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    Old Translation . According to the good hand of his God upon him . , . Artaxerxes , King of Kings , unto Ezra the Priest , a scribe of the law of the God of Heaven , perfect

    peace , and at such a time . And now for a little space grace hath been shewed frorrx the Lord our God , to leave us a remnant to escape , and to give us a nail in his holy place , that our God may lighten our eyes , and give us a little

    reviving in our bondage . Prosper thy servant . Xet the King live for ever ; He was a faithful man , arid fear cd God abov § many .

    And all the people gathered themselves together as one nian . A pulpit of wood . Hold your pe&qe . The law which the Lord commanded by Moses .

    Then stood upon the stairs , of the Levites ; Jeshua , and Bani , Kadmiel , Shebaniah , Buqni , Sherebiah , Bani , and Chenani .

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    'New Translation . By the gracious aid of God . Artaxerxes , King of Kings , tQ Ezra the Priest , and perfect scribe of the law of the Godi of- Heaven * and so forth .

    And now for a short time favour hath been shown to us by Jehovah our God , in causing a few of us to escape , aiid continue , and granting us an opportunity of repairing his holy place , so that God hath lighted yp our ^ yes , and afforded as a small respite in the midst of our servitude .

    Do thou cause thy servant to succeed . May the King live for ever ? He was a man of fidelity , and

    revered God more than the genera * - lity : After this the people assembled together unanimously . A stage of wood . Hush ^

    The law which Jehovah enjoin ^ ed by the mediation of Moses . And the Levites , Jeshua and others , got upon the raised place where Ezra had stood .

    The reader will have perceived that Mr . B . ' s version is often paraphrastic . Many explanatory remarks that seem to belong to the margin are put into italics , and interwoven with the text , which is thus not only greatly swoln out but also deprived of much of its simplicity . We acknowledge , however , that to have thrown all these remarks into notes at the foot of the

    page would have interrupted and perplexed the reader , and that the text oq the present plan , though less concise and elegant , and even genuine , is more intelligible . As a specimen of Mr , B . ' s skill as a paraphrast , we extract his translation of the proem of John ' s Gospel , which is rendered according to the ingenious interpretation of Mr . Cappe . « .. *

    < c In the beginning of the Gospel dispensation was the Rcvealer of the word , and the Revealer qf the word wa $ so with God , so perfectly instructed / jy him , that in effect God was tl ^ e B ^ evealer of the word , that is it was not so properly he that spake to men , as God that spoke to them 7 * 7 / him . He was in the beginning with God , all things relating / p the Gospel were by him , and without him , independently of his authority and direction , was not any thing done that has been done . By him was

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1806, page 92, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1721/page/36/