Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-10-04

learned persons, divided into SIX compa.
nies. |. The Pentateuch, Joshua, Judges,
Ruth, first and second book Of Samuel,
first and second book Of Kings, 10 be trans
lated by ten persons; viz. DR.. Lancelot An
drews, DR.. Overall, Hadrianus Saravia,
DR.. Clarke, DR.. Laiield: he being well
skilled in architecture, his judgement was
much relied on with regard TO the fabric OF
the tabernacle and temple; DR.. Leigh, Mr..
Francis Burgly, Mr.. King, Mr.. Thomson,
and Mr.. William Bedwell. II. The first
and second book of Chronicles, Ezra, Ne.
hemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ec.
clesiastes, and Canticles, to be translated
by eight persons at Cambridge; viz. Mr..
Lively, Mr.. John Richardson, DR.. Chad
erton, DR.. Dillingham;, DR.. Roger Adrews,
Mr.. Harrison, Mr.. Robert Spalding, and
Mr.. Andrew Byng. III. The four great.
er, the twelve lesser prophets, and the La
mentations, to be translated by seven per.
sons at Oxford viz. DR.. Harding, DIR.
John Rynolds, DR.. Thomas Holland, DR..
Richard Kilby, DR.. Miles Smith; he wrote
the preface to the translation; Mr.. Richard
Brett, Mr.. Fairclough. ". The Apoc-
ryphia to the translated by Seven at Cam
bridge; viz. DR.. Duport, DR.. Brainethwait,
Or. Radclitf, DR.. Samuel Ward, Mr.. An
drew Downs, Mr.. John Bois, and Mr..
Ward. V. The four Gospels, Acts OF
the Apostles, and Apocalypse, to be trans.
lated by eight persons at Oxford; viz. DIR.
Ravis, DR.. Abbot, Mr.. Elddes, Mr.. Thom'
son, Mr.. Henry Savile, DR.. Peryn, Mr..
Ravens, and Mr.. Harmer. vi. The
Epistles to be translated by seven persons
at Westminster; viz. DR.. William Barlow
DR.. Hutchinson, DR.. Spencer, Mr.. Fenton,
Mr.. Rabbit, Mr.. Sanderson, and MIR. Da'
kins.
Besides the foregoing directions to those,
three or four of the most ancient and grave
divines in their ofthe Universities, not en-
ployed in translating, to be assigned by the
Vice.C Chancellor, in conference with the
rest of the Heads, to be overseers of the
translation, as we'll Hebrew as Greek, for
the better observation Of the fourth rule
above specified.
Four years were spent in this first SER
vice; and then, three copies being sent
from Cambridge, Oxford, and Westminster,
to Court, new choice was made OF SIX to
revise the whole, that is two from each
Assembly. They went through this task
in nine months, having each received from
the company of stationers during that time
thirty shillings a.week.
dy the meaning. The law was repealed in
Edward the Sixth's days." In 1889, a new
edition of the English Bible, with several al
terations and corrections, was published by
Grafton and Whytechurch, printed in folio,
with the types of larger size than usual and
a fine emblematical frontispiece, which is
therefore called the Great Bible, or WhWe-
churcHs. This was the first time any En-
glish translation of the Bible was set forth as
made after "the verify of the originals" the
rest being made from the Vulgate. The
Epistles, Gospels, and Psalms, put into the En-
glish Liturgy, which was first compiled III the
reign of Edward vi. were all according to this
translation; and so they they continued till
the restoration of Charles II. when the Epis-
ties and Gospels were inserted from King
James's Bible; but the Psalms of the Great
Bible were allowed to remain, as they do to
this day. The English refugees, who fled to
Geneva from the persecution Of Queen Mary,
made new translation Of the Bible into En-
glish. and published the New Testament, in
l2mo in the year 1857. This was the first
printed edition of the New Testament, IN
which the verses of the chapters are distin-
guished by numerical figures and breaks.
The whole was published at Geneva In 4to in
the year 1850. This is commonly called the
Genera Bible. The Geneva Bible was so
generally used in private families, that there
were above thirty editions of it, in folio, 4to,
and 6vo, printed from the year 1860 to the
year 1916, Queen Mary dying in 1853, was
succeeded by Elizabeth, who having suppress
ed Popery in all her dominions, resolved, on
the representation of Archbishop Parker, that
a revisal and correction of former translations
of the Bible should be made, which was done
accordingly; and the Bible, thus revised, was
published in 1868, and was authorised to be
read in churches. In this edition, the which
contains the Apocrypha, the chapters are diU-
ded into verses, as in our Bibles. This, on &C
count of the great pains which the bishops
took in perfecting it, was called the Bishops
Bible. King James vi. Of Scotland succeeded
Elizabeth in 1902; and soon after his arrival
in London, received petition from the Puritan
ministers, for a reformation of ceremonies and
abuses in the church; and having appointed
number of the bishops and deans, along with
the petitioners, to meet him at Hamston
Court, it was proposed by the Puritans, among
other things that new translation ofthe Bible
should be made, which as none opposed, was
granted, and which was indeed the only i'm
portant result of that conference. The above
instructions were accordingly framed for the
direction of those to whom the work was IN
trusted. They began their labours in the
spring of 1907, and the translation from which
90 ,,H.b ,,,,e oxnocfod uas nuh1ished IN 1911