,transcribed from the #ahgj ,strahan ,co4 edition by ,david ,price4 ,picture3 ,decorative header ,,biblical ,,revision ,its ,duties and ,conditions 99 99 99 99 99 ,a ,,sermon ,,preached ,,in ,,st4 ,,paul',s ,,cathedral ,,at ,,the ,,special ,,evening ,,service1 ,,on ,,sunday1 ,,march #ac1 #ahgj 99 99 99 99 99 ,,by ,,henry ,,alford1 ,d4,d4 ,,dean ,,of ,,canterbury4 99 99 99 99 99 ,picture3 ,decorative divider 99 99 99 99 99 ,,strahan ,,co41 ,,publishers #ef1 ,,ludgate ,,hill #ahgj 99 99 99 99 99 ,picture3 ,decorative header 8,every scribe that is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder1 which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old40--,,matt4 xiii4 #eb4 ,,the ,scribes were the guardians of the law1 and its readers and expounders to the people4 ,it is related of ,ezra1 that he was 8a ready scribe in the law of ,moses which the ,lord ,god of ,israel had given3 he had prepared his heart to seek the law of the ,lord1 and to do it1 and to teach in ,israel statutes and judgments40 ,but in exercising this guardianship the ,scribes were only representing the ,church of which they were members4 ,they were a class of persons told off for especial attention to this duty1 which in fact belonged to the whole community4 ,to the ,jews as a people1 the ,apostle tells us1 were committed the oracles of ,god3 and the ,church in all times is the witness and keeper of ,holy ,writ1 as of a sacred deposit committed to her4 ,the character assigned in the text to the ,scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven1 belongs1 in all its particulars1 to her1 who both is the sum1 and constitutes the ideal1 of all such guardians and expounders4 ,with these few preliminary remarks1 we may apply our ,lord's words immediately to ourselves4 ,the ,christian ,church throughout the world is now the guardian of the ,holy ,scriptures4 ,all that the ,jews had1 we have1 with the inestimably precious addition of the ,new ,testament of our ,lord ,jesus ,christ4 ,these ,scriptures all ,christians regard as the revelation of ,god to man4 ,other works rise and are built up from below3 this alone we receive as let down upon us from above4 ,all art1 all science1 all theology1 which is but a system built up by inferences from ,scripture1 these are of man1 and constructed on earth4 ,they may rise higher1 and become truer1 as one race is advanced in skill or in knowledge2 but they began below1 and will ever carry with them the infirmity of all that is born on earth4 ,whereas the sayings and the lessons of this book are not of man1 nor did they take their beginnings here4 ,they have come to us indeed through human words1 and by means of human action2 but they did not arise originally in the breasts of men2 they came from ,him who is ,himself the first spring of morals and the highest fountain of truth4 ,between philosophy reared up from below1 and the facts1 and rules1 and motives1 which they disclose1 there is always a gap which our reason cannot bridge over4 ,god's sovereignty1 man's free will--,god's creative agency1 man's inductions of science--,god's interference with physical order1 man's establishment of physical law--one member of each of these pairs will ever remain discontinuous from1 and in the estimate of human reason irreconcileable with1 the other4 ,and because this ,book is unlike all other books1 because its voice comes to us from another place1 and is heard in deeper and more secret chambers of our being than all other voices1 because its sayings have for our humanity a searching and conserving and healing power which none other possess1 therefore it is that to keep these ,holy ,scriptures in all their integrity as delivered down to her is the solemn trust of the ,church throughout the world3 a trust simple1 direct1 indefeasible4 ,now when ,i say the ,church throughout the world1 and in all ,i shall say in these or like terms to-night1 ,i am using the words in their very widest sense4 ,i mean by the ,church no less than our ,article defines it to be1 8the great congregation of faithful men in which the pure ,word of ,god is preached1 and the ,sacraments are duly administered according to ,christ's ordinance40 ,i mean the whole body1 wherever dwelling1 however ordered and denominated1 who take the ,scriptures for their rule of life and for their ultimate appeal4 ,on the whole of this body rests this trust1 to preserve the purity and integrity of ,holy ,scripture4 ,now of course this duty concerns primarily the ,scripture in the form in which it was given to man3 the one sacred text1 existing for us at this day in the very language in which it was originally written4 ,in plain words1 by way of illustration3 if the universal ,church were at this day commanded to lay up a copy of this deposit1 as the ,law was laid up in the ark of the ,covenant1 that one copy would consist of the ,old ,testament in ,hebrew and the ,new ,testament in ,greek4 ,but now comes in a necessity for the exercise of judgment on the part of the scribe instructed unto the kingdom of heaven3 in other words1 on the part of the ,church4 ,when we speak of these two sacred texts1 we speak in fact of a store of both4 ,these texts have been transmitted by human means4 ,they exist for us in many forms1 coincident in the main1 but varying more or less from one another1 principally through infirmities incident to transcription in ancient times4 ,the great mass of these variations concerns matters of relatively small importance4 ,in primitive ,christian times believers were too intensely employed about the great interests of the ,redeemer's kingdom1 to be very careful about the mere letter of the ,scripture narrative4 ,whether in one and the same phrase our ,lord went1 or came1 or journeyed1--whether ,he said1 or answered1 or spoke1 or answered and said1 was to them small matter3 and thus we have these and hundreds of such as these insignificant variations in the different ancient manuscript copies of our ,new ,testament4 ,but there are1 and in no small number1 other variations affecting the sense1--modifying the facts of the history1 diverting the course of argument1 changing the tendency of exhortation4 ,and it is with regard to these that the ,church1 trusted as she is with the ,scriptures1 is bound to bring things old out of her treasures3 to seek back for the most ancient and best attested of the variations1 and to hold that fast as the text1 rejecting the others3 or1 if none can be found whose evidence sufficiently preponderates1 to publish to all the fact that it is so4 ,less than this will not be a faithful discharge of the trust3 cannot satisfy her feeling of reverence for ,god's word4 ,now before we can proceed to any application of what has already been said1 we must advance further in the duty of the ,church as the ,guardian of ,scripture4 ,the ,word of ,god was not given to be laid up and hidden1 but to go forth and to be understood4 ,that faith which is to save the nations1 cometh by hearing1 and hearing cometh by the ,word of ,god4 ,but the nations are not able to understand the ,scriptures as they were given4 ,and therefore it was very early recognised as a duty of each ,church to provide the ,scriptures for her members in their own language3 to bring out of her stores not only things old1--the genuine and venerable text of the word1 but also things new1--the new garment or vehicle of that sacred text1 its expression in her vernacular language4 ,and here let it never be forgotten1 that though we believe ,scripture to be a thing divine1 a version1 every version1 of ,scripture must of necessity be a thing human2 must be liable to imperfection and error1 and capable of correction and improvement4 ,it is in fact1 after all1 little more than a comment or speculation upon ,scripture4 ,a few of the simplest considerations serve to shew this4 ,take but these4 ,in almost every sentence where there is fervour of feeling1 or precision of argument1 or graphic description1 we are totally unable to give in the version the living force of the original4 ,we are obliged to enquire what is the general sense of that which is vividly represented1 and to devise some ,english words which will as nearly as possible convey it to the mind3 and thus the power and charm are lost4 ,again1 where an original word may have two or more meanings1 giving to the sentence where it occurs a corresponding variety of applications to life or doctrine2 in our rendering we are obliged1 because there is no corresponding word of ours alike fertile in signification1 to exclude all but one of these senses4 ,on the other hand1 where the original employed some word of but one perfectly plain sense1 we are often constrained to use a term in our tongue which1 bearing an ambiguous meaning1 weakens that sense1 or even obliterates it altogether4 ,any one may see1 from even these scanty hints1 how difficult1 how unsatisfactory at the best1 must be the discharge of this portion of the trust3 how utterly impossible it is that there should ever be a perfect or final version of the ,scriptures3 how the ,church1 the ,scribe entrusted with the custody and provision of ,god's word for the souls of her members1 is bound to bring out of her stores ever from age to age things new1 fresh and more accurate renderings of such phrases of ,scripture as time and use may prove to have been inaccurately represented4 ,and observe1 before we pass on to the account of our own situation in these respects1 that this duty incumbent on the ,church is to be performed quite irrespectively of any beauty or aptness of outward form which such rendering may happen to possess4 ,an erroneous rendering of a ,scripture phrase may have been so well put into words1 may carry a sound so terse and epigrammatic1 as to have sunk deep into the mind of a nation and to have become one of its household sayings4 ,but who would accept the excuse of beauty or aptness in the case of anything else wrongly come by8 ,it is strange that in this case only has any such argument been used and allowed4 ,now we in this land possess a version of the ,holy ,scriptures which may challenge comparison for faithfulness1 for simplicity1 and for majesty1 with any that the world has ever seen4 ,perhaps its chief defect is that it admits of being too highly praised4 ,its pure use of our native tongue1 the exquisite balance and music of its sentences1 the stately march of its periods1 the hold on the memory taken by the very alliterations and antitheses1 which were the manner of writing when it was made1--these and a hundred other charms which invest almost every verse1 make us love it even to excess4 ,and when we intensify all these claims to our affection by the fact that it has been for centuries1 and is now1 the vehicle to this great ,english race of all that is pure and holy and lovely and of good report1 the first lesson of infancy1 the guide of mature life1 the comforter of sickness and death1 we can hardly be surprised that many1 and some of the best among us1 refuse to see its faults1 and are unable to contemplate with any content the prospect of their being corrected4 ,it is a spirit for which we ought to be deeply thankful1 this earnest and affectionate cleaving to the ,english version of the ,scriptures4 ,but good as it is1 there is one thing better4 ,and that is1 the humble reverence for ,god's word1 rendering a man willing to make any sacrifice for the sake1 if it may be1 of nearer approach to ,his truth4 ,and as the public mind has lately been and now is stirred regarding this matter1 ,i think it may not be a wrong use of our time to-night1 if ,i venture to speak to you of that part of the subject which especially belongs to the pulpit3 avoiding details1 and trying to remind you in our own case of the need for thinking of the duty at this time1 and of our own means of performing it2 taking into account1 by the way1 the principal objections urged against our putting it in hand4 ,the necessity of thinking of the duty at this time arises from two causes1 setting in contrast our own circumstances with those under which our version was made3 one relating to the things old1 the other to the things new4 ,when that version was made1 rather when it was constructed and amended out of former ones1 the available sources whence the sacred text was to be derived were very few indeed1 and those for the most part not of a high order4 ,in almost every case where the real text is matter of doubt1 and has to be ascertained by evidence1 our translators had not that evidence before them4 ,by far the greater and more important part of it was not brought to light in any trustworthy form till within the memory of living men4 ,nay1 one of its most ancient and principal witnesses has been within the last few years discovered and given to the ,church4 ,and the consequence is that1 setting aside all cases of indifferent or unimportant variations1 there is by this time an immense weight of responsibility pressing on the ,church with regard to these varieties of reading3 a weight which it seems to me only those can be contented to rest under1 who are not aware of its magnitude4 ,we1 the ,churches of ,christ in this land1 are causing to be read to our people1 to take but a single very solemn instance1 words respecting one of the foundation doctrines of the faith which are demonstrably no part of ,scripture at all4 ,and we of the ,church of ,england are doing worse3 we are reading those words by special selection1 implying that they convey a proof of that doctrine1 on the ,sunday set apart by its name4 ,this is perhaps the most prominent example3 but there is no lack of others3 we might quote instances where the text found in our ,english ,bibles1 which passes current with millions for the word of ,god1 has but the very slenderest1 if any authority to rest upon1 and where other words1 which very few of those millions ever heard of1 really are1 according to the ,church's own belief respecting ,scripture1 the message of ,god to men4 ,we might produce examples again1 where the evidence of the great authorities is so nearly balanced1 that to the end of time1 if no more witnesses are discovered1 the question never can be decided which of two or more is the true reading4 ,now there is no reason to think that there was any fault in our translators as regards this matter4 ,where they in their time knew of an important variation1 they noted it in their margin1 or indicated it by the type of their text4 ,but in the great majority of cases1 the fact was not1 and could not be1 within their knowledge at all4 ,upon us in our own time has it fallen to carry out their principles with the vastly extended light which ,god has shed upon us4 ,but1 it is asked1 are we able to do this8 ,as regards the text of the ,new ,testament1 where these variations principally occur1 certainly we are4 ,the whole ground has been of late years thoroughly and repeatedly worked over1 and the evidence is well known4 ,in many of the most important of varying passages1 the decision of biblical scholars would be shortly and easily made1 which reading to adopt or reject1 or whether to take the middle course of fairly representing the uncertainty4 ,the number of such important variations is but limited2 and in most of them1 the voice of ancient testimony is all one way4 ,so that it seems to me there would be no formidable difficulty1 as regards the things old1 in setting right at this time the unavoidable errors1 and supplying what were the necessary defects1 of our ,english ,bible4 ,we now come to the second of the reasons which seem to press on the ,church at this time the duty of reviewing her stewardship of the ,holy ,scriptures2 and that reason concerns the things new--the form in which those ,scriptures are represented in the vernacular tongue4 ,in the main1 as has been already said1 we have in this respect nothing to regret1 and but very little that we should be compelled to change4 ,the character and spirit of our version are all that we can desire4 ,but it is utterly impossible for any one capable of judging to deny1 that it is disfigured by numerous blemishes1 far too important to be put by or condoned4 ,the gravest of these are due to manifest errors in rendering2 errors1 about which there could be but one opinion among biblical scholars of all religious views4 ,others have arisen from principles adopted and avowed by the translators themselves3 as1 for instance1 from the unfortunate one of allowing a number of apparently equivalent ,english words an equal right to represent one and the same word in the original1 whereby very important passages have been disguised and confused4 ,others again owe their source to causes which have come into operation since the version was made4 ,certain words have1 as time has gone on1 passed into new meanings4 ,others1 which could formerly be read without offence1 have now1 by their very occurrence1 become stumbling-blocks1 and tend to remove all solemnity1 and even all chance of fair audience1 from the passages where they occur4 ,some few blemishes may also be due 7and it is hardly possible altogether to put by this source7 to doctrinal or ecclesiastical bias on the part of the translator4 ,of the various elements which were wisely united in the body of men entrusted with the preparation of our version1 one was much weakened during the work by the death of two of its leading members3 and some apparently forced or inconsistent renderings have been thought to be not altogether unconnected with this circumstance4 ,but1 after all1 we are asked1 of what character are these blemishes4 ,do they1 do any of them1 affect points of ,christian doctrine8 ,now let it be observed1 my brethren1 that this question is in itself a fallacious one4 ,for what is ,christian doctrine8 ,is it a hard dry tabular statement of dogmas1 to be proved by a certain number of texts8 or is it the conviction of the great truths expressed by those dogmas carried into the hearts and lives of men8 ,if it be the former1 then might we1 according to the objector's argument1 dispense with nine-tenths of ,scripture altogether4 ,if the latter1 then we can spare nothing which may make it clearer or more forcible1 better apprehended or more warmly felt4 ,i am persuaded that no one can estimate the benefit which may be done to the souls of men by casting light on any one saying of our ,blessed ,lord1--by making evident a sentence before obscure in the writings of prophets or apostles4 ,and that this may be now done1 done in very important instances1 done with easy consent and effectually1 ,i am also persuaded4 ,the great principles of biblical translation have in our time engaged many able men both here and on the ,continent2 and to most of the passages in which our version has gone astray1 our chosen revisers would come with their minds firmly made up1 and ready at once to apply the remedy4 ,with regard to some other blemishes which ,i ventured to mention1 its application would be easier still4 ,few would fail to note1 or be desirous to retain1 an obsolete word2 and in the case of expressions of the other kind1 the only desire would be1 while removing the offence1 to leave unimpaired ,god's testimony against sin1 or whatever might be the solemn sense of the passage4 ,as regards the last class of blemishes mentioned1 those few which may be due to doctrinal or ecclesiastical bias1 the task might seem likely to be a hard one4 ,but ,i should be unwilling hastily to think this4 ,in many such instances1 the question1 as it would be raised among our modern scholars1 would never enter the region of opinion at all4 ,it would be simply one of faithful and consistent rendering1 to which the occurrence of the word elsewhere would furnish an easy and safe guide4 ,i trust it may be said of the ,church in our land1 that the longer she lasts1 the more she becomes aware of the futility of forcing into the sacred text any foregone conclusions3 the more she sees the importance of keeping pure from all later alloy the water which men are to draw from the wells of salvation4 ,we have thus advanced in our very hasty and incomplete sketch of this subject1 to the last branch of enquiry which we proposed3 by whom1 and how1 this review of the ,church's stewardship may be carried out4 ,in asking 8,by whom80 we are in fact putting two questions3 under what sanction1 and by what instruments4 ,to the former enquiry it might be answered1 that inasmuch as uniformity in the use of a ,scripture text is of the first importance1 it would be desirable that the version when amended should be put forth by authority4 ,but there can be little doubt that such an answer would be an inconsiderate one4 ,the procedure would defeat the very end it has in view4 ,on only one of the ,christian bodies in this country would such authority1 even if complete in her sense1 be binding4 ,and if the amended version were thus bound upon her1 we should be departing from the precedent set us in the case of our present version1 which1 whatever might be the intention of the notice that it is 8appointed to be read in churches10 appears to have made its way to universal acceptance by its intrinsic excellence1 and without any binding authorisation at all4 ,there might be various conceivable ways of undertaking the revision4 ,it might be entrusted to a body of men selected and commissioned by the highest power in the land4 ,or the action might begin1 as it is now beginning1 with one of the religious bodies among us1 and might proceed1 not confined to that body alone1 but extended so as to take in such of the rest as might be willing to aid4 ,but1 however undertaken1 the result should be put forth to make its way simply and entirely on its merits1 and as approving itself to the conscience and judgment of the ,churches of ,christ4 ,and we are thus brought to answer the second member of this enquiry1 ,by what instruments should the revision be carried out8 ,our last sentence has anticipated the reply4 ,such a work should no more be done by one section of the ,christian ,church than by one man4 ,the same concurrence and conflict of thought1 the same variety of experience1 the same differing shades of feeling and apprehension1 which render many men requisite for the work1 render also many ,churches requisite4 ,there is in the lay mind a natural and well-founded distrust of men who are enlisted in the warm advocacy of particular systems3 and nothing but a fair balance of the ,english ,churches in the work would command public confidence4 ,and then1 how should the work be done8 ,i do not mean1 by what kind of process or machinery3 the necessarily arduous details would be best judged of by those engaged in it3 but ,i mean1 guided by what maxims1 in accordance with what rules8 ,the task may fairly be compared to the mending and restoration of a goodly piece of ancient mosaic-work4 ,and such a comparison may guide us to one leading rule which should dominate the whole process4 ,nothing should be touched of the fair fabric which can possibly remain3 and all that is of necessity new should be in strictest harmony with the old4 ,so that the ear1 while of course missing from the altered sentence the expression so long familiar1 should find it superseded1 not by a startling modernism1 but by words worthy to stand beside those which remain4 ,those who are acquainted with the history of our present version will recognise in this rule the repetition of one which its compilers had before them4 ,on this matter1 ,i conceive there need be no alarm whatever4 ,any body of ,english biblical scholars1 with the responsibility upon them of purifying our version1 would be at least as anxious to preserve its characteristic excellences as any could be1 who were not so deeply aware what those excellences are4 ,and let it be observed1 that in this matter a version for public and general use would of necessity differ from such as may have been put forth for private benefit by individual scholars4 ,in those1 it may have been desired to give to the ,english bible-student some idea of the niceties and precise constructions of the original4 ,in the amended version1 there should be no such design1 unless where our ordinary ,english will fully and freely admit of it3 no merely grammatical changes of tense or inference1 which might give awkwardness or stiffness to what was before plainly and conventionally expressed4 ,from what has already been said1 it will be clear that this revision of the ,church's stewardship cannot be brought about merely by the insertion of marginal notices or varieties4 ,we all know how little chance the margin has of being observed or known3 and it would be a still more fatal objection that1 in the great majority of ,bibles1 the requisite of cheapness precludes any marginal printing at all4 ,there might indeed with advantage be an addition of marginal notices in matters of secondary importance3 but all necessary substantial revision must be made in the text itself1 or it seems to me we are exceeding and not fulfilling our duty4 ,there remains but one more consideration1 without which we can hardly dismiss our subject4 ,will not1 it has been asked1 the varying of expressions in our version tend to disturb that confidence and reliance with which its words are generally regarded among ,english ,christians8 ,first ,i would observe that this argument1 as against the discharge of a solemn trust1 is worthless2 and secondly1 that ,i have no dread of the consequence apprehended4 ,the ,church of ,england has used for two centuries and a half1 two distinct versions of the ,psalms1 varying to a degree but little appreciated1--and with no such disturbing result4 ,it is not a little remarkable1 that a precisely similar objection was raised at the time of the undertaking of our present version1--but it was by the ,romanists4 ,they complained of the unsettling effect of these frequent changes1 and of the marginal readings as leaving men in doubt what was the truth of ,scripture4 ,with what reason1 let the firm hold which that amended version has kept be witness4 ,and now in drawing to an end1 let us ask ourselves1 why it is that the conscience of the ,church is moved about this matter8 why it is that1 a desire which not long since stirred only in a few breasts1 has now become ripe for practical settlement as to by whom and how it is to be satisfied8 ,and the answer is to be sought in that conscience itself4 ,it brings to light the estimation in which this ,christian people have come to hold the precious deposit entrusted to them4 ,it is a result of the awakened enquiry1 the honest fearless research which have been and are being widely spent upon every point connected with ,holy ,scripture3 a higher value set1 not in spite of but because of that inquiry and research1 on a treasure now no longer wrapped in the disguise of mere conventional reverence1 but opened and sparkling to every eye4 ,it is the old confession over again1--no longer from the mouth of one standing in the prophetic front of his age1 but in the hearts of ,churches walking in the fear of ,god and in the comfort of the ,holy ,ghost1--8,thy law is tried to the uttermost3 therefore thy servant loveth it40 ,in this spirit1 and in the depth of this affection1 let us contemplate the work which is proposed1 let us undertake it if undertaken it is to be3 refusing to yield our reverence for ,god's word to any overweening love for that to which we have been accustomed1 or to let go our present trust in ,his guiding ,spirit for any timid apprehensions of the peril of change3 but on the other hand doing nothing rashly1 nothing uncharitably2 respecting the opinions of our brethren1 and dealing tenderly with their prejudices4 ,and let us who are anxious for this national work remember above all things1 that it is not by our professions of esteem for ,god's word1 but by our proof of them1 that distrust will be removed and confidence inspired3 by that word being seen to be the source of our own motives1 and the rule of our life4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,end4 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 ,,printed ,,by ,,virtue ,,and ,,co4 ,,city ,,road1 ,,london4 ,,theological ,,and ,,religious ,,works ,,published ,,by ,,strahan ,,co41 #ef1 ,,ludgate ,,hill4 ,by ,henry ,alford1 ,d4,d41 ,,dean ,,of ,,canterbury4 #a4 ,,the ,,new ,,testament4 ,authorized ,version ,revised4 ,long ,primer ,edition1 ,crown #hvo41 #fs4 ,brevier ,edition1 ,fcap4 #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 ,nonpareil ,edition1 small #hvo41 cloth1 #bs42 sewed1 #as4 #f;d4 #b4 ,,essays ,,and ,,addresses1 chiefly on ,church ,subjects4 ,demy #hvo41 #gs4 #f;d4 #c4 ,,the ,,year ,,of ,,prayer2 being ,family ,prayers for the ,christian ,year4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d42 small #hvo41 #as4 #f;d4 #d4 ,,the ,,week ,,of ,,prayer4 ,an ,abridgment of 8,the ,year of ,prayer10 intended for use in ,schools4 ,neat cloth1 #i;d4 #e4 ,,the ,,year ,,of ,,praise2 being ,hymns with ,tunes for the ,sundays and ,holidays of the ,year4 ,large type1 with music1 #cs4 #f;d42 without music1 #as4 ,small type1 with music1 #as4 #f;d42 without music1 #f;d4 ,tonic ,solfa ,edition1 #as4 #f;d4 #f4 ,,how ,,to ,,study ,,the ,,new ,,testament4 ,three ,vols41 small #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 each4 #g4 ,,eastertide ,,sermons4 ,small #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #h4 ,,meditations3 ,advent1 ,creation1 and ,providence4 ,small #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 ,by the ,rev4 ,s4 ,j4 ,andrews4 ,,the ,,bible ,,student',s ,,life ,,of ,,our ,,lord4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 ,edited by the ,rev4 ,w4 ,l4 ,blackley1 ,m4,a41 and the ,rev4 ,james ,hawes1 ,m4,a4 ,,the ,,critical ,,english ,,testament3 ,being an ,adaptation of ,bengel's ,gnomon1 with numerous ,notes1 showing the ,precise ,results of ,modern ,criticism and ,exegesis4 ,complete in ,three ,volumes1 averaging #gjj pages each4 ,crown #hvo41 #fs4 each4 ,by ,horace ,bushnell1 ,d4,d4 #a4 ,,moral ,,uses ,,of ,,dark ,,things4 ,crown #hvo41 #fs4 #b4 ,,the ,,vicarious ,,sacrifice1 grounded on ,principles of ,universal ,obligation4 ,crown #hvo41 #gs4 #f;d4 #c4 ,,christ ,,and ,,his ,,salvation1 in ,sermons variously related thereto4 ,crown #hvo41 #fs4 #d4 ,,nature ,,and ,,the ,,supernatural1 as together constituting the ,one ,system of ,god4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #e4 ,,the ,,new ,,life4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #f4 ,,christian ,,nurture2 or1 the ,godly ,upbringing of ,children4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #g4 ,,the ,,character ,,of ,,jesus4 ,limp cloth1 #f;d4 ,by ,rev4 ,samuel ,cox4 ,,the ,,resurrection4 ,crown #hvo41 #es4 ,by ,r4 ,w4 ,dale1 ,m4,a4 ,,week-,,day ,,sermons4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 ,by ,dora ,greenwell4 #a4 ,,the ,,covenant ,,of ,,life ,,and ,,peace4 ,small #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #b4 ,,the ,,patience ,,of ,,hope4 ,small #hvo41 #bs4 #f;d4 ,by ,thomas ,guthrie1 ,d4,d4 #a4 ,,studies ,,of ,,character ,,from ,,the ,,old ,,testament4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #b4 ,,the ,,parables ,,read ,,in ,,the ,,light ,,of ,,the ,,present ,,day4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #c4 ,,man ,,and ,,the ,,gospel4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #d4 ,,our ,,father',s ,,business4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #e4 ,,speaking ,,to ,,the ,,heart4 ,crown #hvo41 #hs4 #f;d4 #f4 ,,the ,,angels' ,,song4 #ahmo41 #as4 #f;d4 #g4 ,,early ,,piety4 #ahmo41 #as4 #f;d4 ,,saving ,,knowledge4 ,addressed to ,young ,men4 ,by ,,thomas ,,guthrie1 ,d4,d41 and ,w4 ,g4 ,,blaikie1 ,d4,d4 ,crown #hvo44 #cs4 #f;d4 ,by ,j4 ,s4 ,howson1 ,d4,d41 ,,dean ,,of ,,chester4 #a4 ,,the ,,metaphors ,,of ,,st4 ,,paul4 ,crown #hvo41 #cs4 #f;d4 #b4 ,,proportion ,,in ,,religious ,,belief ,,and ,,religious ,,practice4 ,a ,sermon preached at the ,consecration of the ,bishop of ,carlisle4 ,demy #hvo41 #as4 ,by the ,rev4 ,john ,hunt4 ,,religious ,,thought ,,in ,,england1 from the ,reformation to the end of the ,last ,century4 ,vol4 ,i4 ,demy #hvo41 #afs4 ,by the ,rev4 ,edward ,irving4 #a4 ,,collected ,,writings4 ,five ,vols41 demy 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