"An esteemed protestant version, the notes of which superseded those of Desmarets. There is a quarto edition, without the notes. The octavo Hanover edition has an excellent preface, by M. L'Enfant."---Formey's Conseils pour former une Bibliothèque.

"Mr. Martin revised the Geneva edition of the French Bible, and corrected it so materially, that it is frequently considered as a new translation. The short notes contain much good sense, learning, and piety."-Horne's Introduction to the Study of the Scriptures, vol 2, (Appendix,) p. 201. London, 1828. Of this esteemed translation an excellent edition was published at Paris, in 1 vol. 8vo. 1820.

-Les Livres de l'ancien Testament, historiés en françois, par Frère Julian Macho et Pierre Ferget. Pet. in fol. goth.

First edition of the Old Testament, in French. It is printed in double columns, with the type used by Buyer, in his edition of the New Testament, printed in the same manner, at Lyons.

-La Sainte Bible, par Ostervald, avec argumens et réflexions, &c. Neufchâtel, 1744, 2 vols. fol.

This edition, says Barbier, in his Bibl. d'un Homme de Goût, vol. 5, p. 379, was printed under the immediate inspection of M. Ostervald, who compared the common version with the original text, the vulgate, &c. and the greater part of modern translations, without any mixture of controversial subjects.

"M. Ostervald was an eminent divine of the French protestant church; his arguments and reflections are very valuable, and have been liberally consulted by later commentators. A de

tached translation of them, in 3 vols. 8vo. was published by Mr. Chamberlayne in the early part of the eighteenth century, at the request and under the patronage of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge.”—Horne's Introduction, &c. vol. 2, (Appendix,) p. 202.

-LE NOUVEAU TESTAMENT, traduit en françois, sur le Grec, avec des notes, par N. de Beausobre and D. L'Enfant. Amsterdam, 1718, 2 vols. 4to.

"To complete this excellent work, there should be added, Remarques historiques, critiques, et philologiques, sur le Nouveau Testament, par M. Beausobre, 4to. A la Haye, 1742. This, though a posthumous work, is very valuable, and contains many excellent and judicious observations, briefly expressed, but which nevertheless comprise the substance of remarks, offered by the best interpreters."-Horne's Introduction, &c. vol. 2, (Appendix,) p. 242.

BOSSUET (Jacques B.)

Sermons et Oraisons Funebres. Paris 1772— 1808, 19 vols. 12mo.

"The sermons of Bossuet place him incontestably in the first line of preachers; and even leave it open to argument, whether he be not the first in that line. Bourdaloue and Masillon alone can dispute his pre-eminence. Nothing in the sermons of either equals in splendour or sublimity, a multitude of passages, which may be produced from the sermons of Bossuet; and he has little of Masillon's too frequent monotony, or of the cold dialectic, which occasionally retards the beautiful march of

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Bourdaloue. On the other hand, Bossuet has not the continued elegance and grace of Masillon; and an advocate of Bourdaloue might contend, that if Bourdaloue appear to yield. to Bossuet in sublimity, it is only because the sublimity of Bourdaloue is more familiar, and therefore less imposing. Those who read sermons merely for their literary merit, will prefer the sermons of Masillon to those of Bourdaloue and Bossuet; on the other hand, the profound theology of the sermons of Bossuet, and the countless passages in them of true sublimity and exquisite pathos, will lead many to give him a decided preference over both his rivals. But those who read sermons for instruction, and whose chief object, in the perusal of them, is to be excited to virtue, or confirmed in her paths, will generally consider Bourdaloue as the first of preachers, and every time they peruse him, it will be with new delight. No sermons possess, in so great a degree, the indescribable eharm of simplicity; and no composition, sacred or profane, contains any thing, which, in grace or effect, exceeds that insensible rise from mere instruction into eloquence, of which Bourdaloue scarcely has a sermon that does not furnish more than one example

"To Bourdaloue other merits must be added, particularly the perfection of his style. Always plain, always unambitious, he appears to strike by what he says, and not by the manner of his saying it.

"Few sermons of Bossuet were published before the benedictine edition of his works made its appearance. They fill three volumes of that edition."-Works of C. Butler, vol. 3, pp. 282-3.

"Bossuet's sermon on the Unity of the Church (says Cardinal Maury) which he preached at the opening of the Assembly of French Clergy in 1681, appears to me the finest ever pro

nounced from a pulpit, and consequently the grandest composition which has ever appeared in any language. It is an oratorical creation, and stands alone; a prodigy of erudition, of eloquence, of wisdom and of genius. The exordium is eminently fine; it has all the fire, the inspiration, and the splendid imagery of prophecy !"-See BOSSUET, Euvres Complètes.

BOURDALOUE (le P.)

Sermons, publiés par le Père Bretonneau. Paris, 1707, 16 vols. 8vo.

"Bourdaloue, with a collected air, had little action; with eyes generally half closed, he penetrated the hearts of the people by the sound of a voice uniform and solemn. The tone with which a sacred orator pronounced the words---Tu es ille vir, Thou art the man,' in suddenly addressing them to one of the Kings of France, struck more forcibly than their application. Madame de Sévigné describes our preacher by saying, Father Bourdaloue thunders at Notre Dame.' D'Israeli's Curiosities of Literature, vol. 1. p. 473.

"The style and imagery of Bourdaloue seem to rush upon us with the force of a mountain-torrent; he is the Demosthenes of French divines; but it cannot be denied that his art is too apparent; and that all the subordinate parts of his composition seem to be purposely kept down, in order to sharpen the force of his logic, and to aggravate the tenor of his invective. In the higher departments of sermon composition, he is, doubtless, without a rival; and our Horsley seems to have had much in common with that eminent divine, as, in the deeper scenes of Christ's sufferings, and in the delineations of the day of judgment, there was much about both these preachers, which exhibited all the sublimity of which such subjects are capable."Dibdin's Library Companion, p. 93.

BROWN.

La Religion du Médecin, traduit du Latin, 1668, 18mo.

"This translation is more esteemed than the original Latin work, on account of some interesting notes which are not to be found in the original edition."

structive.

CALMET (Dom A.)

Debure, Bibliographie In

Dictionnaire Historique et Critique de la Bible, Paris 1730, 4 vols. fol. plates.

"This is a book as curious as instructive," says Barbier, in his Bibl., vol. 5, p. 382.

"A translation of this truly valuable work, with occasional remarks, was published in 1732, in three folio volumes, which having become extremely scarce, an edition was published in 1801, in two thick quarto volumes, by Mr. Taylor, with a volume of additions from books of voyages and travels, &c. under the title of Fragments. A new edition, enlarged and greatly improved, was published in 1823, in 5 volumes, 4to. The work is pleasingly illustrated with numerous engravings, which convey an accurate idea of oriental manners and customs. Calmet's Dictionary is the basis of all similar works."---Horne's Introduction, &c. vol. 2, (Appendix,) p. 292.

-Dissertations qui peuvent servir de Prolégomènes de l'Ecriture Sainte. Paris, 1720, 3 vols. 4to.

"This publication contains the various Dissertations, prefixed by the learned father Calmet to the different books of Scripture, and published in his commentary, with numerous corrections

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