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Excerpt from A Report of the Discussion Which Took Place at the Argyll Rooms, London, on Thursday, 24th May, Between the Rev. Mr. Burnett and Mr. O'leary (Both of the City of Cork): Relative to "the Indiscriminate Circulation of the Holy Scriptures"
If the writings of Moses had not been fully and freely circulated, can we conclude that the Redeemer would have referred the Jews to the writings 'of Moses P Did he refer them to a book monopolized by the priesthood, and only very partially in the hands of the people? There are numerous passages of the same import, but' these are sufficient to prove that the prophets were fami liar to the people, and that they must therefore have been designed for general circulation. Next we come to the Gospel, which I assert was written for the instruction of all, and not a few. In John, chap. Xx. Verses 30 - 31, it is said. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
