Excerpt from An Essay for a New Translation of the Bible, Vol. 1: Wherein Is Shewn, From Reason and Authority, That All Former Translations Are Faulty; And That There Is Need of a New Translation; Done Out of French, With Necessary Alterations and Additions, Relating Particularly to the English Translation Bur yet it mui'r be confefi that this Study has its Difficulties for tho' this Age has had the happinefs to produce Men of extraordinary Learning, who have undoubtedly ex'plain'd feveral hard Texqs better than has been done fince the Apo/iiles times, yet, thefe Sacred 0 racles having/ been, writ in Languages which, are now almoi't out of. Ufe, and there being but few Writings of the fame Stile, it's certain that there is fiill a confiderable Application requir'd to find outtheir fenio and meaning in feveral places. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.