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The one is the publication of the first English New Testament, the other THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE, by MYLES COVERDALE. The one was the first unlocking of the treasures of Divine truth to those who could read their native tongue, the other was the unfolding to them of the whole of that Revelation which God has given for our instruction in righteousness. The accompanying specimen page (over leaf) may exhibit a sample of the simple style of Coverdale's renderings ;in one respect his version greatly resembles that of LUTHER;-in its being often paraphrastic, and in the boldness with which it renders passages of peculiar difficulty. It must not, however, be supposed that the translation is merely loose; it often keeps so close to the original texts, that in the Old Testament we can trace positively what Hebrew Bible he used; for his version faithfully follows the edition of SEBASTIAN MUNSTER, in those places in which that edition varies from any other which had been then pointed. This fact will in itself demonstrate that he must have been a competent Hebrew scholar; and that although he used as aids other versions in German and Latin, yet he was not dependent upon them :-they were his aids and not his authorities. A collation, however, of every part of the version proves that he worked upon the original texts :—this is sometimes shown in his using expressions which are peculiar in themselves. One Volume, crown 4to., cloth, 30s.; neat calf, marbled edges, 40s.; calf, half extra, gilt leaves, 45s.; Turkey morocco, or Russia, 55s. LARGE PAPER COPIES, cloth, 588.; Turkey morocco, or Russia, 90s. a B C The liij. Chapter. UT who geueth credence vnto oure preachinge? "Or to who is the arme of the LORDE knowne? He shal growe before the LORDE like as a brauch, as a rote in a drie grounde. He shal haue nether because he shal geue ouer his soule to death, *shalbe rekened amonge the transgressours, which neuertheles shal take awaye ŷ synnes of the multitude, and make intercession for the myszdoers. The liiij. Chapter. bewty ner fauore. When we loke vpon him, THEREFORE be glad now, thou bare that b C there shalbe no fayrnesse: we shal haue no lust vnto him. He shalbe the most symple despised of all, which yet hath good experience of sorowes infirmities. We shal reken him so symple so vyle, that we shal hyde oure faces fro him. Howbeit (of a treuth) he only taketh awaye oure infirmite, a beareth oure payne: "Yet we shal iudge him, as though he were plaged and cast downe of God: where as he (not withstōdinge) shal be wouded for oure offences, smytten for oure wickednes. For the payne of oure punyshmet shalbe layde vpo him, with his stripes shal we be healed. C As for vs, we go all astraye (like shepe), euery one turneth his owne waye. But thorow him, the LORDE pardoneth all oure synnes. He shal be payned troubled, ad shal not ope his mouth. He shalbe led as a shepe to be slayne, yet shal he be as still as a lambe before the shearer, not open his mouth. He shal be had awaye, his cause not herde, without eny iudgment: Whose generacion yet no man maye nombre, when he shalbe cut of fro the grounde of the lyvinge: Which punyshment shal go vpon him, for the transgression of my people. His graue shalbe geue him with the cödemned, & his crucifienge with the theues, Where as he dyd neuer violence ner vnright, nether hath there bene eny disceatfulnesse in his mouth. Yet hath it pleased & LORDE to smyte him with infirmite, "that when he had made his soule an offeringe for synne, he might se a lōge lastinge sede. And this device of the LORDE shal prospere in his honde. With trauayle and laboure of his soule, shal he optayne greate riches. My rightuous seruaunt shall with his wisdome iustifie delyuer the multitude, for he shal beare awaye their synnes. Therfore wil I geue him the multitude for his parte, he shal deuyde the strōge spoyle bearest not. Reioyce, synge & be mery, thou art not with childe: For the desolate hath moo children, 'then the maried wife, saieth the LORDE. Make thy tente wyder, sprede out the hanginges of thine habitaciō: spare not, laye forth thy coardes, and make fast thy stakes: for thou shalt breake out on the right syde and on the left, thy sede shal haue Getiles in possession, ad dwel in the desolate cities. Feare not, for thou shalt not be confouded: Be not ashamed, for thou shalt not come to confucion. Yee thou shalt forget the shame off thy youth, and shalt not remembre the dishonoure of thy wedowheade. For he that made the, shalbe thy LORDE husbonde (whose name is the LORDE of hoostes)" thine avenger shalbe euen the holy one off Israel, the LORDE of the whole worlde. For the LORDE shal call the, beinge as a desolate soroufull woman, and as a yonge wife that hath broken hir wedlocke: saieth thy God. me. A litle while haue I forsaken the, "but with B greate mercifulnes shal I take the vp vnto Whe I was angrie, I hid my face from the for a litle season, but thorow euerlastinge goodnesse shal I pardon the, saieth the LORDE thine avenger. And this must be vnto me, as the water of Noe: For like as I haue sworney I wil not bringe the water off Noe eny more vpō the worlde: So haue I sworne, " I wil neuer be angrie with the, ner reproue the: The mountaynes shall remoue, the hilles shal fall downe: but my louynge kyndnesse shal not moue, and the bonde off my peace shal not fall downe frō ŷ, saieth y LORDE thy merciful louer. Beholde, thou poore, vexed despised: I wil make thy walles of precious stones, thy foundacio of Saphires, thy wyndowes off Cristall, thi gates of fyne cleare stone, thy borders of pleasaūt stones. Thy childrē shal SAMUEL BAGSTER AND SONS, 15, PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON. The Genevan Testament with all the Notes, etc. THE NEVVE TESTAMENT OF OVR LORD IESUS CHRIST. Conferred diligently with the Greke, and best approued translations. VVith the arguments, aswel before the chapters, as for euery Boke and Epistle, also diuersities of readings, and moste profitable annotations of all harde places: whereunto is added a copious Table. 'God by tyme restoreth truth and maketh her victorious.' At Geneva Printed by Conrad Badius. M.D.LVII. This is an exact Reprint of the Original Version, which was undoubtedly executed by one or more of those exiles in the reign of Mary, who in the foreign countries in which they had found refuge, still cared for the wants of their countrymen at home. 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