The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-02 00:00:00

NEW TRANSLATION CAF THE BIBLE.
" If all cannot be of one mind, this doubtless is more
olosome more prudent, and more Christians that many be tole-
Ited rather than compelled. I mean not tolerate Popery and open
°llperstition, whieh, as it extirpator all religion and civil supremacy
be sic, itself should be extirpated—provided first that all -due means
r sed to win and regain the weak and misled. They are
the troublers,
unite they are the dividers of Unity, who neglect and permit
40t . •
others to those dissevered pieces, which are wanting to
the body of truth. To bet still searching what we know—not, by
hat we know, still closing up truth to truth as we find it, (for all
er body is homogenous and proportional), this is the golden rule
to t6ology as well as in arithmetic, and makes up the best harmony
& Church ; not the forced and outward union of cold and neutral,
td inwardly divided minds."—Areopagetica ; or, a Speech for the
Liberty of unlicensed Printing : Milton.
Hoe
se of Lords, Monday, Feb. 25, 1328.—" Numerous petitions
Werer, presented from the Dissenters, praying for the repeals of the
k'orporation and Test Acts, and from the Dissenters, praying also
the concession of the Popish Claims."—Herald, Feb 26, 1828.
See the Examiner, Sunday, March 9, 1838, under the head of Ob-
servations on some of the Causes of Dissent from the Church.
The devotional austerity eihibited in the Monastery of La
ZaPPet as in many others, would be unaccountable, if ages of ex-
renence did not teach us that enthusiasm in matters of religion is
m-- .
the bod uch a disease of the mind as fever and atrophy are diseases of
tut 9. The gloom of the modern Methodists is the same cast,
there is Alethod in their madness. There is a mixture of con
-
RN and hypocrisy in the character of the majority, which these
mix with them soon detect, and the progress of knowledge
011%0 common people at home has driven them to foreign
x44,ions, where ignorance has a better field for imposture."
The Editor's notice of Lady Wortley Montague's Letters.—The
tide; No. 47.
da, The greatest curse which ever lighted on the earth never pro •
he couences mre deplorable th
contagion that
have b
ever witheredrodhced by
tuoetrninesseq of Calvinoism. The worst
or early, and bowed the strength of the human frame, is not to be
wtpered with the prostration of mental rigour, and of moral inte
klutlt! produced
Rdi by the infection of that caht and self-pride tnd
'LIM which is making such rapid strides amongst us.
or.
don lf all circumstances," says the authoress, " left it as matter of
prorYchether Evangelical influence, as it is impiously called, were
toettive of evil, the terrible power which it is so constantly seen
th questf destroying family union, must be quite sufficient to settle
the
fon. Any person who will take the trouble to inquire into
destroyed ill find that family affection has been more blighted and
other by the workings of this fearful superstition than by any
vroicatise of which the testimony of man bears record."
No. 4'82, P. 62, Mrs. Trollope's Vicar of Wrexhill.— he Guide,
The
i near of Wrexhill.—" A bonne bouche for the saints.
vik'e„`r Has the affectation of piety been lashed with such unexampled
At and ability."—Sunday Times.
of iin,a time when we had two publications (the enduring preduce
edit„Tcrtal mind !) in active circulation amongst us—two chivalrous
to th- ',Promoting and diffusing " the bright intelligence" contained,
of the empire—then for an Archbishop of Canter-
the' t 0 aPPear as one of the Lords on the Commission forgiving
lietal°74
, Assent to the "Dissenters' Declaration Bill '—(ll.lotning
makes what is enjoined by the immortal bard impera-
rill • It
for the people te re-assume the ill-deputed care of their
„g,,n into their own hands again."
att. 'he differences amongst ourselves furnish those whom we would
of;rlqt to tonvert, with this plausible, and to them, I fear, unan-
kai:ble argument, with what face can you Christians attempt to
ataot,,", Converts to your faith, when you have not
. yet decided
Yourselves what Christianity is? Surely it will be time
•-•-te'l„" to make proselytes of others when you yourselves are agreed."
%al.; or Many Things in Few Words ; addressed to those who
" ire is
*Girds I.,°P-.0 by a diligent and faithful examination of the original.
h tusruisses from the system one article which contradicts the
140r:Te"ion, the experience, or the reasoning of mankind, does
"Avards recommending the belief, and, with the belief, the in-
4riottee,i Christianity to the understandings and consciences
. of
therit'lnquirers, and through them to Universal reception and
J. au-
kd 7' than can be effected 'by a thousand tenders for creeds
cot toC,plinances of human establishment."—Pacley.
he heads of houses at Oxford, are not so oituse of mind as
Peree„, that if the privileges and possessions, gradually and lei-
cod ee''Y accumulated by them, -were brought into collision
of
kitint est with the awakened perception and increasing strength
joyoir d of the community at large, their interest must be deeply
Ulu .ed in the struggle. • •• . . Had they no fears
Lon 4i Oxford were brought within three hour's journey from
,u, that instead of the reverential few who now come within
of like pilgrims, to worship and admire, that the busy eye
teri4ulrY might be induced to ask how came it that when monas-
aa suppressed, that such establishments were maintained
hiss of of Oxford and Cambridge, with monastic discipline and
ntet's Where celibacy was enforced by statutes, amid other rem-
ttitelmonkerdy, the relics of" . . . . " Eremites and friars
a2nlack
,an gray, with all their trumpery !"—Sunday Times,
Chur'cl, sieurs de Beausobre and L'lnfant, Ministers of
.the French
Pre4 kc at Berlin represented to the late King of Prussia, that the
nor ,1" branslations ef the Bible began to be neither so intelligible
be eAreefiable to be read as they were at first, and that therefore to
transitco by them required that they should be revised, or a new
Pure„ se made. On which that Prince pitched on them for this
trin lition "(I by his Royal Decree appointed them to make a new
p. 372.

The ic. • . • • • •
I Bib Ing (James the First) said, that "he had never yet seen
the . e well translated in English, though he thought the Genoa
Isi,„":°4t, and therefore wished, that some special pains should be
do, In this author for ens uniform translation, and this to be
resin ,u3' the best learned in both the Universities, after them to be
toi7eu by tke Bishops and chief learned of the Church from them
', ~"! Presented to the Privy Council ; and last of all to be
bonedby his Royal Authority, and so this whole Church to be
icnd to this Translation, and not to use any other," p. 308. " In
t„'11, a little before the Parliament, which had sat so long, was
"rned out of doors by the arbitrary power of General Cromwell,
iiiti April 20, 1653, they had made an ' Order,' that a Bill should be
Tongue,"
in for a new Translation of the Bible out of the Original
`°rigue," p. 354.

" We are told that by Cromwell"' third Parliament, which sat
H 316, an Order was made, that it be referred to a Committee to
'end for and advise with Dr. Walton and others, and such as they
should think fit, to consider of the translation and impressions of the
ible, and offer their opinions thereon," p. 355.
IA complete History of the several Translations of the Bible and
I.;tarnent, by John Lewis, A.M., Minister of Margate, in Kent,
Q:1). Thus do we exhibit before the face oh the country that in-
iVj into the vital matter of the Christian scheme—the " safest
for our Life ; the sweetest for our Death ; and the sublimest
til'r°s,Y Resurrection; was agitated three times during half a cen-
bltll '441 we have now to record it, that it has not been agitated
clutill•uthorities of the country—during a century and a half !" The
S:'otting—he for whom,
„.% feels the anguish of our heart and eyes,
He, when all of genius which can perish dies"

4‘
!Ito never even in a dull house couldst tame
A unleavened prose his own poetic flame"
people
Government without foresight is for the good of the
41)es ~" a•
ne live under it—no Government at all." What a panegyric
tlty i `"e ` two Estates"—the subsequent and Government of our
the . " collective assemblies" whose components are said to bek
thernetPal Persons of distinction of the country, whence we ask
ci pretension to the proud and distinguishing appellation
thret Councils of the Nation," when a matter of bounden duty
e• fetcovereign and institutions of the country, and above all these
theuldl,o utmost importance to the interests of mankind that this
'l`„ ",.e. taught them by.the press and people !
etr,; „‘-naitx•lPoNDrwrs.—" The Bible.—We have been
.so
ttl,li:"Y exhorted to persevere in opening our Paper to. the die-
Ittrs,44, .0 the merits of the New Translation, as a question of the
ens dllpotance to the interests of mankind, that we feel it
beet be
tei'deriT ti
Comply. Our Correspondents, therefore, shall at-
• ch in turn, as we have reason to believe that the Heads of
/era -;;treit have already directed their attention to to contro-
-04 ---The Sun, London, Saturday, Dec. 5, 1818.
deist, IL Bellamy, in a very conclusive performance, the Anti-
theh net attempt to parry the weapon, so much as to disarm
thatha: d that wields it ; for he does not explain away the objections
ti me been advanced by the Deist, but he labours rather to ex-
eptiou''"ern, and to show that they have no other root but miscon-t
%et I),t' mistake. Should this author's emendations. turn ou
lecrst '`neY should be adopted, as no time and no authority can con error. Mr. Bellamy has met with patronage in the very
Ind aessthquarter_a patronage liberal in every,sense of the word ;
cots to the patron as the author.
and ,01' alterations, I admit, are extremely numerous, important,
ittithorlit'equontial, but they are supported by a mass of erudition,
attegt37, and argument, that does indeed demand our most serious
blvre di.l,and many in common with myself, will lament that they
‘. Ar"",l, more freely at the stream, than at the fountain. '
reason e nail the march of intellect, because we know—that a
Pure. tt i
iat is cultivated, is the best support of a worship that s
11,athe 4 is for those who thrive by the darkness to hurl their
and!'n" against the diffusion of light ; but wisdom like a pure,
Of ,he
rlght conductor, can render harmless the brutum fulmen
Vatican"Lacen, Colton.
de Surely the elevated patronage which this New Translation has
cite obtained, should operate as a general example and in-
tlesee„en'• Shall the Bible, with its many acknowledged errors,
411,11.7 to posterity polluted with all those errors; or shall it be
its o'rritutted to the latest generations of mankind, with as much of
4.11 dillnal purity as it is possible for human sagacity, knowled e,
;rgenre to elucidate and confirm."—The Sun, Monday, No-
hiber 23d, 1818. The Sun, September 30th, October.7th, and
' 137. The Guide, March 18th, and 25th, 1838.
de ((.4.-Übliched in 1818 and 1519. Parts 1 and 2, price 245. each,
dicated by permission to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
Regent.
b The New Translation ef the Holy Bible, containing the three
.°,411 of the Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and won-,
''ing the numerous discrepancies in Jerome's and the European
Part 3d in 1321, containing from Numbers to Deuteronomy.
Part 4th in 1825, containing from Joshua, e. 1. to I Samuel,
e• 13. v. 3.

Part sth in 1831, containing from 1 Samuel, C. 13. ♦. 6. to
2d Kings, c. 17. ♦. 11.
Part 6th in 1834, containing from 2d Kings, c. 17. ♦. 12 to
c. 18. v. 21.
Part 7th in 1835, containing from Job, a. 18. ♦. 22. to Psalms,
80.

The Anti-Deist, in answer to the publication called the Deist,
!Ititaining also a refutation of the erroneous opinions held forth in
rie Age of Reason, and in a recent publication, entitled Re-
°earches on Ancient Kingdoms, 1819, price 4s.
First and Second Replies to the Quarterly Review, showing the
C 441 errors the reviewer has made in his Remarks on the New
ritnslation of the Bible.
td I now roced to examine the passage which the reviewer has
duced to p
provee how grossly I have erred in translating the word
q(ntarnutnin prudent, instead of naked; which is in Job, c. 22,
onu• And stripped the naked of their clothing. This is perhaps,
rile!! the passages which he deems elegant," simple,' and dig-
".' It is simple' enough, surely ; and such simple passages
°unding in the common version have in all ages excited the derwon-
'of intelligent men. ' Stripped the naked of their clothing !'
be The name of common sense if they were naked, how could they
stripped?"—Extracts. See Classical Journal, No. 38.
"a Refutation of the Erroneous Opinions, promulgated by a Right
ale
I• Bishop of London.—See Classical Journal, No. 1.
eitssiteply to the Right Reverend Bishop of St. David's.—See
ical Journal, No. 26.
3,4rTrue Age of Christ at the Crucifixion, not 33 but 521
s, The
price is.
2, , Criticisms in each quarterly part, in the years, 1810, 11,
viri'3, 14, 15, 16, and 17, of the Classical Journals, containing a
Iterltrn7 of classical, biblical, and oriental literature, by John
SPECIMENS OF EMENDATIONS, AND TENOR OF

REPLIES.
Genesis, e. 11. v. 4. Jerome's Version.—And they said, go