( II?)

XXV. Col. iii. 20. New Version. That (Obedi-

ence to Parents) is graceful in aChristian.

Gr.‘ Tb-ib $ Svapesw av tw K usta>. There aretwo Objections against this Translation. Firsts’Euaperoi', in the sacred Writings, never signifiesgraceful. Secondly , 'E? t» xu^iw never stands forin a Christian, but ov without the Arti-

cle. ’Ev here is altogether redundant, and theright FLnglistj of the Greek is, For this is well-■pleasing to the Lord 3 as our old Version has it.

XXVI. 2 Lbejs. ii. 14.. Old Version. Lo the ob-

taining of the Glory of our Lord Je-sus Christ ,

Gr. ’En Trig/.'Triwtnv S'o^vs X. t. A. This Senseof Treetmiwt is agreeable to the use of that Word1 Lbeff. v. 9. Heb. x. 39. But our Translator ren-ders thus: To a Life of Glory with our LordJesus Christ . And to justify this Rendition, hefends us, by a Marginal Note, to 2 Chron. xiv.

13. ''EtTcIjOV Al&.QTTiS & 9 S fill dlVOU OV CtV^iti ITS'

gjimincnv' which Words he translates thus. TheÆthiopians fell down, so that there was noLife in them. He should rather have said, jbthat there were none of them left alive. But ad-mitting that Trie/nnQwait here signifies, the AnimalLife, that does not justify his Version of 2 Lhef ii.

14. Where Life is put merely for State or Con-dition.

0,2

.

XXVII.