many publicans and sinners came , and were guests with him and his disciples . Whereupon the Pharisees , seeing it , said to his disciples : "'Why eateth your teacher with publicans and sinners ? " Jesus , hearing it , said unto them : " They who are well have no need of a physician , but they who are ill . Go ye then , and learn what this meaneth : [ Hosea vi . 6 . ] ' Mercy I desire , and not sacrifice . ; ' for I amnot ... come , to call the righteous , but sinners . * " Then come unto him the disciples of John , saying ; :
" Why do we and the Pharisees S fast much , but thy disciples fast not ? "" Jesus said unto them : ( Can the sons of the bridecharnber [ i . e . the bridesmen , or companions , of jthe bridegroom ] mourn , so long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come , when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them , and then will they fast . No one . putteth a . piece of undressed
cloth upon an old garment [ to mend it ] ; for that which filleth it ' up , taketh away from the garment , and a worse rent is made . Nor do men put new wine into old- bottles [ the vessels , used for that purpose , were then made of leather , or skins ]; otherwise , the bottles burst , and the wine is spilled , and the bottles are destroyed ; but they put new wine into new bottles , and both are preserved . " [ This appears to signify , that new doctrines cannot be adapted to
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368 TRANSLATION OF THE GOSPELS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1833, page 368, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2627/page/16/
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