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    Cftu set they do not receive every tiling as divinely inspired which ignorant and tnl lble men s ^ y is divinely inspired . A . s the Unitarians uniformly profess to receive , wiih the most implicit credit ,

    every thing which is proved to come from God , they are , for that reason , exceedingly careful in < xftmining whatever pietends to divine authority . For they regard it as J'ighly criminal and danger , ous , to receive the word of man

    a * the Word of God . As it is threatened on the one hand , that 4 any man take away from the word of the Book of Piophesy , God shnll take away his part out

    of the Book of Life , * ' it is also threatened on the other , that fc 6 if any man shall add to these things , God shall a < d to him the plagues that are written in this book / ' The

    Unitarians , therefore , in their inquiries into the volume of Divine revelation , as th y would not upon fuiy account , expunge from the sacn-d records , any passage , or even a single word , which , after

    mature inquiry , they see reason to receive as genuine : so they would , upon no consideration , retain in thesacred text , and much less impo-e as of Divine authority , a chapter , or even a sentence , which

    they have reason to believe is spurious . They know , for example , and every man of learning and inquiry knows , that the famous text , 1 John , v . 7 . " There are

    three that bear record in heaven , the Father , the Word , and the H"ly Ghost , aiid these 4 hr < e « re one . ' * is an impious forgery , and to them it appears to be little less than blasphemy , to retain ( his forgery in a book which is represented to be inspired . The Unitarians , therefore , are so far from thinks

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    ing that they take " unwarrantable liberties with the scriptures , " byscrutinizing them with the greatest care , and discarding what they plainly discovt rand conscientiously believe to be j > purious and

    fietin <> us , that they conceive that th < y are by this conduct expressing the greatest possible veneration for them , and the unspeakable value which they set upon the pure iMraduIterated word of God . Nor

    art * they at all discouraged by the sneers and scofi > and sarcasms of those who are either too idle op too indifferent ft > search the scrips tnrt-s , or who are interested in thtf support of popular and established errors . :, - , - ¦

    Having thus expiairt&I the principles upon which Unitarians proceed in their inquiries into the scriptures * * let us now ejia » i ) ine the allegations of this learned ' and artful divine ^ vvhx >^ st » uioe »* such f a high tone of authority ; and let

    the honest inquirer , and to such onl ) are these considerations ad- » dressed , judge on uhJcb side the argument lies . The observations , will follow the order of the pamphlet to which they ard-Hyended as a reply .

    1 . Dr . Ma gee charges the editors of the Improved Version with a pious fraud ,- in profe » feitig to found it upon the bails of * Arch . bishop Ne ^ come ' s translation / uf

    the New Te&tament . "Thus , sayi he , " they- have coritrivtrd fo . give a respectable imme to their Unitarian blasphemies . They thus hold out deceitful colours to the un *

    wary , and vend their poisons urt * der d false label / ' I quote thi * sentence as a specimen of tin foul and unbecoming language which Dr . Magee thinks it necessary tb use ; and which 1 do nut think it

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    490 Reply to Dr . Magee . — To the Inquirers after Christian Truth .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1813, page 490, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2431/page/2/