A NEW

LITERAL TRANSLATION

FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK,

OF ALL THE

APOSTOLICAL EPISTLES.

WITH

A COMMENTARY, AND NOTES,

PHILOLOGICAL, CRITICAL, EXPLANATORY, AND PRACTICAL.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

A HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND ORME, PATERNOSTER-ROW;
AND WILLIAM CREECH, AND OGLE AND AIKMAN, EDINBURGII.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Account of the Life and Character of the Author,

P. vii

General Preface, p. I.

Sect. 1. Of the ancient translations of the scriptures.-2. Of

the English translations.-3. Of the principles on which the

translation of the epistles now offered to the public, is form-

ed.-4. Of the prefaces to each epistle, of the views of the

matters contained in each chapter, of the commentaries, and

of the notes.

Preliminary Elays, p. 55.

Essay I. On the inspiration of the apostles.-II. On the method

in which their writings were preserved.—III. On St. Pauls
style.-IV. On translating the Greek words and phrases
used by the inspired writers,

ROMANS, p. 163-

Preface. Sect. i. Of the time when the Christian religion was

introduced into Rome. - 2. Of the state of the Christian
church, when this epistle was written.-3. Of the occasion
of writing this epiftle.—Of the place where it was written,

Premonition, shewing that this translation of the apoftolical

epistles, may justly be called a new translation,

P. 178