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    4 i 3 tii 3 < jt p *} bkq 3 rtiQn , entitled , " The JDuratiori of our Lord ' s Ministry particularly considered , " &c . J 2 rno ; which produced a reply from Dr * Priestley , in A Second Letter to theJJishop of Wateribrd . ' '

    To this second letter the bishop published an answer in the same year , which was followed by a second reply from his opponent and thus terminated a controversy , conducted on both sides with great acuteness and critical skill , and

    with a degree of candour and good manners very honourable to both the disputants , who sat down each satisfied with his own opinion , \ n tjbe year 1782 , Bishop New-

    QH oqr Lord ' s Conduct as a Diy | jije Instructor , and on the Excellence of his Moral Character , " ij \ qvj ^ rto . This subject he has t ^ ja tejd with equal judgment and piety , ^ nd entered into the true

    SPJf ik of our Saviours character . fji $ vie-W ^ of things are just and U ]* e r ? &l , and lie has shewn himself throughout the whole , above an a-fUacprn ^ JPt to the narrowness or sy ^ jte ni . An improved edition of this work was published in 1795 ,

    ln / pctavo . In , the year 1785 , our prelate rendered an acceptable service to biblical scholars by publishing what he modestly calls , 4 C An Attempt towards an Improved Version , a Metrical Arrangement and an Explanation of the Twelve Minor Prophets , " quarto .

    The jnanner in vvhidh this arduous ta § Jk h ^ f been executed by him , affords sufficient evidence of his yitin ( i ^ . te acquaintance with the idiqai of th « original , as well as ? liMM ^ 4 f and candour . By Mg f p % e t-Quis . version , a rnetrical f qxx ^ ^ kfiet \ hk e ^ a ippl e of Bish op Lowth in Ui 5 New Transution

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    of Isaiah ^ " he has preserved * as far perhaps as could be done in a translation , the ^ race and beauty of the Hebrew tongue ; and he has rendered his performance valuable to the expositors of the

    sacred writings , by keeping faithfully in view , both in the body of the work and in hjs notes , an admirable rule which , with others , he has laid down as necessary to a just and true translation of the scriptures . " The critical sense of passages should be considered , '

    says he , and not the opinion oj any denomination of Christians

    whatever . The translators should be philologists , and not

    controversialists . " In the year 1788 , Bishop Newcome gave to the public , " An , Attempt towards an Improved Version , a Metrical Arrangement , and an Explanation of the Prophet Ezekiel , " in quarto . This work

    bears equal testimony with the preceding , to the author ' s learning , diligence , and impartiality . In his preface Dr . Newcome states the chief historical events which relate to the period of Ezekiel ' s prophecy ; illustrates the

    character of his style and manner ; and successfully defends the copious ^ ness , perspicuity , and elegance of the Hebrew dialect . These learned disquisitions will afford gratification to the classical and polite

    scholar . They will , however , be found peculiarly interesting to the theological student , on account of the iorcible manner in which they recommend the cultivation of the

    Hebrew language ; not only for the beauties of its compoi > Uion ^ butt to use the author ' s language , because 6 < of the importance of the treasures which it unfolds ; ' and because such a vein of He-

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    fylemoir of Archbishop Newcome * 259

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1814, page 259, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2440/page/3/