The scepter shal not be taken away from, Ivdas. and a dvke ovt of his thigh, til he doe come that is to be sent, and the same shal be the expectation of the gentiles.
In the modern editions of the Douay Bible and the Rhemish Testament, many changes have been intro- duced, some of which approximate to the authorized version, while others are not improvements.
It is marvellous how editions of t he Scriptures were multiplied after the time of Tyndale, notwithstanding the severity of occasional persecutions. Besides about fourteen editions issued in Tyndale's life-time, eight or nine were issued in the year of his death. From the death of Tyndale to the close of Mary's reign, 1558, no fewer than fifty editions of the New Testa- ment and twenty-six of the entire Bible were printed, and from 1558 to 1611 there were issued more than fifty editions of the New Testament, and about one hundred and twenty of the Bible, besides separate books. Of this number, twenty-one editions of the New Testament and sixty-four of the Bible were of the Genevan translation. Still the work of Tyndale forms substantially the basis of every revision, not except- ing the translation now in common use. — Bastow\
III. History of the English Translation now in com- mon Use. — The authorised version was undertaken at the command of King James I, in consequence of sev- eral objections having been made by the Puritans to the bishops' translation at the second day's sitting of the conference held at the palace of Hampton Court, January 16th, 1603-4. The method proposed by the king for the accomplishment of the new translation was thus • That the version should be made by some of the most learned men in both the universities ; that it then should be reviewed by certain of the bish- ops ; that it should then be laid before the privy council ; and, last of ali, be ratified by royal authority. Accordingly, fifty-four men, pre-eminently distin- guished for piety and learning, were appointed to exe- cute this great work. However, the list of persons actually employed in the translation contains only forty-seven names. Though several of the persons thus appointed were made bishops before the work was completed, yet, as none of them were so at the time of the appointment, it would appear that the number needed to make up the deficiency is to be found in the fact of certain bishops having been espe- cially named as having the work in some manner un- der their control. This view is not improbable when
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it is known that Bancroft, archbishop of Canterbury, Lb said to have made some alterations in the version; and Bilson, bishop of Winchester, was one of those who gave the work its final revision. The following is a list of the translators' names, with the parts as- signed to each company (see Clarke's Comment. Gen. l'ref. to 0. T. ; Macclure, Authors of Engl. Bible, N. Y. 1853) :
l The Pentateuch ; the story from Joshua to the First Book of ilie Chnmiclcs exehtsirely ; these ten persons at Westmin- ster: Dr. Amif.i.u s, fellow and master of Pembroke Hall, in Cambridge; then dean of "Westminster; afterward bishop of Westminster. Dr. Overall, fellow of Trinity Coll. ; master of Katb. Hall, in Cambridge; then dean of St. Paul's; after- ward bishop of Norwich. Dr. Sabavia. Dr. Clarke, fellow of Christ. Coll., in Cambridge; preacher in Canterbury. Dr. L.\ii--ir.t.i>, fellow of Trin. Coll.. in Cambridge: parson of St. Clement Hams, living skilled in architecture, bis judgment was much relied on for the fabric of the Tabernacle and Tem- ple.) Dr. Leioii, archdeacon of Middlesex; parson of All- Hallows, linking. Master Bum; ley. Mr. King. Mr. THOMP- SON. Mr. Beuwell, of Cambridge ; vicar of Tottenham, near London.
2. From the First of the Chronicle*, with the Rest, of the S'nrn, ii, ill tli? 11 yir.,jrapha, r/-., Joh, Psalms, Proverbs, Canticles. Fcchsiastcs: the following eight persons at. Cam- bridge. ■ Master KinvAim Lively. Mr. Riciiaui>si>\, fellow of Emman. Coll., afterward D. D. ; master first of Peter-House Coll., then of Trin. Coll. Mr. Ciiaderton, afterward D.D. ; fellow first of Christ Coll., then master of Emman. Coll. Mr.
Dii.i.iM.iiAM, fellow of Christ. Coll.; beneficed at , in
Bedfordshire, where he died, a single and a wealthy man. Mr. Andrews, afterward D.D , brother to the Bishop of Win- chester, and master of Jesus Coll. Mr. Harrison, the rev. vice-master of Trinity Coll. Mr. Spalding, fellow of St. John's Coll., in Cambridge, and Hebrew professor there. Mr. Bing, fellow of Peter-House Coll., in Cambridge, and Hebrew professor there.
:i. The Four Greater Prophets, with the Lamentations, and the Twelve Lesser Prophets ; these seven persons at Oxford : Dr. Harding, pros, of Magdalen Coll. I r Reynolds, pres. of i lorpus christi Coll. Dr. Holland, rector of Exeter Coll., and king's professor. Dr. Kilijy, rector of Lincoln Coll., and regius professor. Master Smith, afterward D.D., and bp. of Gloucester, (lie wrote the preface to the version.) Mr. Brett, of a good family, beneficed at Qaiuton, in Buckinghamshire. >Ir. Faieclowb.
4. The Prayer of Manasseh, and the Rest of the Apocrypha ; tlie following seven at Cambridge: Dr. Du port, prebend of Ely, and master of Jesus Coll. Dr. Braintiiwait, first mas- ter of Emmanuel Coll., then master of Gonvil and Cains Coll. Dr. Radclvfee, one of the senior fellows of Trinity Coll. Master Ward, of Emman. Coll., afterward D.D. ; master of Sidney Coll., and Margaret professor. Mr. Downs, fellow of St. John's Coll., and Creek professor. Mr. Boyce, (ellow of St. John's Coll., prebend of Ely, parson of Box worth, in Cam- bridgeshire. Mr. Ward, regal, afterward D.D., prebend of Chichester, rector of Bishop- Waltham, in Hampshire.