tion. He who will take the trouble to compare it with the folio copy, printed also at Oxford, A. D. 1683, will find that very few of these errors are to be imputed to the present typographer, but are to be laid to the charge of the editors, who ought to have placed in bis hands a correcter edition. holy purdons, beads, read holy pardoned

P. 46, 1. 23, for

beads,

P. 48, 1. 15, for

candles.'.

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water, psalms, candles,' readwater, palins,

This indeed is so ancient an error, found, if we recollect rightly, even in the edition of 1563, that it may be required of us to prove that it is an error. Surely then the reformers were inen of more wisdom and moderation, than, without any reservation or discriminating epithet, to condemn all psalms among the pharisaical and papistical leaven of man's feigned religion,' among feigned relics, masses satisfactory, rosaries, fifteen Oes, hallowed beads, bells, candles, and such other. Do we not know that the reformation was much indebted for its progress to the singing of psalms, and even of songs and ballads? And might not then these considerations have induced a suspicion of the authenticity of the word psalms' in this homily? Again, what is the frequent language of those times? Hear the words of the Devonshire rebels in 1549. Wee wil have holy bread and holy water every Sunday, palms and ashes at the time accustomed.' (Strype's Cranmer, p. 100; Records.) Hear also the answer of the venerable Cranmer. The other that is called holy bread, holy water, holy ashes, holy palms, and all other like ceremonies, ordained the bishops of Rome.' (Ibid.) And hear, finally, the language of Bishop Gardiner in reference to this very passage of this homily. The book of homilies numbereth the hallowing of bread, palms, and candles among papistical superstitions and abuses.' (Strype's Cranorer, p. 78; Records.) it ought to have been reinembered too that palms' is not without authority in the printed copies, and that the error of psalms' has been noticed so long ago as by the compilers of the Free and Candid Dis. quisitions in 1750. As to frequent errors in the print' (say those gentlemen) we pass them over, taking notice only of one, which has perhaps kept its place in all impressions, except the first by Whitchurch, in .547, which in the third sermon of Good Works, hath palms, candles, &c. (the only true reading) instead of psalms, the false one." p. 358,9. They are correct with regard to the edition of 1547; put palms is found also, as we can testify from our own, inspection, in editions of 1549 and 1551.

Page 61, 1.24, for was sore,' read ' was so sore.'!

4, from bottom, house consume him,' house and

3, from bottom, he still turn,' he will turn.'
nor yet them all,' nor yet they all.'.
which moveth him," which move him,'

4,

10,

89,

our holiness."

perfect and just men,' perfect

23, rulers, judges under them which be,' insert

'and' before." judges,' and a comma after them.

rity.'

97, 122,

138,

3, subjects, for the fear,' insert and' before for." 23, soberness and chastity, soberness and cha

-7, which appeared,' 'which appeareth.' 156,8, from bottom, holy doctor's own,' holy doc

174, -2, from bottom, until this day, until that day.' 180, 33, seeing Isaiah and Daniel, by certain descripseeing in Isaiah and Daniel be certain,' &c.

187, 5, from bottom, for Lemnians, and to such other," read Lemnians and such.other."

--- 196,196,20. they pray on their beads bidding, that they may get it also in their hands,', in their 32, impudent, most shameless

most, &c. phemies.'

impudent, and 198,23,days, the blasphemies' days, and the blas228, 5, Messiahs, and Christ, Messias, and Christ.' 236; 2, then they fasted, "then they fasted not! 245,- 3, from bottom, hath Almighty God," had Al- & mighty God.'

247, 9, from bottom, and spare us so, that we, after,* ́ &c. A false sense, from an erroneous punctuation; read spare us, so that we, after, &c. that is, on condition that we... 292,19, departed out," departed not out." 298,31, but as the people, but as a people."

Page 316, 1.5, from bottom, for not sit," read "nor sit."

321, 4, 'souls, sanctification, ''souls, and sanctification." 326, -— 5,' that, when they have need, they may become their spokesman, either to obtain a commodity, or,' &c read, • that, when they have uced, he may become their spokesman, either to help with his good word to obtain a commodity, or,' &c.

327,23,provide us, that, provide, that."

329, 14, acception before

God, acceptation before

God.

-4335, — 25,

Thus vain fear,'

This vain fear."

his only Lord.""

339,-12, the only Lord,'

349,2, from bottom, that we should," that he would.”
357. 8, maketh it guilty, maketh us guilty.'
359,-21,' be cried,'' he crieth?

363, 1, stedfastly at our,'' stedfastly in our 374, 7, virtue thereof in our life, and conform us, virtue thereof, and in our life conform us.'

376, 4, and not to perish for hunger whilst other de-. vour all, and not perish for hunger whilst others devour all.' 380, margin, for Euseb. Emiserem.' read Euseb. Emis,

Sam.'

1. 13, ourselves unfeigned,' ourselves unfeignedly." 381,-28, that ye be,' that he be.'

387,-28, give me a learned' gave me a learned.

389, at the bottom, after never have insert that which is born of the flesht, saith Christ, is flesh and.'

392, in the margin, over against Bede insert Hom. is. sup. Lucam.'

395, and declare."

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20, expedient do discuss'expedient to discuss. 32, but shall come and declare,' but to expound

405,18. God only, his goodness.

400,

goodness.

God only, of his

in the margin, after Wisd. vii. add v. 16-29." 411, 29, ' truth of his," truth of this.

-416,5, further in sapience,' further in Sapience,' i. e. in the book of Wisdom, then often so called.

— 426, 4, from bottom, sharp words of stripes,' sharp words, or stripes.".

wicked voice,” wicked rice.
which grant us, he that, which grant us he,

し

439, 5, from bottom, if he attended his,' if be attend

4526, whereby be signified, whereby be signified"

or are signified.' (Edit. 1563.)"

Page 466, 1, 29; for the sword of famine, read the sword, the famine.

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42, full purpose and amendment of life, full pur pose of amendment of life.

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Not having at hand the first edition of the homily of wilful Disobedience and Rebellion, we do not inquire what errors may defile that also: before we proceed further, we may just observe, that the pains which we have here exerted may, we hope, be of use to correct the blunders in other editions of the Homilies, as well as in those of Oxford.

The edition of Bishop Pearson's Exposition of the Creed, would have been a much more acceptable present to the public, had it been made to comprize the few scattered remains of that great man in his native tongue, so as to constitute a complete edition of his English performances. Had all these been subjoined to the second volume in this" edition, it would not much, if at all, have exceeded the dimensions of the first. Having never been collected together, these pieces are now, though very precious, scarcely ever to be met with. A discourse entitled, "No Necessity of a Refor mation," two sermons, the one (Luke xi. 2) on the Excel lency of Prayer, and especially the Lord's Prayer,' the other on Eccles. vii. 14, with a short paper of remarks on the Athanasian creed, (which is so scarce, that we own we have never seen it,) and his character of the incomparable Mr. John Hales, of Eton College,' nearly, if not entirely, com plete the catalogue of these valuable relicks.

Neither does it seem that much care has been used in the superintendance of this edition. Who would have suppos ed that the learned university of Oxford should have suffered this work to fall from their press, without the correction, or the slightest notice, for instance, of an interpolation, so commonly known among the learned, as that of the word 'not in p. 137, of the second volume? Let our readers contrast with this strange negligence the pains which were taken so long ago as the year 1741, by John Berriman, on this very subject, in the preface to his Critical Dissertation upon-1 Tim. iii. 16. We cannot give room to the whole investigation and argument of that faithful and learned man. -Bet-it will not be improper to insert that which follows. "Tabjs. 247, I took notice of an error in some editions of Bishop Pearson's most excellent Exposition of the Creed where. the word not had been inserted, p.128. Some have thought this to be the true reading: but I have since examined every edition of that book, and found the first four of then agree in one auuiform reading without the negative particle, The

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first edition quarto; 16:9, p. 256; the second in. folio, revis ed and enlarged, 1662. p. 142; the third revised, and now more enlarged, 1669, p.1es; and the fourth, 1676, p. 128, do all read the passage thus; he ejected him as he did other catholic bishops, under the pretence of Nestorianism, but for other reasons. But the word not having crept into the fifth edition, he ejected him, not as he did other Catholic Bishops, &c,' from hence it has been continued in ali the editions which follow after, in the years 1692, 1701, 1704, 1710, 1715, 1723; and I suppose also in the new edition, which is now nigh ready to be published. But enough has been said to shew the true reading of this place; and I hope to be excused for saying so much as I have done, to preserve the true reading of one single passage, in a book of such inestimable value. Pref. p. 10, 12.

Jones's work on the. Canon, from the nature of the book, from the number of the chapters, the variety of the materi als, and from having neither table of contents nor index, is exceedingly difficult of reference. This imperfection in the original, might have been in a great degree remedied by the Oxford editors, if they could think of remedying any thing, by prefixing to each volume the heads of those chapters which are contained in it, an effort neither requiring much, intellect nor industry, as the author has already prefixed them, in a sufficiently copious and exact state, to each separate chapter. But we hasten to return to another peep into the Sylloge, and then to conclude. This book, like so many of the others, bears, besides what we have already referred to, some further marks of no very extraordinary skill or good, fortune in editorship.

We have already apprised our readers that the Belgic confession in this collection does not correspond, as every thing else does, with that in the Corpus et Syntagma Confessionum. The differences between them are very numerous. Why then were we not forewarned of this circumstance? The Sylloge being so obviously in its general characters, a transcript of the Syntagma, if the editors of the former thought fit in one particular only to deviate from the latter, the commonest precaution and prudence, and the slightest wish to protect their readers from falling into an erroneous, though otherwise very natural, and almost necessary presumption, one might have expected, would have led the edi-. ters to mention that deviation, even if they had not been pleased to suggest the reasons by which it was occasioned. But the fact and its reasons are alike passed by in silence.

We have taken some trouble to discover a copy of the