Our own English Bible : its translators and their work : the manuscript period . country, connected as they are with some ofthe most eventful epochs in our national history, areeminently suggestive. It is in this spirit that we propose to treat the literary examination of the Text, showing especiallyour eternal indebtedness to the great martyr-translator,William Tyndale, has been admirably accomplished byDr. Westcott and Dr. Moulton. And this will alwaysinterest the scholar, and may be carried farther still withprofit, on the lines indicated by them. But we proposeto look upon its
Our own English Bible : its translators and their work : the manuscript period . country, connected as they are with some ofthe most eventful epochs in our national history, areeminently suggestive. It is in this spirit that we propose to treat the literary examination of the Text, showing especiallyour eternal indebtedness to the great martyr-translator,William Tyndale, has been admirably accomplished byDr. Westcott and Dr. Moulton. And this will alwaysinterest the scholar, and may be carried farther still withprofit, on the lines indicated by them. But we proposeto look upon its external history perhaps in a more leisurelyfashion than has yet been attempted; to see how it grew,and what versions preceded it; how far it influencedthe religious life of the nation, and sometimes how little;whether it was a sacred power above the battle and abovethe banner in the long early days when men laid aboutthem at their wills and died; how it wandered about insheepskins and goatskins until the open sesame of theprinter was heard; and how then it slowly worked its. GLASTONBURY ABBEY. THE MANUSCRIPT PERIOD • 5 way right into the centre of all Christian teaching, neverto be dislodged. English people commonly feel an interestin these things, and it s for them we write. Of course, before we had the Bible in an English dressat all, the usual manuscripts reached our shores, and weremultiplied by hands more or less skilful. No line of theOld Testament ever travelled here until the influence of theNew brought it. God spake in time past unto the Fathers
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