The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-25 00:00:00

EW TRANSLATION of the BIBLE.
" You may be assured that, deeply sensible of the duties
imposed upon me, and more especially of that which binds me
to the support of the Established Church, I shall always use the
powers vested in me by the Constitution for the fulfilment of
that sacred obligation."—Her Majesty's Answer to the Address
of the Lords.—The Weekly Dispatch, Sunday, July 14, 1839.
" The favour and the love of Heaven, we have great argu-
ment to think in a peculiar manner propitious and propending
towardsus. Why else was this nation chosen before any other,
that out of her, as out of Sion, should be proclaimed and
sounded forth the first tidings and trumpet of reformation to all
Europe."—Areopagitica : Milton.
We shall here exhibit to the country, that for the great
" measure of truth which we enjoy," we are indebted to Mo-
narchs—rightly so—they were "the people's trust."
" All the King's—(Henry the Eighth's)—proceedings con-
vincing the Pope that he was to expect no change in
he published at length the Bull of Excommunication, drawn,
and signed in 1535. As soon as Henry heard of the Bull being
published, he required the Bishops and Abbots to swear again
to renounce the Papal authority. At the same time, the new
translation of the Bible being presented to him, he ordered
1,500 copies to be printed, being satisfied that nothing would
be found there to support the exhorbitant power assumed by the
Pope over all Christendom."
" Grafton, the printer, printed 1,500 at his own charge,
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which amounted to 500/. '—History of England, by Rapin,
p. 819.
" Than came the reign of Queen Elizabeth ;
but I know that she had great worldly glory.. I have seen her
in history, and I have read of her in those pageants, when the
people of England surrounding her, and the leading gentry her
slaves ; while her glorious flag was unstained on land, aid floated
invincible over every sea. I know all this, and 1 know that female
reigns are often the most triumphant—( Hear)—and I trust we
are at the beginning of one now.—(Loud and continued cheer-
ing.")— full Report of the Proceedings of the Great Meeting
of the Catholics of London, held at Freemason's Hall, on the
15th day of July, 1839. Edited by Daniel O'Connell, M.P.—
The London and Dublin Weekly Orthodox Journal, No.
212, Vol. 9.
" Not only do we owe to the happy Reformation all the do-
mestic advantages by which we are distinguished above other
States, but it is also to the Reformation we are indebted for our
present political consequence and territorial grandeur." . .
" Then sprung up the mighty Elizabeth, and mingling her
existence as a Sovereign with the preservation of the true faith,
lashing herself to the mainmast of Reformation ; on that vessel
she securely rode the storm, and established the independence
of her kingdom."—The Times ; The Sun, No. 14,628, 1839.
"glis Grace next adviseth the Reader not to be offended with
the diversitie of translators, nor with the ambiguity of transla-
tions.
a translation as that hereafter might follow, no other that might
see that which as yet was not understood. For there be yet
in the Gospel very many dark places, which without doubt
to
posterity shall be made much more open. For why should he-
despair herein, seeing the Gospel was delivered to this intent,
in
ch.
Who that it might be utterl understood by us, yea to the very .
Who can doubt but that such things as remain yet unknown in
the Gospel shall be hereafter made open to the latter wits of
our posterity to their clear understanding."—Bishop Parker's
" Queen Elizabeth
Preface to the Translation by command of Queen Elizabeth.
by James the Sixth, dying King
March 24, 1602, was succeeded
and of the Queen's nomination. Accordingly
as rext heir to the Crown
the new King come up to Mid Accordingly no sooner was
Crown, but an humble petition of the
to take possession of the
l Ministers of the Church
of England, as they styled themselves,
Majesty, desiring reformation of certain was
ceremonies and abuses
petitiporne,sethneteydtot: his
of the Church. In the preamble toatihe
Majesty that they, to the number of /
more than 1,000 of his
Majesty's subjects and ministers, all groaning
under a com-
mon burden of rites and ceremonies, did
witha
joint
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en,t
humble themselves at his Majesty's feet to be eased i
in this behalf, and that their humble suit to his Majesty as
that of the offences following, some might be removed,- so m,
amended, and some qualified. These offences were, Ist, ins the