The Versions of the Psalms, by Barton, in 1688; by Simon Ford, in 1688;
by J. Johnson, in 1707; by Bishop King, in 1707; by Will. Green, in 1762;
and by Bradbury, in 1763; together with Sandys Paraphrase of 1676; and
some French Versions, are found in this Collection.
Of the New Testament, the editions most worthy of notice appear to be
those by Beausobre and L’Enfant, at Amsterdam, in 1741, in 2 vols.
4to.; by Doddridge, London, in 1765, in 2 vols. 8vo.; and by Harwood, in
1768; also the Manks Testament, of 1763, 8vo.; together with the Novum
Testamentum Græcum, Bengelii, Tubingæ, 1734, 4to.; Clerici, Francof.
1714, folio; and Stephani, Francof. 1601, folio; and Wetstenii, Amstelod.
1751, in 2 folio volumes; Evangeliarium Quadruplex Latinè a Josepho
Blanchino, Romæ, 1749, in 4 folio volumes; and Æthiopicè, Persicè, et
Latinè à Ch. Aug. Bode. Halæ Magdeb. 1749, 4to.; Junii Evangelia Gothica,
and Maittaire’s edition of the Greek Testament, London, 1728, 8vo.; and
the New Testament, by the College of Rhemes, Antwerp, 1621, 12mo.
I may here properly introduce, Jones on the Canon of the New Testament;
Walchii Historia Ecclesiastica Novi Testamenti. Jenæ, 1744, 4to.; Wells
on the Old and New Testament; Taylor’s Hebrew Concordance; Cruden’s and
Pilkington’s Concordances; Doddridge’s Family Expositor; Calovii Biblia
Illustrata. Dresdæ, 1719, in 3 vols. folio; and Calmet’s Commentaries.
Paris, 1724, in 9 folio volumes.
Of Common Prayer Books, I remarked those printed at Cambridge, in 1663,
4to.; at Edinburgh, in 1712; at Oxford, in 1739; and at London, in 1768,
8vo.; the Manx Prayer Book, London, 1765, 8vo.; and the Christian Common
Prayer Book, 1761, 8vo.; the Missale Ecclesiæ Sarisburiensis, Duaci,
1604, 4to.; together with Nichols on the Common Prayer; several Tracts
upon the Liturgy, and a Copious Preparation for the Sacrament; and of
Collections of Catechisms and Forms of Prayer for Fasts, &c. from 1740 to
1796, inclusive, in 4to.
I may here take occasion to notice, Hume’s Natural History of Religion;
Adams’ Answer to Hume’s Essay on Miracles; Wollaston’s Religion of
Nature delineated, London, 1724, 4to.; Rutherforth’s System of Natural
Philosophy, and Institutes of Natural Laws; Adam Smith’s Theory of Moral
Sentiments; Bishop Taylor’s Antiquitates Christianæ, London, 1703, folio;
Price on Morals; Priestley on Education; Reid on the Human Mind; Edwards
on the Will; and Jones on Natural Philosophy.
In Ecclesiastical History, the Works most worthy of notice appear to be,
Barwick’s Life of Dean Barwick; Bower’s Lives of the Popes; Bull’s Life;
Brandt’s History of the Reformation in the Low Countries.
Dodd’s Catholick History of the Church. Brussels, 1737, in 3
folio volumes.
Echard’s Ecclesiastical History.
Eusebii Historia Ecclesiastica a Reading. Cantab. 1720, in 3
vols. folio.
Laval’s History of the Reformation in France, 1737, in 6 vols.
8vo.
Gibson’s Synodus Anglicana.
Godwin’s Præsules Anglicani.
Heylin’s Historical Tracts.
The History of the Presbyterians. Oxford, 1670, fol.
Hooker’s Ecclesiastical Polity.