HISTORY

OF THE

ENGLISH BIBLE;

BY

HENRY P. CAMERON, M.A.,

AUTHOR OF

"TEXT BOOK FOR COMMUNICANTS,"

AND

TRANSLATOR OF "IMMENSEE."

“ Ασέβους μεν εστιν ανθρωπου τας παρα του Θεου

χαριτας ατιμάζειν.

ALEXANDER GARDNER,

LONDON: 12 PATERNOSTER ROW; AND PAISLEY.

I. T.

FLOSCULO TENERO CAROQUE

PRÆMATURE

SED

IN REBUS TRISTISSIMIS

BENEVOLE

LAUS DEO SIT

CARPTO

ET

IN COELUM

UBI IN AETERNUM FLOREBIT

TRANSLATO

HOC OPUSCULUM

AD CURAM EXPELLENDAM

SCRIPTUM

A PATRE

DEDICATUM EST.

PREFATORY NOTE.

THE story of our English Bible is very interesting. It is interwoven with the history of the nation, and the writer of the following pages has endeavoured to relate it as concisely as possible. The recent publication of the Revised Version gives a new turn and adds a fresh interest to that story, and is a fitting opportunity for the appearance of such a work as this. The author is deeply conscious of his indebtedness to the labours of others, and he herewith tenders them his most grateful thanks. None need attempt to explore the vast field of research without the assistance of such pioneers as Westcott and Eadie. As their masterly productions, however, are beyond the reach of the ordinary reader, this book is published with the view of supplying a felt want, and in the hope that it may induce many not only to study the subject for themselves, but, above all, to reverently read, study the Word of God, and make that Word their

own.

H. P. C.

August, 1885.