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infer, that the long and uninterrupted enjoyment of a civil
right must have originated in a regular grant from the original
owner, although no express evidence can be produced of
existence of such conveyenee." On Tithes.—Quarterly Re-
view, No. 53.
New Trans!ation :—" A tenth thou shalt tenth, of all the
increase of my seed." Note—Onkelos, the most eminent of
all the learned Rabbis, who lived before the dispersion of the
Hebrews, and consequently made the translation of the Sacred
Volume into Chaldee at that period when the Hebrew was a
national language, he thus translates the clause—gnasaara
tignsarah, " a tenth thou shalt tenth," which is the same as
the Hebrew. The Septuagint L'..4f7-70:1CY-T.';'OIX.27%.VCIFI (both
Alexandrine and Vatican) " a tenth thou shalt tenth." The
learned Selden, Le Clerc, and other great authorities on
tithes, say--" It is not likely that the Levites should have had
a tenth of the whole produce of the land, because the number
of the tribe of Levi, compared with the numbers of the other
tribes, was so trifling. Neither could it be of all the produce
of the land, but of the increase of the seed; as it is truly said
in the common version : for the increase must necessarily have
been that part of the produce after the seed employed to give
the increase, had been returned to the grower out of the gross
produce ; otherwise it could not have been said it was the " in-
crease of the seed."
" When the harvest had beene ended, and all gathered, then
the husbandman laid aside his great themma, otherwise called
the first fruits of his threshing floore, of which it bath beene
spoken
.in chapter on first fruits; which, though it were one
of ten, in respect of that portion which the Levites received,
yet it was but one of a hundred in respect of the husbandman's
tocke, who payed the Levites; the Levites payed a tenth por-
tion unto the Priests ; this they termed Magnasher mim-ham-
magnasher, the tithe of the tithes, Neh. x. 33. The Pharises
would pay a tenth, Matt. xxiii. 23 ; and hence it is that they
boasted, They gave tithes of all that they possessed, Luke
xvin. 12."—Civil and Ecclesiastical Rites, used by the ancient
Hebrews. Dedicated to the Earl of 'Pembroke, Chancellor of
the University of Oxford. By Thomas Godwyn, 8.D., 1634.
" Add to this, that by the tenth part of the lands must ne-
cessarily be meant the tenth part of the profits; which must
be owned to be a very forced interpretation, especially in a
primordial act such as this."—Page 111, Rapin's History of
England. See The Sun, Nos. 14,628-14,662.
"No mention, Bishop Barlow observes, is made of tithes
in the grand codes of canons, ending in the year of our Lord
457, (which, next to the Bible, he considers as the most au-
thentic book in the world). During all that period, there-
fore, both the clergy and Church appear to have been sup-
ported by the free gifts and other oblations of the pious."—See
Selden on Tithes, and Barb. Rem. 169.
" Tithes, from the Saxon word Teoda, which signifies the
tenth part of a thing, may be defined to be the tenth part of
the increase yearly, arising and renewing from the profits of
land, the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the in-
habitants.-2 Black. Corn. 24.
" The King, Henry the Fourth, representing to the Parlia-
ment his great want of an extraordinary aid, the Commons
went in a body and addressed him, That without burdening
his people he might supply his occasions by seizing the revenues
of the clergy.' The Archbishop of Canterbury resisted—the
Commons brought in a Bill to seize the clergy's revenues—
the solicitations of the Archbishop were so prevalent with the
Lords, that they threw out the Bill, so the Commons were
forced to find other means to supply the king's occasions ; the
clergy granted a tenth and a half."—Page 495.
" The Commons, willing to comply with the King's
(Henry V.) demand of a subsidy, presented an address, praying
him to seize the clergy's revenues. The clergy perceiving
their ruin inevitable, came to the resolution to, resign a part of
their riches to the King in order to save the rest."—Page 509,
Rapin's History of England.
" It has been presumptuous," so we read in the pithy Exam-
iner, No. 780, "to dabble in chemistry ; to look through a te-
lescope ;to innoculate for the small-pox ;to abate the virulence
of a pestilential disorder by the salutary assistance of a cow ;
lastly, and we trust the argument will be deemed conclusive—
to read the Bible. And in what has all this presumption gene-
rally consisted ? In the anxiety of some men to know more
than it was convenient for other men they should know. The
moment the daring inquirer discovered a truth—a truth !—which
threatened to militate against a profitable system of error, then
the awful secrets' were invaded—the `ark of the sanctuary'
disturbed. Any Barabbas of the day was milk-white compared
with the daring offender : in a word, ' away with him." Could
great men thunder,' says Shakspeare, there would be nothing
but thunder.' Could they make a thirst for knowledge sinful
and presumptuous, there would be a most inconvenient multipli-
cation of awful secrets.' "

Having now emerged from the honourable estimation in the
community, we take leave to mention a few whose great names
gave permanency to the system.
" Pro ;est." " In our opinion, therefore, the land is subjected
to a direct taxation, amounting on the rent, tithe, and poor-rate,
to 33 per cent. !"

On the amendment of the Duke of Wellington upon the Corn
Bill. Signed Duke of Newcastle, Earls Rosslvn and Lauder-
dale.—Journal of the House of Lords.—The 'Times, June 5,
a 27.
" It would shake the foundation of all property in the king-
dom."—Mr. Peel.—The News, Sunday, May 23, 1825.
" Because he had an apprehension and timidity." Mr.
O'Connell, Herald, Dec. 2, 1836.
Authorised Text.-1 Kings, c. xvii. v. 4.—" Thus it shall
be, thou (Elijah) shalt drink of the brook, and I have eem-
manded the ravens to feed thee there."

Hebrew —New Translation, Part V.—" Thus it shall be,
thou (Elijah) shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded
the Arabians to supply thee there."
V. 6.—" There the Arabians brought for him bread and
flesh in the morning," &c.
Ist Samuel, c. v., Authorized Version.—" Saul diode in Gi-
be* under a tree in Ramah."

New Translation—" Now Saul abode lty Gibeah in the
grove by Ramah." Classical Journal, p. 203, No. 5 for
April, 1811.
Twenty-eight years since this emendation was submitted to
notice. Therehas been uncommon apathy, or ignorance in our
ouncils.

Specimen of emendations to be introduced in Part VIII. :
Song of Solomon, authorized version, chap. Ist, v. 5. I
I
am black, but comely, 0 ye daukhters of Jerusalem, as ,he
tents of Kedar, as the curtains of olomon."
Neither in this verse, nor Isaiah, chap. 42, v. I is the word
" Kedar"—" mourning"—translated.
New Translation--" I am the dawning light, as the compa-
nion of peace, when the habitation of the daughters of Jerusa-
lem is as the tabernacles of mourning."—See Clasical Journal,
No. 30, for June 1817; the Examiner, Nov. 3, 1822 ; the
Examiner, Sept. 2, 1827 ; the Courier, April 23, 1839.
Disturbing the Classical Journals of 1811 and 1817, on the
shelves of the Universities, must be like disturbing bones in
catacombs. _ _

"11;yihe diffusion of knowledge, the increase of religion
and morality, and the augmented happiness of the people,
make the present reign (era) more glorious than triumphs in
the field have rendered those that preceded it, and peace have
her victories no less renowned than var."

Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the lololy Scrip-
tures. By Sir James Bland Burgess, Bart. 1819.
" The matter is highly deserving of attention. It is a
question of no less magnitude than the choice between a blind
adhesion to error, and a pure and perfect knowledge of the re.
vealed law of God. Which of these is preferable—which of
them is it no less the interest than it is the duty of every rea-
sonable being to adopt—cannot admit of a doubt. In such a
case let us not be alarmed by any vain fear of temporary in-
convenience, which ought not for a moment to weigh against
the permanent and incalculable advantages attendant on such
a measure. Let us, on the other hand, entertain a lively, and,
I trust, a well-founded hope, that those who govern our Church
and State, may be pleased to take the matter into consi-
deration, and i irect an immediate revision of our Received
Version, or, what might perhaps be more recommendable, a
New Translation of the Original Text."—Extracts.

A Reply to the Rev. 111 r. Todd's Vindication-of our Trans-
lation and Translators of the Bible. By Sir James Bland
Burgess, 1820.
. .

"..1 certainly, therefore, should have considered them as alto-
gether undeserving of a reply, had they not been employed as
a vehicle of much illiberal personality, to which the writer has
affected to give an additional weight, by ostentatiously an-
nouncing himself in his title-page, as Keeper of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury's Records,' and by dating his preface from
The Library, Lambeth Palace.' "
" Such were the birth and parentage of our received ver-
sion, as asserted by Mr. Todd himself, and proved by his own
testimony ! No further comment on it is necessary." Suo
aibi gladio hune jugalo.
" Resting on this evidence, I leave this charge, and with it
the whole of Mr. Todd's Vindication of cur authorised transla-
tion and translators, than which a more meagre, crude, and
unsatisfactory performance, was never obtruded on the public.
" The charge of Socinianism Is a mere stale hacknied trick
or 'miserable controversialists, when they are reduced to the
Paltry shift of calling names, in the hope of thereby escaping
from the effect of arguments, which they are incapable of an-
swering. Does not he know that it was employed against La
Clerc? Did he never hear of a similar charge made against our
immortal Locke ? If such artifices were used against men of
their exalted characters, I can have no pretension to expect a
more liberal treatment."
.‘ S'otne may say, Let us introduce no change, for we cannot
tell what further changes may be required of 114:-II:.(1 this '
been listened to, neither the Reformation nor the Revolution
could have taken place, and we should have been still subject to
Romish superstition, and to despotic power."
On the side of those who advocate the necessity of a New
Translation rests the whole weight of facts and arguments. Let
not these be counteracted by less worthy considerations ; let us
not leave to the enemies of Christianity the only weapons by
which it can be assailed; but let us cordially and sincerely
unite with the learned and pious prelate Archbishop New-
combe, in the prayer with which he concludes his preface.
May the all-wise God, in His fit time, dispose the Sovereign
of the first Protestant Churches, and of the most learned
countries in the world, to complete his true acts of piety, by
promoting equal attention to the English Bible !' "—Extracts.
The Sun, January 28th, 1839, contains an appeal to her
Most Gracious Majesty.
Digest of the proceeding, publishing, and publicity of the
Work. The Classical Journal, from 1810 to 1818-1848 the
appearance of the First Part. The Sun, Nos. 8,181-8,192.
Review of, and Rejoinder or the Quarterly Review. Reply to,
and Rejoinder from the Author to Quarterly Review.-1819,
First and Second Part of Anti-Deist. Second Part.-1820, Cri-
tical Examination of the Objections of Mr. Whitaker, A.M.,
Cambridge. Reasons in favour o; a New Translation ef the
Holy Scriptures. A Reply to the Reverend Mr. Todd's Vin-
dication of our Authorized Translation and Translators of the
Bible.-1821. The Examiner, Dec. 24, 1821.—Mr. Bella-
my's Reply to S. Lee, A.M., Professor of Arabic in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge. Third Part.-1822. Computations in
the Examiner, No. 771.—Aug., Oct., Nov.-1823. Nos, 785,
786, 793. 801, 803.-1824. Nos. 834, 840, 845. In 1825..
Fourth Part. The Times, Saturday, Oct. 16.-1825. The
Durham Chronicle, Saturday, July 16. The Liverpool Sa-
turday Advertiser, July 23 ; and the Norwich Mercury, Satur-
day, August 13, 1825. In 1827.—N05. 1,021, 1,022. The
Examiner, Vol. 111., No. 34 and No. 69. Galway Indepen-
dent, 1823, Nos. 1,049, 1,050, 1,057.—The Examiner. In
1831, Part sth; in 1834, Part 6th ;in 1835, Part the 7th. In
1837—The Sun, Nos. 14,056, 14,062, and 14,080. In 1838--
The Guide, Nos. 48,49. The Sun, No. 14,447. In 1839
Nos. 14,465, 14,468, 14,475, 14,482, 14,606. Nos. 14,628.
July 25th, 14,652, 14,653, 14,662, to the latter we lay no pre-
tension, the insertions each, issuing 3,500 per day--are from
souls of kindred fire—who in this glorious field fight together
with .us in our chivalry—who have allied themselves with us
in this arduous strife to " do that deed which shall gild our
humble names."

To decry supineness on the part of her Majesty's Govern-
ment in not acting upon the precedent of James the First as de-
reliction of duty, would be fustian and farrago ; the. precedent
any longer laying in abeyance is tantamount to misprision of
treason.

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