Balica, Oct. 1851.
_Dr. Wm. Wall_ (Vol. iv., p. 347.).--Your decision to exclude any
further contributions upon the question of the "Marriage of
Ecclesiastics" is most judicious. But ought the portion of Mr. HENRY
WALTER'S reply respecting Dr. Wall to pass unnoticed? Had the writer
referred to any of the biographical dictionaries in ordinary use, he
would have discovered that the "well-known Mr. Wall who wrote on
baptism" had conferred on him by the University of Oxford the degree of
D.D., to testify their high opinion of his writings.
In addition to the Doctor's works on the baptismal controversy, two
books, which are not often met with now, were published after his death,
bearing the following titles:--
"Brief Critical Notes, especially on the various readings of the New
Testament Books. With a Preface concerning the Texts cited therein
from the Old Testament, as also concerning the Use of the Septuagint
Translation. By W. Wall, S.T.P., author of the History of Infant
Baptism, London, 1730." 8vo., pp. lxiv. 415.
"Critical Notes on the Old Testament, wherein the present Hebrew Text
is explained, and in many places amended, from the ancient Versions,
more particularly from that of the LXXII. Drawn up in the order the
several Books were written, or may most conveniently be read. To which
is prefixed a large Introduction, adjusting the Authority of the
Masoretic Bible, and vindicating it from the objections of Mr.
Whiston, and the Author of the Grounds and Reasons of the Christian
Religion. By the late learned William Wall, D.D., Author of the
History of Infant Baptism. Now first published from his Original
Manuscript. London, 1734." 2 vols. 8vo. pp. lxi. 307. 354. v.
These are valuable works, explaining many difficult expressions.