(17.) A new and critical edition of the Greek Temr ment, accompanied by the old Latin version, has bea: begun by Dr. Tregellcs, and issued in yhudcaS^ d\ which the Gospels have appeared (London, 4to). IV: editor aims at great accuracy in Us authoiitks. & text, however, shows defective judgment, and rdJoi too exclusively on a few ancient MSS. It will he t; valuable contribution, however, to sacred criticissL |
(18.) Alford*s Greek Testament (London, 1858-6t l\ vols. 8vo) contains a revised text and a copioss C3S-, ical appiuratus, mostly compUed, however, from Ik- chendorf, and marked by too great a leaning to sc^ jectSve or internal evidence.
(19.) Mr. Scrivener's critical labors on the Gro^ Testament deserve mention in this connoction fiff tfeif accurate research. An account of them may be fe&sfi in his Introduction (Cambr. 1861, 8vo).
III. The operations of sacred criticisni have estsib- lished the genuineness of the Old and Ne w-Testancs texts in every matter of importance. All the doetrbe^ and duties remain unaffected by its investigatkwa It has proved that there is no mat^ial corraptkm in tJK inspired records. It has shown that during the lapse of many centuries the Holy Scriptures have beoi pe» served in a surprising degree of purity. The text s substantially in the same condition as that in whkb it was found seventeen hundred years ago. Let the plain reader take comfbrt to hinasdf when he reflerts that the received text which he is accustomed to read is substantialljf the same as that which noen of ibt greatest learning and the most unwearied dxligeiBS have elicited firom an immense heap of docoments.
For a copious accoimt of the various editions d'tbe Greek Testament the reader is referred to Le Lcmg't BtbliothecOy edited by Masch; or to RosenmQlkr's HandfmchfOr die Literatur der bibKsckm Kritik md Exegese, i, p. 278-422 ; or to Tregelles's Aeeouitt cf the printed Text of the Gr.New TesL (Lond. 1854). A pretty full list may be found in Darling's CyoiqpM&s Bibliog. col. 51 sq. See also an article on the '' Mssa- scripts and Editions of the New TesUment," by Hons Stuart, in Bobinson's BibHotheca Sacra, No. 2, llsf. 1843. For an account of the principal aath<R« on Bib- lical Criticism, see Davidson's Lectures on &bBoai Crit- icism (2 vols. 8vo, Edinb. and Best. 1852). See Brsix
Croatia and Slavonia. a united province of tbe Austrian empire ; area 9800 square miles ; popuhitkgi in 1857, 865,403. The inhabitants are of Sbivonisa descent, and mostly belong to the Roman Ca^olic re- lii^ion (in 1851, 770,656 Roman Catholic^ and 8^^ United Greeks). There were, besides, 886 Lntherais, 4445 Reformed, 718 Greeks, 6 Unitarians, and mi
CROCIUS
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CROCODILE
iws. Crotiji \b considered a part of Hnngarj, bat i rmerly possessed some privileges ; among others, to :clude Protestants from its borders. In 1866 the roatian Diet passed resolutions in fnvor of religious leration.
Crocins, Johahites, a German theologian, was )m at Laasphe July 28, 1590; studied at Herbom id Marburg, and graduated in 1608. In 1612 he be- ane court preacher of the Landgrave Moritz at Cas- 4, doctor of divinity in 1618, and in 1616 preacher at lanigsberg. Returning to Marburg, he became pro- issor of Theology in the University. He was the iader of the evangelical state Church of H^se-Cas- sl, and the Lutheran having overcome the Reformed Ihurch, he fled to Cassel in 1624 ; but after the peace 1 1653, he returned and became rector of the Univer- Ity. He died July 1, 1659. His principal works are, Wonea dogmata novorum Arianontm m Polonia (Bre- men, 1612, 8vo) ; Pads et concordia evangeUcorvm tar ra dffetuio (Marburg, 1628, 8vo) ; ArUi-Becamu t. e. (mtrovergiantm communiutnj quas Mart, Becanut Co- koUcity Luikeri ae Cahfini nomine perperam dUeretiSy n AfanuaU. movit examm, ex S. S. et antiquUate intti- uium (Cassel, 1648, 2 vols. 4to) ; Anii-Becam a Mogun- morum iheologorvm calumtmt justa vindicatio (Mar- )nrg, 1654); AnH-Weigelint (Cassel, 1651).— Herzog, Real-EncyUopddie, iii, 187.
Crocodile, an animal doubtless referred to under iie name Leviathan (l^^^?^) in the famous description )f Job xli (Heb. xl, 25^x11), of which the following is I close rendering:
Canrt thoa draw out Leviathan with a hook, Or with a cord caiut thou press down hia tongue? Say, canst thou put a msh-Crope] hi hia
nose, Or with a thom-Chook] canst thou bore hlijawt WQl he multiply to thee supplications; Boppoaest thou he will speak to thee soft [things]? Will he ratify a covenant with thee? Wilt thou tskke him for a servant [for] ever? Wnt thou play with him as with the sparrow, Or tie him for thy maidens ?
Shall there dig [a pit] for him partners, [And] share him lietween Uanoanitea [L e. merchants] ? Canst thou fill with darts his skin, Or with a fish-spear [L e. harpoon] his head? Lay upon him [but] thy hand — Thou wilt remember battle no more ! Lo! his [i. e. the assailant's] hope has been
belied: At the very sight of him will he be prostrated? None [so] bold that will rouse him! (Then who Ci«] he [that] bffore Me shsll take a stand? Who has anticipated me [in givlnp]> that I should repay ? L'nder the whole heavens to me [belongs] that!) I will not pass in silence hitt members. And famed strength, and beauteous armature. Who has disclosed the surface of his covering? In his doable [row] of grindem who can enter? The valves of his face who has opened ? The circuits of his teeth [are] frightful! A pride [are his] strong shields [L e. scales]. Shut [with] a clwe seal :