The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-12 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

BIBLICAL ERRORS.—(LETTER V.)
MR. EDlTOR,—Cohsidering the various Trans-
latt,ns we have had of the 01(1 Testament trOtn
the Hebrew, in which it was first written, and its
dis,ribution sine: the Reformation, it is paintul

In say that not oue of them is true to the original

prototype, which instead of studying, from the in-
troduction of Christianity into these r6lt'ils- by
Augustine, we have been mislead by a volume of
errors, corruptions, and legends, for our rule of
faith, and are none almost asswed that We have
been reading a tvoik Of blunderers, rather titan of

those men who wrote no more than what was

yealed tO them, insomuch that what we have

held to be unciCeptionahly sacred, is Tittle more
than profane, and may he called the coMposition,
of the Translators, and not of Moses and the Pro-

pliers ; but happily we are [sow rescued by Mr.
PELLamv from Oeception, by his giving us the
truth of the A1111101:37, as it flowed its his divine
mission to his -servants. This Geiitleman says,
his labour has been to give a new Trsnslation of
it, thereby 'to 'promote the glory of his country,
the stability of the church, and to aid the cause
of religion, by 'removing those objections which
have been advanced negaii;st the Scriptures, aturtc,
his everlasting honour be it known, he has e(n-
meoted his wolk to the lively satisfaction of all
iotelligent good men, leaving alone the splenetic
envy of a certain rival, who, in his holy fervours,
has attempted to prove him a liar and a fool.
It is a pity that a Sprig of the church should make
himself so iNo‘vortlfy and-so ungentlemanlike, ar
to lose Isis good manners with his understamling,
and rashly abuse this new Translator, merely be-
cause he is disappointed in Isis vanity.
111 r. lIELLANtst 118 S done much, more possibly
than ever was done by man before, and be has
promised us still more, that is to say, to make
thaz plain which is obscure, and above all, tt>
chasten the language of communication.
does he say—

" Such as wish ito see the Scripture divested oft hose strange
expressions, which, whenever they are read in our churches,
raise a blush on the cheek of modesty, and a smile from the
profligate, and which I aver aad shall prove, are nut to be
found in the Hebrew, will appreciate the merit, even amt..
attempt so to do, and so much balled for by all tie nations in
Europe•" •

now-modeq ! how trite ! So much called for, in--
deed, and when completed glory will be unto thee,
-Mr. BEA-Latin-, and shame to thy opponents, after
all the abuse you have experienced in the volt e of
envy, ignorance, and the malice of a monk. Theta
will the world discover that errors, indecencies,
and absurdities, are only consecrated by bigots
and hypocrites. Credo quia impossibile est. Ag,tin,
Mr. BELLAMY says—
" I have been teld by many of our most liberal and learn—
ed Clergy that if there were a thousand contradictions in the
common Version, and it should be shewn that five hundred,
have no authority from the Hebrew, the great body of the
Hierarchy would feel themselves oblig•ed to any man who
should reduce the nfilither."

Let us henceforth pray that Mr. BELLAMY may.
refine the English of tire Oid Testament, utat it may
be read without offending our ideas ; hod that itt.
particular he may retitle the stories of Lot mut
o,,an, Judah and Tamar, AbsolAtn on his lather
Davin's house top,, part of Soiontent's Songs,
llagal and Bilka, certain sons of Bdial by 4,
Les ire, the son of Gatti, rind a large addenda,
1s Weil shall be walked chapter and verse in a tu-
t ure Paper, but which are too cour3e to be copied.
From Mr, BELLAMY I look for this ith
iurpa-
tteute, glad to my heart -hat he says,
" Since the publication of the first part, I have received
the moat flattering testimonials front many distinguished
Clergy, who, from what they have seen, are anxious to have
the other parts of the work as speedily as possible; and with
a liberality that does them the greatest credit, and shews
their lore of truth, who do not hesitate to declare, that if
the remaining parts are executed equal to the first, no Cler-
gyman will he without it. Some of our learned Prelates have
approved of it, and one who is a host was so satisfied with it,
that he said to one of his Prebendaries, vergna est veritaa, ct
prevalchit."

Bravo ! Delightful to hear that our Bishops
are so sensible of what is imrevionsly c,dled
for, and it must make Mr. BELLAMY'S Critic
shudder. It is chatming to see sucl► eleva►e:t
characters in his favour but how much more so to
see a PRINCE REGENT, a QUEEN, ten ot the Royal
Family, five Bishops, Doctor PARE, the Chan-
cellor ot the University of Oxford, and the Lora
High Steward of the University of Cambridge,
at the head of a subscription list to his invaluaLle
work.

STACKHOUSE.

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