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    evil spirit , we suspect that the Satan of the vulgar creed is a very different being from the Satan

    ( whether allegorical or real ) of the Bibte : —and as to' the remaining topic / we perceive that Michaelis * distinguishes between "the biblical ' &nd " the Jewish doctrine of

    angels . This distinction we take to be well founded- ^ an inquiry into the extiefat of it ; tnigfit We not a . little advantageous to persons studying the scriptures * ft remains to lay before our readers a few observations on the

    proper method of classing texts in Essays which have for their object the elucidation of the Bible . We prefer the analytical method of studying the sacred pages . This is the only legitimate and effiefefffc

    mode of investigating truth . On the other hand , if it be our purpose to ^ teach Acknowledged principles , to unfold thefr evidence , and to illustrate their importance and application , the synthetic

    manse * of instruction has superior advantages . M The natural and the fairest way of arranging passages of scripture that we consider as bearing , upon points ** ti irGapeet af ^ which the

    Christian Vvrorld is . not' agreed , would T ) £ to set them down in the order in which they are found ; * i th references - to parti 1 M teKte

    Such a catalogue being completed , remarks upon the articles of it , with the view of explaining them , would be very admissible and proper . ' ^ ' * tJy this means ^ they

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    would be seen in their simple form rather than as composing or supporting a system . Proceeding in this - direction , we should avoid

    numerous divisions and subdivisions , as well as the apparent necessity of accommodating our chapters , our sections , and our rules of interpretation to a pre - conceived hypothesis . The probabilityy too , ^ of imy ^ reader ' s

    adopting implicitly a classification prepared for him would thus be lessened . Classification usually supposes that we are masters , in a great degree , of the science where we etwploy it : yet learners l

    must atteiid * id many individual objects , before they venture upon general conclusions ; and upon softie of- * ttfl ? topics treated of in the above volumes the ablest and

    besUinformed theologians , we presume , must still b&learners * While , therefore , we : ^ express out" Humble approbation &t -Mr . Sirapsdri ' s ^ ii ^ Sctf | skif and knowledge , while we admire the perspicuity with which h 6 writer , and , most of all 3 the candour find mildness of his spirit ^ & 6 iitorthy of a disciple whom Jesu ^ 4 oved , " we cannot but wish that in nil his

    Essays ( as in those of themHvhich discuss single texts ) ^ Ite ' - ^ acl ^ qlhibited spdciltt ^^ f tthk ^ t ^ ot Analysis Which theological inquiry

    demands , and which in Ms hnndt would have been a mighty in ^ trtiment of ov ^ tBirb ^ iig ^ iTbr-drfd ^ f upholding and extending the empire of truth *

    * IntrodiKtioato JfcwTdUtncnt ( tdoi ) i ^ V 6 I . ir . 269 ? * ^ ' i k > : . ' ' ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ . > ¦'«¦ ..: ¦ ^ p . i , .

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    79 S Review * *—Simpsoh 3 Essays on the Language of Scripture .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1813, page 798, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2435/page/46/