Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1816-06-25
THE BIBLE.....No. NIX.
lin historical sketch ofhhe English Translation

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KING IAMss's lIBLE, i6il.--"1he transla-
ton OF ibis Bble," Seiden.obseFyes, .tcok sn ex.
eeiient wsy That part ot.ihe Biple wss given
20 him who was most excellent in such tongue :
and then they met together. AID ono r. adj The
trsoslsion, The rest holding in their hands some
Bible, either ct the iesrued tong.es, or French,
Spanish. or Italian &c. Ifihey found any fault,
they sp,k,; fnot, he read on y Nssrly three
years iy.z. as the raoss,o,s ssy in heir ptel face
"twiee seven mes seventy two days, aud no
more") were spen, in this lsborious and IMPORT
ant service. When the work was finished, and
three copies of the whole Bible were cent 70
London, oie frnm Cambridge, one from Oxford,
and one from Westminster, a new choice was
made OF two persons Oh OF each company, six
in all, 10 review the whole Translation. and pol
ish it, sDd extract outtcf ALI the three copies
This task they fulfilled (by daily Attendance a
Ssationers Hall, Londos) in three quarters of .
year. Las. of all, Bldon bishop Of w cs, ues,e !
ard DR.. Mics Smith, again reve wed ,he whole
work, and prthxed arguments 20 The sesersl
book. and DR.. Smith was ordered 10 write 8
preface. Il was dedicated TO the King and frs
published in 1911.
To the correctness and fidelity of this trsnsla-
ton the sbest critics aud most competent iudg-
es have giventhe fullest testimony the learned
and iudicious Seden observed " This is the bes'
translation in the world, md gives the sense Of
the Original nesl," DR.. Geades said " II socu-
racy. fidelity, and the slricest attention 10 ID,
letter of The text, be supposed to constitute the
qualities OF an excellent version. dis, Of sill YER
Sons, must in gensr be accounted the most ex
ceitort. Every sentence, every word. every sy-
liable, every letter and roinl, seem to have beer
weighed with the incest exsc,itudc, and expires
sed e Their in the tex or in the margin with The
greatest ptecIsion.' -" snd IL is no small COZ hr-
nation Of its correctness, and Of The respect AND
confidence to which it is entitled, that the nu-
nervous collection Of ancient nanuscript copies.
of the Bible, including ,he copy of.he Law, re-
Gently brosgbt from India by d. Buchanan, ap.
pear o furnish no various esdipgs that ma,era-
" affect sny important, fact or doctrine" And
Che wrii a. of this would sdd) does not the tx
ten,ive distribution Of IL shvoughoul the world
of late years. and at the presen, d =, by the per
mission ye and ma, il no, be said by the hsnd Of
Him who has revealed his will to m NJ. and whit
is" King over ali tie EARTH afford strong evi
denee that it has HIS appreciation. Has NOT the
reader Therefore, WHO cannot examine for hm-
sself,he or,ginaiiangusges inwh'ch the scrqlur, S
were wit en-, reason to teei assured. Ma, when
he is re aiding this Eaghsb Bible he may receive
i. 50 not as the word OF man, bu. SIS it is inuush
the wordoi God"
u REFLECTIONS,
+" In this shost survey, We egceive some of the
causes which in former times, preven.ed or re-
tarded the translation and dstrituioa Of The