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London, England, 1840-03-16 00:00:00

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DR. URE'S DICTIONARY of ARTS,
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of five guineas. The two volumes contain nearly 2,300 pages
of three columns each, closely yet clearly and beautifully printed.
In this Dictionary equal care has been bestowed upon the Ety-
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of quotations in illustration of both ; these are arranged in
chronological series from Wiclif and Chaucer, to Burke and
Cowper.
William Pickering, Publisher, Chaneery-lane, London.

_NEW TRANSLATION of the BIBLE.
" Mr. D. O'Connell denominates the most tolerant
man in Europe, the amiable King of Prussia, a cruel and
faithless bigot,' because he will not suffer a turbulent
Romish Bishop to make war with impunity on the funda-
mental laws of his dominions."—The Times, Saturday,
Nov. 2, 1839.

" Fifthly, the Reformation in England was brought about
by the instrumentality of some of the most wicked men the
world ever saw ; Henry Vlll.—the adulterer, perjurer
murderer !"—Page 7, Address to the English People.
" But of the countries we have above mentioned as being
peculiarly Protestant, it is remarkable that Protestantism
was introduced into England by Henry VIII, and jet°
Denmark by Christern H., two of the greatest monsters
that ever disgraced not only the Throne, but human na-
ture."—Page 42, Mr. O'Connell's First Letter to the
Wesleyan Societies in Manchester.
" The Rev. Mr. M'Donnell, of St. Peter's, Birming-
ham, rose, and was received with hearty cheers. He said,
When George the IVtb, that worthy successor of Henry
the V111.,' &c."— A Full Report of the Proceedings of
the Great Meeting of the Catholics ( Papists) of London,
" Messieurs de Beausobre and I:lnfant, Ministers of the
French Church at Berlin, represented to the late King of
Prussia, that the French translations of the Bible began to be
neither so intelligible nor agreeable to be read as they were at
first, and that therefore to be edified by them required that
they should be revised, or a new translation made. On which
that Prince pitched on them for this purpose, and by his Royal
Decree appointed them to make a new translath,n."---:). 372.
A Complete History of the several Translations of the Holy
Bible and Testament, into English, both in MS. and in Print,
and of the most remarkable editions of them since the invention
of printing, by John Lewis, A.M., Chaplain to the Right Hon.
Thomas Earl of Mahon, and Minister of Margate, n Kent,
1739.

"We observe in a pamphlet, Anti-Deist,' published by
Mr. Bellamy, that Exodus, c iii, v. 22, is a gross mistransla-
tion. He notices a number of other errors in the translation
of the Bible now in use, equally hostile to the true meaning of
the writers. It is not a little curious, that many of these mis-
translated passages, which give meanings in direct opposition to
the real ones, have been as stoutly defended by eminent theo-
logians as any in the whole look, and long commentaries have
been written upon them, expressly to show their beauty and
propriety."—The Examiner, Dec. 24, 1821.
" University Education." " The great resorts and seats of
learning often outlive in this way the intentions of founders, as
the world outgrows them. Our Universities are, in a great
measure, become cisterns to hold, not conduits, to disperse,
knowledge. The 'age has the start of them, that is, other
sources of knowledge have ben opened since their formation, tc
which the world have had access, and have drank plentifully at
these living fountains, from which they are debarred by the
tenor of their Charter, and as a matter of dignity and privilege.
All that has been invented or thought in the last two hundred
years they take no cognizance of, or as little as possible, they
are above it, they stand upon the ancient land-marks, and will
not budge, whatever wasnot known when they were'endowed, they
are still in profound and lofty ignorance of."—Hazlites Table
Talk: also, the Examiner, Jan. 20, 1828.
" Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God't
image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself,
kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man
lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious
life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on
purpose to a life beyond life. It is true, no age can restore a
life, but revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a
rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the
worse. We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we
raise against the living labours of public men, how we blight
that seasoned life of man, preserved and stored up in books ;
since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, some-
times a martyrdom; and if it extend to the whole impression,
a kind of massacre, whereof the execution ends not in the
slaying of an elemental life, but strikes at the ethereal and
faith essence, the breath of reason itself, slays an immor-
tality rather Inn a life."—Areopagitica, Milton.
National Education.—" The Bishop of Norwich said the
race of clergy which was now passing away had had the most
favourable opportunity of instituting schools in their parishes,
and of educating the people in the principles of the Church of
England. If this had been done thirty years ago, and educa-
tion extended to teaching the children obedience to and re-
spect for the law, and the frugal husbanding of their means, it
would have been impossible to have raised infuriated bands of
malcontents like the Chartists of the present day, and England
would have a very different aspect. He did not cast a general
condemnation on the clergy of that period, for many of them
had fully done their duty ; but he regretted that so golden an
opportunity had passed—an opportunity that would take the
greatest labour and energy of those anxious to impose on the
rising generation to reclaim."
The Sun, No. 14,657, August the Bth, 1839.
" We cannot on this occasion lay down our pen without en-
deavouring to impress on the religious and Protestant part of
the community, the unspeakable importance of speedily taking
measures to purify and purge the Church."
" If there be truth or consistency in man, sincere Protes-
tants must turn against those who have given such prodigious
vantages to the Popish superstition."—The Morning Sun,
Tuesday, September, 10, 1839.
" I may therefore conclude, that upon this revision—
Bellamy's—of the Hebrew Scriptures, great stress ought
to be laid, as anticipating a closer approximation in sentiment
among all denominations of Christians now at variance with
each other, upon certain disputed points of doctrine—under this
impression I think all must subscribe to its importance."—
Chester Chronicle, Feb. 20, 1824.
" The Catholic authorized version was first published at
Douay in the year 1609. It was the result of forty years' toil
azd labour, and can fairly stand a comparison with any other
N.-ersion et the Sacred Scr.iVures, published in any country,
either Popish or Pant

To the Ministers and Office-bearers of the Wesleyan Me-
thodist Societies in Manchester, Mr. O'Connell's Letter.
To COILRESPONDENTS.—" The Bible.—We have been so
earnestly exhorted to persevere in opening our Paper to the dis-
cussion of the merits of the New Translation, as a question of
the utmost importance to the interests of mankind, that we feel
it to be our duty to comply. Our Correspondents, therefore.
shall be attended to in turn, as we have reason to believe that
the Heads of the Church have already directed their attention
to the controversy."—The Sun, Lohdon, Saturday, Dec. 5,
1818.

" Surely the elevated patronage which this New Translation
has deservedly obtained, should operate as a general example
and incitement. Shall the Bible, with its many acknowledged
errors, descend to posterity polluted with all those errors; or
shall it be transmitted to the latest generations of mankind,
with as much of its original purity as it is possible for human
sagacity, knowledge, and diligence ta.elucidate and confirm.
The Sun, Monday, November 23d, 1818. The Sun, Septem-
ber 30th, October 7th, and 28th, 1837. The Guide, March
18th, and 25th, 1838. The Sun, December 27, 1838, Feb. 5,
1839.

" Published in 1818 and 1819. Parts 1 and 2, price 245.
each, dedicated by permission to his Royal Highness the Prince
of Wales, as Regent.
" The New Translation of the Holy Bible, containing the
three books of the Pentateuch, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and
reconciling the numerous discrepancies in Jerome's and the
European versions."
Part 3d in 1821, containing from Numbers to Deuteronomy.
Part 4th in 1825, containing from Joshua, c. 1. to 1 Samuel,
c. 13. v. 5.
Part sth in 1831, containing from 1 Samuel, c. 13 v. 6. to
2d Kings, c. 17. v. 11.
Part 6th in 1834, containing from 2d Kings, a. 17. v. 12 to
Job, c. 18. v. 21.
Part 7th in 1835. containing from Job, c. 18. v. 22. to
Psalms, c. 50.
The Anti-Deist, in answer to the publication called the
Deist, containing also a refutation of the erroneous opinions
held forth in the Age of a.tison, and in a recent publication,
entitled Researches on Ancient Kingdoms, 1819, price 4s.
First and Second Replies to the Quarterly Review, showing
the gross errors the Reviewer has made in his Remarks on the
New Translation of the Bible.

" I now proceed to examine the passage which the Reviewer
has adduced to prove how grossly I have erred in translating
the word gnaaroumin, prudent, instead of naked ; which is in
Job, c. 22. v. 6. And stripped the naked of their clothing.
This is, perhaps, one of the passages which he deems elegant,'
simple, and 'dignified.' It is simple' enough, surely ; and
such simple passages abounding in the common version have in
all ages excited the wonder of intelligent men. ' Stripped the
naked of their clothing !' In the name of common sense, if
they 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. I,
for March, 1810.

A Reply to the Right Rev. Bishop of St. David's. See
Classical Journal, No. 26, for June, 1816.
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by JOHN BELLAMY.