The Sun.
London, England, 1839-01-19 00:00:00

ATM TRANSLATION OF THE BIBLVe
" If all cannot be of one mind, this doubtless is mole
wi-Joksorne, more prudent, and more Christian; that many be tole-
-I.2,tedlrather than compelled. I mean not tolerate Popery and open
saperstition, which, as it extirpates all religion and civil supremacy
--so itself should be extirpated—provided first that all due means
be used, to win and regain the weak and misled. They are
:he troe,ers, theyare the dividers of Unity, whoneglect and permit
lot others to unite those dissevered pieces, which are wanting to
he body of truth. To be still searching what we know—not, by
That we know, still closing up truth to truth as we find it, (for all
ler body is homogenous and proportional), this is the golden rule
theology as well as in arithmetic, and makes up the best harmony
Church ; not the forced au outward union of cold and neutral,
inwardly divided minds."—Areopagetica ; or, a Speech for the
Unlicensed Printing : Milton.
House of Lords, Monday, Feb. 25, 1828.—" Numerous petitions
erepresented from the Dissenters, praying for the repeals of the
,:erporation and Test Acts, and from the Dissenters, praying also
he concession of the Popish Claims."—Herald. Feb 26, 1823.
See the Examiner, Sunday, March 9, 1833, ruder the head of Ob-
ervations on some of the Causes of Dissent from the Church.
" The devotional austerity exhibited in the Monastery of La
'rapper as in many others, would be unaccountable, if ages of ex-
erience did not teach us that enthusiasm in matters of religion is
annuch a disease of the mind as fever and atrophy are diseases of
hebody. The gloom of the modern Methodists is the same east,
totthere is Method in their madness. There is a mixture of cun-
hing and hypocrisy in the character of the majority, which these
Who mix with them soon detect, and the progress of knowledge
l'astig the common people at home has driven them to foreign
missions where ignorance has a better field for imposture."
The Editor's notice of Lady Wortley Montague's Letters.—The
:hide, No. 47.
" The greatest curse which everlightesl on the earth never pro
rluced consequences more deplorable than have been produced by
• hedoctrines of Calvinism. The worst contagion that ever withered!
file energy, and bowed the strength of the human frame, is not to be
ompared with the prostration of mental rigour, and of moral into
pity, produced by the infection of that cant and self-pride and
itnaticisra which is making such rapid strides amongst us."—
i'ditor.
"If all circumstances," says the authoress, " left it as matter of
oubt whether Evangelical influence, as it is impiously called, were
troduetive of evil, the terrible power which it is so constantly seen
'")
pihave of destroying family union, must be quite sufficient to settle
a:dim. Any person who will take the trouble to inquire into
Met, will find that family affection has been more blighted and
'.,eatroyed by the workings of this fearful superstition than by any-
'er cause of which the testimony of man bears record."
Vol. 2, p. 62, Mrs. Trollope's Vicar of Wrexhill.—The Guide,
The Vicar of Wrexhill.—" A bonne bouche for the saints.
ever has the affectation of piety been lashed with such unexampled
"Igaur and ability."—Sunday Times.
?!At a time when we had two publications (the enduring produce
.hrunortal mind !) in active circulation amongst us—two chivalrous
ltar's: promoting and diffusing " the bright intelligence" contained,
t° the hamlets of the empire—then for an Archbishop of Canter-
buy to appear as one of the Lords on the Commission for giving
Pthe Royal Assent to the " Dissenters' Declaration Bill"—l(Morning
erald —it makes what is enjoined by the immortal bard impera-
"te•--" for the people to re-assume the ill-deputed care of their
religion into their own hands again."
" The differences amongst ourselves furnish those whom we would
attempt to convert, with this plausible, and to them, I fear, unan-
swerable argument, with what face can you Christians attempt to
'make us converts to your faith, when you have not yet decided
amongst yourselves what Christianity is? Surely it will be time
enough to make proselytes of others when, you yourselves are agreed."
Lacon, or Many Things in. Few Words ; addressed to those who
think.

" He, who by a diligent and fa;thful examination of the original
records, dismisses from the system one article which contradicts the
apprehension, the experience, or the reasoning of mankind, does
more towards recommending the belief, and, with the belief, the in-
fluence of Christianity to the understandings and consciences of
irons in
than
and throu them to Unil recep and au-
°ritY, q
can be effected by a thousandversa contend erstion for creeds
alld ordinances of laranan establishment."—Paley.
" The heads of houses at Oxford, are not so obtuse of mind as
not to see that if the privileges and possessions, gradually and ha-
l'erceptibly accumulated by them, were brought into collision
al;ci contest with the awakened perception and increasing strength
rmind of the community at large, their interest must be deeply
tr,:olved in the struggle. •
it Oxford were brought within three hour's journey from
ei
that instead of the reverential few who now come within thr
"f i halls, likepilgrims,h. and admire, that the busy eye
nto worship
'ter' might be induced to ask how came it that when monas-
in were suppressed, that such establishments were maintained
thuse of Oxford and Cambridge, with monastic discipline and
zwhere celibacy was enforced by statutes, amid other rem-
ni
its of monkery, the relics of" . .. " Eremites and friar te, black, and gray, with all their. trumpery !"—Sunday Times,
c'• 820.
Chu " Messieurs de Beausobre and L'lnfant, Ministers of the French
re
.I,rch at Berlin, represented to the late King of Prussia, that the
!lict' translations of the Bible began to be neither so intelligible
ror agreeable to be read as they were at first, and that therefore to
edified by them required that they should be revised, or a new
deal
station made. On which that Prince pitched on them for this
-PUrpose, and by his Royal Decree appointed them to make a new
translation," p. 372.

! The . . . . . .
King (James the First) said, that " he had never yet seen
aßilAe well translated in English, though he thought the Genoa
'ne worst, and therefore wished that some special pains should be
taken. in this matter for one uniform translation, and this to be
done by the best learned in both the Universities, after them to be
reused by the Bishops and chief learned of the Church : from them
to be presented to the Privy Council; and last of all to be
`` ratified by his Royal Authority, and so this whole Church to be
bound to this Translation, and not to use any other," p. 308. " In
1652, a little before the Parliament, which had sat so long, was
turned out of doors by the arbitrary power of General Cromwell,
on April 20, 1653, they had made an' Order,' that a Bill should be
brought in for a new Translation of the Bible out of the Original
Tongue," p. 354.

We are told that by Cromwell's third Parliament, which sat
'66, an Order was made, that it be referred to a Committee to
_sebd for and advise with Dr. Walton and others, and such as they
34beutL ld think fit, to consider of the translation and impressions of the
tie, and offer their opinions thereon," p. 355.
14 complete History of the several Translations of the Bible and
Iltatnent, by John Lewis, A.M., Minister of Margate, in Kent,
1,,L4' Thus do we exhibit before the face of the country that in-
Syia,into the vital matter of the Christian scheme—the " safest
for oti q for our Life ; the sweetest for our Death ; and the sublimest
to I. Resurrection ; was agitated three times during half a cen-
lt rik; and we have now to record it, that it has not been agitated
as7authorities of the country—during a century and a half !" The
le eunning—he for whom,
So feels the anguish of our heart and eyes,
When all of genius which can peri:h dies"

" Who never even in a dull house couldst tame
%aid__ To unleavened prose his own poetic flame"
pee A Government witheut foresight is for the good of the
dVe oho live under it—no Government at all." What a panegyric
ay: the " two Estates"—the subsequent and Government of our
tjhe " collective assemblies" whose components are said to be
ther neipal persons of distinction of the country, whence we ask
to
Great
to the proud and distinguishing appellation of
Councils of the Nation," when a matter of bounden duty
the Sovereign and institutions of the country, and above all these
_„
the utmost importance to the interests of mankind that this
uetild be taught them by the press and people)"
To CORRESPONDENTS.—" The Bible.—We have been so
tu'ea:nestly exhorted to persevere in opening our Payer to the dis-
si u of the merits of the New Translation, as a question of the
tnest importance to the interests of mankind, that we feel it to be
aut to comply. Our Correspondents, therefore, shall be at-
tile o_oed to in turn, as we have reason to believe th:it the Heads of
Church have already directed their attention to the contro-
versy"—The Sun, London, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1818.
_: Mr. Bellamy, in a very conclusive performance, the Anti-
-47,1 t, does not attempt to parry the weapon, so much as to disarm
thathand that wields it ; for he does not explain away the objections
t. have been advanced by the Deist, but he labours rather to ex-
late them, and to show that they have no other root but miscon-
eePtion or mistake. Should this author's emendations turn out
eo
rreet, they should be adopted, as no time and no authority can con-
!e.crate error. Mr. Bellamy has met with patronage in the very
4a.lliest quarter—a patronage liberal in every sense of the word ;
° as honourable to the patron as the author."
and"
ellis alterations, I admit, are extremely numerous, important,
aath onsequential, but they are supported by a mass of erudition,
a. ority, and argument, that does indeed demand our most serious
htt:ntion,
and many, in common with myself, will lament that they
a e drank more freely at the stream, than at the fountain."
re"s We hail the march of intellect, because we know—that a
o that is cultivated, is the best support of a worship that is
pure. It is for those who thrive by the darkness to hurl their
anathemas against the diffusion of light ; but wisdom like a pure
bright conductor, can render harmless the brutum fulmen'
of d
the Vatican."— eon, Colton.
doge Surely the elevated patronage which this New Translation has
tvedy obtained, should operate as a general example and hi-
ed' "lent. Shall the Bible, with its many acknowledged errors,
teseend to posterity polluted with all those errors; or shall it be
lansmitted to the latest generations of mankind, with as much of
lon purity as it is possible for human sagacity, knowledge,
and diligence to elucidate and confirm."—The Sun, Monday, No-
!ember 23d, ISIS. The Sun, September 30th, October 7th, and
24411. 1837. The Guide, March 18th, and 25th, 1838.
" Published in 1818 and 1819. Parts 1 and 2, price 245. each,
iledicated by permission to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
Itee'ent,
kb fhe New Translation of the Holy Bible, containing the three
ooks of the Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and recon-
etliOg the numerous discrepancies in Jerome's and the European
version''
Part ad in 1821, containing from Numbers to Deuteronomy.
Part 4th in 1825, containing from Joshua, C. I. to 1 Samuel,
c. 13.
v. 5.
2,,Part sth in 1831, containing from 1 Samuel, c. 13. v. 6- to
"ICoings, c. 17. v. 11.
j vart 6th in 1834, containing from 2d Kings, c. 17. v. 12 to
e. 18. v. 21.
V. sp t7th in 1835, containing from Job, c. 18. v. 22. to Psalms,
The Anti-Deist, in answer to the publication called the Deist,
thetaining also a refutation of the erroneous opinions held forth in
'le Age of Reason, and in a recent publication, entitled Re-
'searches on Ancient 'Kingdoms, 1819, price 4s.
First and Second Replies to the Quarterly Review, showing the
Foss errors the reviewer has made in his Remarks on the New
ranslation of the Bible.
" I now proceed to examine the passage which the reviewer has
adduced to prove how rossl I have erred in translating the word
Iftlearoumin-, prudent, sinsteld of naked ; which is in Job, c. 22,
v,
ons 6. And stripped the naked of their clothing. This is perhaps,di
of the passages which he deems elegant," simple,' and g-
ne_ified.' It is simple' enough, surely ; and such simple passages
teounding in the common version have in all ages excited the won-
der of intelligent men. Stripped the naked of their clothing !'
In the name of common sense if the were naked, how could they
be stripped?"—Extracts. See Classical Journal, No. 38.
A Refutation of the Erroneous Opinions, promulgated by a Right
Rev, Bishop of London.—See Classical Journal, No. 1.
A Reply to the Right Reverend Bishop of St. David's.—See
Classical Journal, No. 26.
The True Age of Christ at the Crucifixion, not 33 but 521
Years, price Is.
Biblical Criticisms in each quarterly part, in the years, 1810, 11,
12_03, 14, 15, 16, and 17, of the Classical Journals, containing a
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Yof classical, biblical, and oriental literature, by John
SPECIMENS OF EMENDATIONS, AND TENOR OF
REPLIES.
Genesis, c. 11. v. 4. Jerome's Version.—And they said, go