The sacred classics defended and illustrated; or, An essay humbly offer'd towards proving the purity, propriety, and true eloquence of the writers of the New Testament. Vol. I. In two parts. In the first of which those divine writings are vindicated against the charge of barbarous language, false Greek, and solecisms. in the second is shewn, that all the excellencies of style, and sublime beauties of language and genuine eloquence do abound in the sacred writers of the New Testament. With and account of their style and character, and a representation of their superiority, in several instances, to the best classics of Greece and Rome. To which are subjoined indexes. /
Blackwall, Anthony,1674-1730.
London: : Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul;s Church-yard.,
M.DCC.XXXVIII. [1737]
Title page for v. 2. reads: The sacred classics defended and illustrated ... With a preface. Wherein is shewn the necessity and usefulness of a new version of the sacred books. By the late Reverend and learned A. Blackwall ... London : Printed for Charles Rivington ... MDCCXXXVII.
No edition statement on the title page of v. 2.
Each volume has an index.
Titlepages in red and black.
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