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OUR ENGLISH BIBLE.

"This lamp, from off the everlasting throne,
Mercy brought down, and in the night of Time
Stands, casting on the dark her gracious bow;
And evermore beseeching men, with tears
And earnest sighs, to read, believe, and live."

BIBLIOTH

POLLOK.

LONDON:

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY:

Instituted 1799.

PREFACE.

THIS little Volume supplies a succinct account of English translations and translators, derived from original authorities. The Author has before written on the subject, and has availed himself of materials collected for previous publications. This notice is given simply to prevent the charge of plagiarism. If any coincidences of arrangement or style should be noticed between this volume, and the Introduction prefixed to the second edition of

Bagster's Hexapla," it will easily be accounted for by the fact, that they are written by the same person. Where any extracts have been made from that publication, or any other written by the Author, they are