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a false one ? Do we not know the advantages commonly
taken by the enemies of revelation, of triumphing in ob-
jections plausibly raised against the Divine Word, upon
the basis of an unsound text or wrong translation : Blay-
nay's Prelim. Disc. to Jeremiah, 1781. Hence that arch
and ignorant infidel, Voltaire, took occasion to say, It
required twelve men to build up the Christian religion,
but it required only one (himself) to pull it down."
" Let any man contemplate the early ages of Ch,
when the Gospel was planted. Where arc the Churches
of Asia and Africa now ? and whence that pagan darkness
that covers those once enlightened countries? Need we
seek for any more causes for the production of apostacy,
than those we have seen to be sufficient for the alarming
extension of infidelity in modern times—namely, the er-
roneous translations put into the handi of the people. Can
any one for a moment suppose that the translation concern-
ing the unjust steward is a correct translation ? Is it not
surprising that the following passages should be put into
the mouth of Christ himself, when no such meaning is in
the original? viz., And I sa; unto you, make to your
selves friends of the mammon of unrightcousness, that
when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habi
tions. The translation depends on Hebrew phraseology."

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" I think I have satisfactorily shown that it is the most
expressive word in the verse, as it proves the sincerity o 1
Naaman, viz., I pray thee ; for without a heartfelt convic-
tion, all pretension would have been mockery in the sight
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" The greatest disservice that can possibly be done in
religion, is to suffer those faulty translations ' to temain,
held up to public view, and blazoned on the standard ( f
Deism, as proofs of the disordered state of the Bilde.'"
" The imperious call of enlightened intellect, like the
deluge, which swept away falsehood from the earth, and
left nothing but unadulterated truth in the Ark of God,
will sweep away the mighty mass of error exhibited in the
translations of the Sacred Volume. Not a vestige will re-
main to point out_ to posterity the ignorance of eighteen
ages. It is truth only which can make a nation invul-
nerable, and raise it to the highest degree of excellence—
the blaze of Divine truth, which is contained in the real
Ark of God, the hallowed oracles, will break over the
dark mountains of error, bigotry, and superstition; and
men will be enabled to drink of the pure waters as they
flow from the fountain of eternal truth."—Bellamy. The
Classical Journal, No. 26, for June, 1816!!
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tense When my master went into the house of Rim-
mon,' the sense appears to be a pardon craved for sins
past, not afterwards to be committed."
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brows. Dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke, Chancellor
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1634.
" Our Universities are, in a great measure, become
cisterns to hold, not conduits to disperse knowledge.
They stop the way in the road to truth ; or, at any rate,
(for they do not themselves advance) they can only be of
service as a check-weight on the too hasty and rapid
career of innovation. The unavoidable aim of all corporate
bodies of learning is not to grow wise, or teach others
wisdom, but to prevent any one from being or seeming
wiser than thernselveL ; in other words, their infallible
tendency is in the end to suppress ino,uiry and darken
knowledge, by setting limits to the mind of man, and
saying to his proud spirit, ' hitherto shalt thou come, and
no farther.' "—The Examiner, No. 1,042.
Church Extension.—" Lord John Russell satisfied him,
Mr. Villiers Stuart, that he ought to oppose the motion,
by informing the House that, from the measure now be-
fore it, and of the adoption of one which lie contemplates
submitting to its consideration next session, very consider-
able funds may be rendered available to the extension of
religion, without the imposition of any fresh burden upon
the people."—Waterford Chronicle, The Times, July lb,
1840.
Ecclesiastical Revenues Bill.—" The chapters, it is
again urged, ought to be the centre and fountain of the
clerical education of the diocese, directing and conducting
the studies of the candidates of the ministry. Again ap-
pears the awkward interrogation, Can you point out an
instance in which any chapter has performed such a duty ?
But again the defender is dumb."—The Times, Aug. 3,
1840.
" The Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill is now
the law of the land. It is not to the colleges only, but it is
also to their visitors, that we commend the consideration of
this subject. If abuses exist in these colleges which their
members and governors are unwilling to remedy, it is com-
petent for the Bishops, who are visitors, at any moment to
make the necessary inquiries, and apply the necessary cor-
rection. At present there is no jurisdiction in existence
which has any power within the walls of colleges except
that of visitors ; and that jurisdiction has practically slept
for nearly 200 years."—The Times, Aug. 12, 1840.
Luke xvi. 9.—"' And I say unto you, make to yourselves
friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that when ye
fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.'
Such a command certainly would not be given by our
Saviour. This verse remains in the state it was in when
first translated out of the native language of Judea, in the
early ages of the Christian Church, not translated; and
this is the case with numbers where the Hebrew words
have been retained by the translators in Greek. I call
upon Mr. Todd, and the writer of the Critical Inquiry, to
favour the public with the solution of the above difficulty.
If they cannot, they are not qualified to translate from the
Hebrew." _ _

The Critical Examination, refuting the objections of
Mr. Whitaker, 181, see The Sun, No. 14,447, Dec. 27,
1339: The Sun, No. 14,468, Jan. 17, 1839: The Sun,
No. 14,482, Feb. 5, 1839.