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    ready stated in p . 217 . 2 IS . In some few instances , it must , to many , be difficult to say , whether the words to which N . is subjoined , are Nevvcome ' s rendering , or a short explanation taken from his notes , ( e . g . Matt . xxiv . 15 . )

    and when the I . V . is reprinted , we hope that all ambiguity will be removed by some such plan as is adopted in John viii . 24 . As

    the pocket edition is not designed for critical purposes ^ we should have been well pleased to have seen the specification of Newcome ' s rendering omitted there ; and this would have made the

    reference more easy to the variations from the R . T . which to prevent all uncandid censures and unintentional errors as to the cri - tical system ot \ the editors , and of the Unitarians at large , should

    have been very carefully noticed , in every instance . We are sorry to say , that this has been neglected in some important instances , ( e . g . Luke ix . 56 \ 1 John v . 7-

    8 . ) where the variation is mentioned in the larger editions ; and this is the more to be regretted , because the statement of some , gives a right to expect the statement of all .

    The second class of notes is valuable ; and we have only to observe , that if the editors thought it expedient " to place what appeared to them the more eligible translation / ' in the margin ; it

    might aUo have been desirable that they should , for the sake of the unlearned reader , have specified it iu each instance , where they themselves preferred the marginal rendering . The third class we regard as absolutely necessary , in various points Qf view ; and the editors

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    appear to be of the same opinion , for they say ( Introd . § i . ) < c in * ' every instance in which either u the Primate ' s Version or their * own differs from the Received " Text , they have placed the Cc words of the R . T . at the foot of " the page . " After reading this

    declaration , we were truly astonished to find no small number of unnoticed departures from the R » T . some of them of considerable importance ; and we cannot but express our hope that , in

    future impressions , every van a u on , important or not , will be carefully specified . ... We cannot pledge ourselves io point out every instance in which the R ., T . is left without notice ; but we shall insert in the following list all the instances which we have observed , even though in themselves considered trifling . The jmirth class , consisting of critical notes , justifying the reading or the translation , was called for by the circumstances oi the case . The editors could not , with justice to themselves , have omitted any of this cla «* s except those which may be regarded as vindicating Griesbach ' s readings : these

    Jhowever , though not necessary , must be interesting and useful to such readers of the Introduction as have no critical edition of the original . Our only objection respecting this class is , that it should

    have hern m ^ re numerous : if the editors thought it requisite to depart from Gii-. sbach ' s text , they aurely ought , alter the unqualified approbation which they have given it in the Introduction , to have

    stated , in every casc why ' they do not abide by it . Respecting the propriety of inu traducing explanatory notes , even

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    Review . —Improved Version of the New Testament . 385

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1809, page 385, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1738/page/31/