A critical attack upon the Bible, in English and French, by a Deist, written in the form of dialogues between P. and S., and divided into two volumes, vol. 2, 18th century

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A rough first copy (in some disorder and not perfect, with additions inserted on attached slips of paper).

All attempts to trace the alleged Latin original, the author or the translator, have as yet been unsuccessful.

The second volume is chiefly in English, and deals for the most part with the New Testament, and the quotations therein from the Old Testament. It contains the following articles:—

(fol. 175) i. Title and outline of contents. "The undeceiver, or natural religion proved to be the only one given by God to men, and sufficient for their salvation ... Done from the Latin into English by H. Theophilus. Vol. 2. Amsterdam, printed in the year 1726. This volume is divided into two chapters; the first, of the 2nd part of the Bible in general, and things relating thereto; the second, of the 2nd part of the Bible in particular, and things belonging to it".
(fol. 174) ii. "Preface to the reader". Beg. "The author of this work having a very great experience of this world".
(fols. 1-173) iii. Chapters 2–12 of the second volume. Chap. 2. sect. 1. "Of contradictions".
(fols. 180-290) iv. "The liturgy of the religion of God, or, the order of divine service to be observed in the Church of God every Sunday morning throughout the year; at the end of which is set a catechism, with the articles of faith necessary for everlasting salvation. Printed at Amsterdam in the year—(blank)". A deistical adaptation from the Book of Common Prayer, with a preface. In the Litany, K. George [II], Q. Caroline, Frederick prince of "Whales" (sic), the princess, and their issue, are prayed for; the date is therefore after 1738. Fols. 270 b–290 contain portions of Psalms i-xcii in metre, selected for twenty-three Sundays.
(fols. 292-368) v. Chapters 2–5 of the first volume, in French. Beg. imperfectly at the words, "de David étoit abominable à Joab".

Dates

Creation: 18th century

Extent

368 Leaves

Language of Materials

English
French

Shelfmark

MSS. Rawl. D. 855

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

William D. Macray, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae partis quintae fasciculus primus viri munificentissimi Ricardi Rawlinson, J.C.D., codicum classes duas priores, ad rem historicam praecipue et topographicam spectantes, complectens(Oxford, 1862), no. D. MSS. Rawl. D. 854-5.

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series(7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. III, no. 13621, 13622.

Physical Facet

On paper, in folio

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From the Collection: Rawlinson | Richard | 1690-1755 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Pepys | Samuel | 1633-1703 | MP, Diarist, Public Servant, Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: Thurloe | John | 1616-1668 | Secretary to the Council of State (Person)
From the Collection: Wilkinson | Thomas | fl 1600-1699 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral (Person)
From the Collection: Gunning | Peter | 1614-1684 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Lewis | John | c 1700-1799 | Minister of Margate (Person)
From the Collection: Robinson | John | 1650-1723 | Bishop of London (Person)
From the Collection: Fitzwilliams | John | fl 1600-1699 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Grenville | Denis | 1637-1703 | Jacobite Archbishop of York | also known as Denis Granville (Person)
From the Collection: Locke | John | 1632-1704 | philospher (Person)
From the Collection: Mandeville | Sir | John | d 1372 | travel writer (Person)
From the Collection: Nedam | James | fl 1532-1543 | Royal Surveyor of Works (Person)
From the Collection: Roach | Richard | 1662-1730 | Anglican clergyman (Person)
From the Collection: Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist (Person)
From the Collection: Fleming | Robert | ? 1660-1716 | Presbyterian Minister (Person)
From the Collection: Hawes | Samuel | fl 1694-1700 | Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Price | Daniel | fl 1685-1706 | Dean of St Asaph (Person)
From the Collection: Stanton | William | fl 1697-1704 (Person)
From the Collection: Swadlin | Thomas | 1600-1670 | Royalist divine (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Francis | ? 1638-1700 | Bishop of Ely (Person)
From the Collection: Turner | Thomas | 1645-1714 | President of Corpus Christi College Oxford (Person)
From the Collection: Samber | Robert | fl 1710-1729 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Williams | John | fl 1709-1726 | Poet (Person)
From the Collection: Hearne | Thomas | 1678-1735 | Antiquary and Nonjuror (Person)
From the Collection: Wharton | Philip | 1613-1696 | 4th Baron Wharton (Person)
From the Collection: Zamboni | Giovanni Giacomo | fl 1723-1751 | resident in England for Duke of Modena (Person)
From the Collection: Sancroft | William | 1617-1693 | Archbishop of Canterbury (Person)
From the Collection: Neve | John Le | 1679-1741 | Antiquary (Person)
From the Collection: L'Estrange | Hamon | 1605-1660 | theologian and historian (Person)
From the Collection: Gronovius | Jacobus | 1645-1716 | classical scholar (Person)
From the Collection: Smith | Thomas | 1638-1710 | Nonjuror Historian and Librarian (Person)
From the Collection: Holman | William | d 1730 | Essex Antiquary Congregational Minister (Person)

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