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NEW 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
towards us. 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 him,
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
Le found there to support the exhorbitant power assumed by the
Pope over all Christendom.
" Grafton, the printer, printed 1,500 at his own charge,
which amounted to 500/. I"—History of England, by Rapin,
p. iil9.
" Then 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 oil England surrounding her, and the leading gentry her
slaves ; while her glorious flag was unstained on land, and 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 ono now.—(Loud and continued cheer-
ing." )-4 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.
'Vic Grace next adviseth the Reader not to be offended with
the diversitie of translators, nor with the ambiguity of transla-
tions. .... . Nor hereby professing this to be so absolute
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,
that it might be utterly understood by us, yea to the very inch.
Who can doubt but that such things as remain yet unknown in
the Gospel shall be hereafter male open to the latter wits of
our posterity to their clear understanding."—Bishop Parker's
Preface ttthe Translation by command of Queen Elizabeth.
" Queen Elizabeth dying March 24, 1602, was succeeded
by James the Sixth, King of Scotland, as next heir to the Crown
and of the Queen's nomination. Accordingly no sooner was
the new King come up to London to take possession of the
Crown, bat an humble petition of the Ministers of the Church
of England,Majesty, desiring reformation of certain ceremonies and abuses
as they styled themselves, was presented to his
of the Church. In the preamble to the petition, they told his
Majesty that they, to the number of more than 1,000 of his
Majesty's subjects and ministers, all groaning as under a com-
mon burden of rites and ceremonies, did with joint consent
humble themselves at his Majesty's feet to be eased and relieved
in this behalf, and that their humble suit to his Majesty was,
that of the offences following, some might be removed, some
amended, and some qualified. These offences were, Ist, in the