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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... respecting different species of insects and reptiles , as well as of wild beasts and rapacious birds . He also employed butchers to dissect different animals , at his own house , that by examining their different parts , he might ...
... respecting different species of insects and reptiles , as well as of wild beasts and rapacious birds . He also employed butchers to dissect different animals , at his own house , that by examining their different parts , he might ...
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... Respecting the edition of 1539 , Luther wrote to his friend Pontanus on the 20th of September , of that year , in which he thus expresses his desire : " I hope the Anhalt noblemen and gentlemen will take care that there be at least ...
... Respecting the edition of 1539 , Luther wrote to his friend Pontanus on the 20th of September , of that year , in which he thus expresses his desire : " I hope the Anhalt noblemen and gentlemen will take care that there be at least ...
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... respecting its meaning , which he hoped would be consonant to their own . After this introduction , he stated the articles of the edict , and proposed his opinions as to the sense of them , and , in particular , respecting the decree ...
... respecting its meaning , which he hoped would be consonant to their own . After this introduction , he stated the articles of the edict , and proposed his opinions as to the sense of them , and , in particular , respecting the decree ...
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... respecting the doctrines of Luther , which he afterward embraced , and , on obtain- ing the throne , determined to support . His first object was the dissemination of the Scriptures throughout his dominions . To effect this , he ordered ...
... respecting the doctrines of Luther , which he afterward embraced , and , on obtain- ing the throne , determined to support . His first object was the dissemination of the Scriptures throughout his dominions . To effect this , he ordered ...
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... respecting the Epistle of St. James , calling it " a proper epistle of straw , " com- pared with the other Epistles . In the third , which is wholly the translator's own composition , " he praises the goodness and mercy of God in having ...
... respecting the Epistle of St. James , calling it " a proper epistle of straw , " com- pared with the other Epistles . In the third , which is wholly the translator's own composition , " he praises the goodness and mercy of God in having ...
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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.