London Journal (Newspaper) - April 6, 1728, London, Middlesex The L Q N D Q N J O U R N A L. 6> 1128. 45-3. March 30, 1728. To the Author of the London nave tne Specimen of a An ' View of all the eminent Writers on ' f y lection of the of learned Men in aU ' the difficult and ob- Texts of the Bible and of is to be met in Profane Author Si which may contribute towards the better of 1 beg the Favour of communicating to the by means of your what I think at to towards the unfolding my in this and to die Objections which I have heard made it. of the Articles whereof I at rime or made the Subject of common and too many who debate in private on thete are with proper and rational Materials for fuch my forming a to into one the chief Sentiments of the belt in molt on for Benefit only of common and Instruction But when I came to reflect more on the I my obliging the Generality of and my enlarging the fund of Scriptural Knowledge the that I was in a fair way of doing Service to the and more Intelligent Parr of my Countrymen by means of this they fave abundance of which is now in turning over from Book to and from Page to the which I if any of them are inclined to the I to refer them faithfully to the Line and and I began further to that I mould oblige many the by rhem abundance of Coft and in which it will be 1'urEcient for them to fee and hear in ihc Quotations cf my The Reader is to that there is no no Collection of this fb now in any as I in my general Preface to the and it muft not be that the want fuch a more than other All the which I have will be by what whereby will find who that the of the Work ought both to them from and me from undertaking it. For I not go the whole Bible Verfe by as in the Specimen Chapter is an entire on the and I could npt omit one Line of but my Articles will be taken from Chapters and very often from one I leave whole Books of the Bible viz. fuch as are Moral or Poetical or meerly Historical and I take Notice of no Parrs of but fuch as are very Curious and and have extraordinary to be faid on it muft be that I omit on every and without any dread of or hopes of pleading any Sects or Parries of and I only collect from the received Authors on every and fuch as none except for Learning or whatever they may do for The Sentiments of the fathers and antient Commentators will be for out of Poole's for it be an idle and dully to contract all their heavy and voluminous Writings but whatever may be thought wanting of will be even to from e and others nothing could be fo either to me or to the as to Two give a full Detail of all the Stuff that was Abroad about the Time and a long while after rhe Reformation and it be more to revive what was writ at from the Beginning of the laft Century till towards and indeed for fome part of the Century before it. God be there wanted not great who wrote in Places at the fame Times and if I the Work to Two in wirh what the learned and bright Part of Mankind alone have left I may reasonably expect for not fwelling my Labours into Four or more by tedious and wild and low I print the Two within a time after my come for I have my Additions and that are to the ready and prepared which Specimen being to be reprinted for the Body of the with what Collections I have by me for give me all imaginable Advantage of the who cannot work at the fo faft as I can him with Copy which I have the of fome learned to for and have got fo diligent and expert an to for the that it can never I beg leave to that the Benefit which every of common will reap by this it will be 0^ more Service to young who may hereby at the fame time procure variety of and indulge a at a and by means of this will be with a Bibliotheca Sacra to if they add only Poole's Annotations on the and of the they will need few other Books for fome it be a Concordance to As to who that fuch a Variety of Opinions on one as I always will rather confound than I beg leave to with them every intelligent can judge for and of meaner Capacities may others of better every thing being laid before them in plain in I cannot but fuch a to in due to the Inhabitants of our gives the following for Nine Volumes in not his own but cf concerning the difficult Parts of the that his Countrymen read in their own what has hitherto been fiom them in and A noble Attempt in a and his Work is fo well that I Encouragement were given to have it all into tho' and the Laws of his would not permit him to quote fo freely .as he thank we have that Liberty heie I the ufe I make of it won't want fince my is the fame with Ca l m e publick His has no waj to but by the Benefit of unknown Tongue but the Truth of Holy and of the want learned or English Popery is much more than the 1 now have it that I produce nothing but what has ben already in fome Language or fome private very ntV and extremely curious in my And I would have who are to fearful of my encouraging by that I infert no which give Offence either to or Religion my intent being to can only be done by comparing on the fame To let the Reader further into the Nature of my I here him with the Titles of my from the to the Deluge by which he may Form a Judgment of the 1. Of the 2. Of the 3. Of rhe 4. Of the 5. Of 6. Of Cain and 7. Of the Depravity of before the 8. Of the I cannot make an without that I neither nor interfere with of Dr. s. The Doctor's Work I am told is wholly mine is wholly He to make Men Aim is to make them The Doctor I to pals by what ever been in the Moral on the and to moralize anew on it I am in a quite different Train I little or nothing of my nor I produce any one Author in the Doctor's way of Tour humble JONATHAN FOREIGN March 27. WE have Advice from that Cardinal of that died there the 20th, aged 78. March 27. The is fo well recovered that 'tis hoped lie will foon appear in The Regiment of ot Prince Emanuel of has Orders to be ready ikx attend the Emperor to Earon of is expected here to receive the ef the Fiefs of that The Emperor has to transfer to Belgrade the See which was formerly at in the Kingdom of April 5. The foreign met laft Week at the Houfe of the Keeper cf the and fixed the Opening of the for the of next The 4/I1 the Queen loft a Diamond out of her Hair in the Chappel of which being found by a was and the faid had 5 Louis given The 2d the Lord fet out with his Son for the Court of A Mamage is talked of between one of the of and the Duke of who is in April 7. Letters from Madrid of the 25 d pait that the Court was That the King recovered and that on Palm Sunday his was capable of Mafs in Publick That the Marquis de los returned from his or and went immediately to the to give an Account of his Negotiations to their who received him very the Cabinet Courier of the arrived from wirh News of the of the Treaty which the Duke cf Litis was with the And that they had received Advice from that the 8th arrived there an from Carthagena in the commanded by Don Jean a had brought Packets of Letters for the Court and for the 2. Monday being the of the Birth of our gracious Sovereign King GEORGE the there were very uncommon with other Demonstrations of Loyalty and through the whole The and a hundred Gentlemen were magnificently entertained at Dinner by the Commanders of and in the of the Hon. Col. our who was then at upon at a General of the the Healths of his the Queen the Prince of and all the Royal Family were
