Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible SocietyBorrow, George
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Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society
Borrow, George
Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence; British and Foreign Bible Society; English letters
By this it should appear that the infernal Bible Society by the
propagation of the Scriptures merely fulfils the desire of its father the
devil, and disseminates that which is his. Being a child of the devil it
cannot propagate truth; it propagates the Gospel, and nothing
else--_ergo_, the Gospel is a lie and the father of it the devil.
But the Bible Society is accused, not only in the circular, but in the
epistle which introduces it to the _Espanol_, of vending a mutilated and
curtailed version of the holy books. It is accused of omitting six of
the books which are generally bound up with what is denominated the
Bible; viz., Tobias, Judith, Baruch, Sabiduria, Eclesiastico, y 1o y 2o
de los Machabeos. The _Christian ecclesiastic_, the author of the
epistle, in indignation at this omission becomes suddenly argumentative,
and puts a case to the heretics, which he deems in point; 'Si vieran la
luz publica las obras de Lutero mutiladas en sus _principales capitulos_,
y transformadas en cierto modo sus maximas y preceptos; que diligencias
no practicarian sus secuaces y discipulos? Se levantarian a una en
tropas numerosas para sostener el honor de su preceptor, y con el fin de
dejar en su justo lugar a su amado maestre, recurririan a sus escritos
originales, manifestarian en su apoyo los manuscritos, apelarian a todo
linage de argumentos para acreditar la ilegitimidad de aquella edicion, y
emplearian sus declamaciones y raciocinios para ascar los medios rateres
e ilicitos de que se valia el catolicismo.'
Hear it in Gath! hear it in Gilead! hear it on the hills of Israel! yea
let the furthest corners of the earth hear it! The _principal chapters_
of the Bible are not those of the New Testament, which contains the will
and words of the Saviour, by whom we are to be judged--not those of
Isaiah, who foretold so beautifully and distinctly the coming of that
Saviour to the world--not those of Moses, who wrote of things in their
earliest date, and so nobly depicted the progress of the creation,--but
those of the books of Tobit, Baruch, etc., books which the Roman Church
itself has called apocryphal, and the greater part of which exhibit an
internal character of spuriousness which precludes the possibility of
their being the offspring of inspired minds, though they contain some
things useful and instructive, such as may be found in the writings of
the early doctors, who however never claimed nor were deemed to possess
the gift of inspiration from on high.
Let me here ask: what is to be discovered in the chapters of Tobit, etc.,
of first rate importance to the Christian in his worldly pilgrimage, or
which serves to corroborate and illustrate other parts of Scripture?
Above all, is Christ crucified spoken of or hinted at, as in the
authenticated writings of the Prophets? If not, what is their value in
comparison with that of other books of Scripture, even could their
authenticity be proved?
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