Illustrations of Biblical Literature, Exhibiting the History and Fate of the Sacred Writings, from the Earliest Period to the Present Century: Including Biographical Notices of Translators and Other Eminent Biblical Scholars, Volume 2Carlton & Phillips, 1856 - Bible |
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... given in a letter of Sir John Pringle's to J. D. Michaelis , dated 1769 . The late Mr. Handel , that celebrated musician , told me , that Luther had even com- posed the music of his psalms and hymns , and which he said was so excellent ...
... given in a letter of Sir John Pringle's to J. D. Michaelis , dated 1769 . The late Mr. Handel , that celebrated musician , told me , that Luther had even com- posed the music of his psalms and hymns , and which he said was so excellent ...
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... given me grace to learn and understand his Holy Word better than I did before , when I was involved in darkness . " A second edition of this work was , however , soon called for , and in 1518 it was reprinted at Leipsic in folio by ...
... given me grace to learn and understand his Holy Word better than I did before , when I was involved in darkness . " A second edition of this work was , however , soon called for , and in 1518 it was reprinted at Leipsic in folio by ...
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... given it an attentive perusal . The address may be found at full length , both in English and Danish , in the first part of the Rev. Dr. E. Henderson's Dissertation on Hans Mikkelsen's Translation of the New Testament , 4to ...
... given it an attentive perusal . The address may be found at full length , both in English and Danish , in the first part of the Rev. Dr. E. Henderson's Dissertation on Hans Mikkelsen's Translation of the New Testament , 4to ...
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... given a considerable degree of stiffness to many parts of the translation , and also occasioned some obscurity ; yet it must be evident to every one who examines it with impar- tiality , that Paul Eliæ * uses the exaggerated language of ...
... given a considerable degree of stiffness to many parts of the translation , and also occasioned some obscurity ; yet it must be evident to every one who examines it with impar- tiality , that Paul Eliæ * uses the exaggerated language of ...
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... given of the different instruments of Hebrew music that are mentioned in the Psalms ; and several observations are made respecting the genius of the Hebrew language , such as the frequent changes of person , tense , & c . , which show ...
... given of the different instruments of Hebrew music that are mentioned in the Psalms ; and several observations are made respecting the genius of the Hebrew language , such as the frequent changes of person , tense , & c . , which show ...
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Page 161 - Inasmuch as it is manifest from experience, that if the Holy Bible, translated into the vulgar tongue, be indiscriminately allowed to every one, the temerity of men will cause more evil than good to arise from it, it is, on this point, referred to the judgment of the bishops, or inquisitors, who may, by the advice of the priest, or confessor, permit the reading of the Bible translated into the vulgar tongue by Catholic authors, to those persons whose faith...
Page 44 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 485 - And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Page 44 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 84 - I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, to give a reckoning of our doings, that I never altered one syllable of God's word against my conscience, nor would this day, if all that is in the earth, whether it be pleasure, honour, or riches, might be given me.
Page 96 - That every Parson, or Proprietary of any ParishChurch within this Realm, shall on this Side the Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula next coming, provide a Book of the whole Bible, both in Latin, and also in English, and lay the same in the Quire, for every Man that will to read and look therein...
Page 396 - The highest eulogiums have been pronounced on the translation of James I., both by our own writers and by foreigners ; and indeed if accuracy, fidelity, and the strictest attention to the letter of the text, be supposed to constitute the qualities of an excellent version, this, of all versions, must, in general, be accounted the most excellent.
Page 415 - An Essay toward the Amendment of the last English Translation of the Bible ; or, a Proof, by many Instances, that the late Translation of the Bible into English may be improved.
Page 94 - And that moreover his Majesty would vouchsafe to " decree, that the Scriptures should be translated into the " vulgar tongue, by some honest and learned men, to be " nominated by the King, and to be delivered unto the " people according to their learning.
Page 156 - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.