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be long in finding out , ) that he has in this , as in other instances , committed the glaring mistake of trusting rather to second-hand testimony and mere hearsay evidence , than of consulting the original witnesses themselves . It will now appear clear to your readers
why I submitted to the chance of being deemed a prpser * by introducing a sub * ject apparently foreign to the avowed object of this letter , when I quoted the results established by Sir J . Bland Burges ' s p&mphlets . The fact is , by proving a tissue of mistakes Oil th < 3 vWt
of Mr , Home , m that prtTcuter portion of his " Intfbdubtiqh" in , tirnicli Mr . Bellamy and Sir J . Blabd Buries are so unceremoniously handled * his mistake in regard to tfyein is more easily accounted for ; and though it is to be regretted that errors of this de- » scription , so derogatory to the charac * ter of a clergyman , ( inasmuch as they
seem to be dictated by a spirit of malevolence , ) have appealed uftder his sanction , I am willing to acquit him personally of any uncharitable desigii , rather attributing their insertion to the mistaken zeal of some coadjutor or amanuensis , who may have been employed in collecting the materials from which his work is compiled .
I now conclude , tendering my hearty thanks to Mr . Home for his " Introduction , " which , though defective in some parts , and containing but little Important original tifrattefr , ititist y £ t , as a book of reference , be considered k valuable -compilation ; biit t am still more indebted to him f 6 r thte maiiiier
In which Mr , Bellamy tod Sir J . Bhfad Burges are introduced therein ; since , in all probability , but for that ,, I shotld never have read the elegant pa&phlet of the Baronet , and the truly learried
and ( with Mr . Home ' s permission ) drthodox work of the translator , whom I scruple not to consider as % most enlightened biblical oritic , and assuredly one of the first Hebrew scholars of bur day .
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Sin , March , 1824 . PROPOSAL for a nfcW tratisfe-A tion of the Bible h&Vitig b&m suggested in your last Nrimber , I crave leave to offer a few Tetharics ttpon the subject . M \\ Jevatis hks confined his observatiotis ( pp . 81—83 ) to tine particular , viz . the substitu-
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tion of tfie great iatid pectiliir name oif the B&ity * wherevfer it fs employed in the oHgiBtai * testeiad of the terms coMthoiriy used hi our vei-aibn ; thie importance and propriety iyf which : altefatapn , he has very ably eMorcfed :
but it is evident that there is touch more to be 4 orie ^ ^ s cas ^ * ifW ; e degire a papular as well as -a , faitjiful and judicious translation of the Holy Scriptures . That bar authorized Version of the
Bible , as a whole , excfels all others in thfe Englfeh langpitage , is , I believe ; tfte ^ fiit 5 rkl and established opintoh * Lik& its ^ at ori ^ hal , it is sfmp l ^ and stiblxm ^ : &M VVere this bpinioii
more variable at presfent , tfeah it was formerl y * ilt is presumed , that in a question of literary taste , the judgment of such men as Swift and Addi *
son , Joifnson and Blair , might be almost deemed decisive . Now these aiittoorfc have tiniformly barne testi * riiony to its general merit . " Nd tr&nklatiob / ' says the Dean , " out coiitftry ever prodtieed , hath come up to that of the Old and New
Testament , The translators of the BiHe were masters of ah Englisli style , much fitter for that work than any we see in our present writings ; which , I take to be owing to the simplicity that runs through the whole , arid
which is cfne of the greatest perfections in any language . ' ^* Now , if . we ekaitiiiie tnost 6 f the modern Efrgifish tr ^ nslsttWns by this rule , we shsill find tHem grievously deficient . The obscure ofr avvkward expressions occasidnbtlly to be met with in the comitidn ^ ble , seem tb have arisen chiefly
from madVertence ; but our new trans- * laitors appear to have laboured for awkward e ^ pressibhs ^ , utid taken paih ^ to render themseWes obscure : a sel ^ ctibti 6 f ^? hrafee ^ might easily " he made ^ froni tbeir works , which , putting taste dut Of tlie question , bid defiance to
the hutd ^ n understaridihg . Now , if yoii taike aWay froth the venerable simplicity of the Scriptures , you detract from rtieit energy and usefulness . We ftirg fo tMe Patriarchs ^ nd the Proheits u the sweet Psalmist of
p ; Israeij" the great Teacher and Prophet of Nazareth ; the Apostle of the Gentiles ; iirid the Fishermen of Galilee 5 wheti we see them arrayed in the " * Letter to the Lord High Treasurer .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1824, page 212, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2523/page/20/
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