Early Bibles of AmericaGay & Bird, 1663 - 171 pages |
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... Oh that the Lord would so move that by some means or other it might be printed ! " His appeal was not in vain , for the funds were provided by the Corporation in England . The New Testament in the Indian language appeared 4 EARLY BIBLES .
... Oh that the Lord would so move that by some means or other it might be printed ! " His appeal was not in vain , for the funds were provided by the Corporation in England . The New Testament in the Indian language appeared 4 EARLY BIBLES .
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... means of conveyance . Workmen were few , and the sources of instruc- tion limited . The Algonkin was a harsh lan- guage , and it had no equivalents for . certain English words . Salt was unknown to the Indians , and hence the word had ...
... means of conveyance . Workmen were few , and the sources of instruc- tion limited . The Algonkin was a harsh lan- guage , and it had no equivalents for . certain English words . Salt was unknown to the Indians , and hence the word had ...
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... means " Second - time amended impression . " The name only of Samuel Green appears as printer . Like the previous Bible , the contents consist of the Old and New Testaments , the Psalms in metre , and the rules for Christian living . It ...
... means " Second - time amended impression . " The name only of Samuel Green appears as printer . Like the previous Bible , the contents consist of the Old and New Testaments , the Psalms in metre , and the rules for Christian living . It ...
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... means £ 300 toward it , and also provided for an additional gift of £ 100 in his will . Mr. Eliot was profoundly grateful for the solid interest Mr. Boyle had taken in his plans , and in his letters addressed him as " Right honourable ...
... means £ 300 toward it , and also provided for an additional gift of £ 100 in his will . Mr. Eliot was profoundly grateful for the solid interest Mr. Boyle had taken in his plans , and in his letters addressed him as " Right honourable ...
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... means are adequate to , we deem it necessary that all the subscribers , or , to speak plainly , all those who desire a copy of the Bible shall notify us , and pay half a crown which is necessary : First , that we may know a little how ...
... means are adequate to , we deem it necessary that all the subscribers , or , to speak plainly , all those who desire a copy of the Bible shall notify us , and pay half a crown which is necessary : First , that we may know a little how ...
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Aitken Bible American Antiquarian Society American Bible Andover Theological Seminary Apocrypha appeared Appendix Bible printed Bible Society Book of Ezra Boston Boston Athenæum bound Cambridge Christians Church Collins Colonies COMPARED AND REVISED CONTAINING THE OLD dedication early edition editor Eliot Bible England English folio follows FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY Germantown Greek Testament Harvard College hath High German language Historical Society HOLY BIBLE Holy Scriptures honor immerse imprint Indian Isaiah Thomas issued John land language Latin Lenox Library lished LL.D Lord Luther Majesty Mass ment ness notes O'Callaghan paper Penn Peshito Philadelphia preface presented PRINTED AND SOLD printed in America printer proposed publication published quarto Robert Aitken Royal Library Satan Saur Bible says subscribers subscriptions Syriac Testa Testament of 1661 Thomas Bible Thomson tion title-page reads TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED United unto volumes Wernigerode William Greenfield Worcester words York
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Page 105 - Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 104 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 105 - Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11. But put forth thine hand now and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 130 - After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in /Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
Page 130 - Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 32 And John bare record, saying I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Page 9 - Holy Bible: containing the Old Testament and the New. Translated into the Indian Language and ordered to be printed by the Commissioners of the United Colonies in New England, at the charge, and with the consent of the Corporation in England for the Propagation of the Gospel amongst the Indians in New England.
Page 115 - THE GREEK TESTAMENT, with English Notes, Critical, Philological, and Exegetical, partly selected and arranged from the best Commentators, ancient and modern, but chiefly original ; the whole being...
Page 153 - Your Majesties Government, we cannot but return our most Humble Thanks in this Publick Manner : And, as the Result, of the joynt Endeavours of Your Majesties Subjects there and here, acting under Your Royal Influence, We Present You with this Work, which upon sundry accounts is to be called Yours. " The Southern Colonies of the Spanish Nation have sent home from this American Continent, much Gold and Silver, as the Fruit and End of their Discoveries and Transplantations: That (we confess is a scarce...
Page 56 - Majesty," in order to prevent a prosecution from those in England and Scotland, who published the Bible by a patent from the crown ; or, Cum privilegio, as did the English universities of Oxford and Cambridge. When I was an apprentice, I often heard those who had assisted at the case and press in printing this Bible, make mention of the fact. The late governor Hancock was related to Henchman, and knew the particulars of the transaction.
Page 72 - Newly revised and corrected, according to the Clementine edition of the Scriptures.