The English Bible, by Rev. John W. Nevin. The History, Character, and Importance of the Received English Version of the Bible, by Rev. William Adams [pp. 157-185]

THE
-BIBLICAL REPERTORY.
APRIL 1836.
No. II.
ART. I.-I1. The English Bible. A sermon by the Rev.
John W. Nevin, of the Western Theological Seminary.
Published in the Presbyterian Preacher for JTan. 1836.
2. The History, Character, and Importance of the re ceived English version of the Bible. A sermon by the
Rev. William Adams, New York. Published in the Na tional Preacher for Oct. 1835.
IT is now three centuries since Miles Coverdale completed
his great plan of translating and publishing the entire Bible
in the English language. The sermons before us are in
commemoration of this interesting event. They are sensible,
well written discourses, on an important topic, and richly
merit the pains that have been taken to give them an extensive circulation. From the celebration of the first English
version, the authors have taken occasion to direct the attention of the public to the history and merits of the one now
in use. Though very unlike in their style, they are equally
admirers of this noble monument of the learning and piety
of our fathers, and have done a valuable service to the cause
of truth by presenting in such a forcible manner its claims to
the confidence of the community. The ripe scholarship
evinced by one of these sermons, the earnestness of the other,
and the good sense and piety of both, will cause them, we
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