said, "I will blot out from the face of this earth the man I have 8 made, both man and beast; both reptiles and birds of the air. For 1 grieved that I made them. But Noe found favour in the sight of the

Lord God.

9 Now these are the generations of Noe. Noe was a just man ; 10 and being perfect in the tenor of his life, Noe pleased God. And Noe had three sons, Sem, Cham, Japheth. Now the earth was cor11 rupt before God; and the earth was filled with iniquity. And God 12 beheld the earth and it was corrupt. Because all flesh had corrupted 13 their way on the earth; therefore the Lord God said to Noe, “The time of every man is come before me. Because the earth is filled with iniquity by their means, therefore behold I am going to destroy them and the earth. Make therefore for thyself an ark of squared 14 timber. Thou shalt make the ark with small apartments, and pitch 15 it on the inside and outside with pitch. And in this manner thou shalt make the ark. Three hundred cubits shall be the length of the ark, and fifty cubits the breadth, and thirty cubits the height thereof. 16 In building the ark thou shalt narrow the breadth and finish it above at a cúbit. And thou shalt make the door of the ark out of the sides. 17 With lower, second and third stories thou shalt make it. Now behold I am going to bring a flood of water upon the earth to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life under heaven, and all that are on the earth shall die; and I will establish my covenant with thee. 18 Thou therefore shalt go into the ark, thou and thy sons and thy wife 19 and thy sons' wives with thee. And of all the cattle, and of all the

reptiles, and of all the wild beasts, even of all flesh thou shalt bring into the ark a pair of every sort, that thou mayest nourish them with 20 thyself. They shall be a male with a female. Of all the winged fowls according to kind, and of all the cattle according to kind, and of all the reptiles which creep on the earth according to their kind, pairs of every sort shall come to thee, a male with a female, to be fed 21 with thee. Thou shalt therefore take to thee of all the varieties of food which you eat, and collect it to thee, and it shall be for thee and 22 for them to eat."

Ver. 1. When the men.] The article in Greek does not here require the definite article in English.

Ver. 3. My breath must not ov μη καταμείνη- to this age εις τον αιώνα.] The Greek does not authorize either of these renderings, certainly not the last.

In ver. 4. Mr. Thompson has adopted a punctuation which makes an incomplete sentence in English. If he had followed the Greek he might have put a comma or semicolon after "them."

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Ver. 9. In the tenour of his life, Ev T VEVER auT8.] He has adopted the same meaning of YEVE in Isai. 53. 8. after Bp. Lowth. If the Greek would admit of it, we should embrace it ambabus ulnis.

Ver. 16. We are not sure that we understand the translation of this verse. The Greek is hardly grammatical. It seems to refer to the bringing of the roof of the ark to a point.

Mr. T. does not seem to have been aware, that though aya is always used by the LXX. in the plural, it will not do to render it plurally in English. e. g. 1 Kings 20. 24. He would not render thus, " Abner sat down by the sides ex hαyou of Saul." Besides, "make the door of the ark out of the sides," conveys a very different meaning in English, from this, "make a door at the side or sides."

Our second extract is from Isaiah 53 to 54. 2. The author has prefixed letters signifying the different interlocutors, in the prophetical books; by which he has in some cases thrown light on a passage.

LIII. (c) "O Lord, who hath believed this report of ours, and to 2 whom hath the arm of the Lord been made manifest? We have made proclamation as a child before him as a root in a thirsty soil, he 3 hath no appearance nor glory. neither appearance nor beauty fective beyond the sons of men. quainted with grief, because his countenance was dejected, he was 4 despised and disesteemed. This man beareth away our sins; and

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We have seen him; and he hath but his appearance is mean and deBeing a man in affliction and ac

for us he is in sorrow: And we considered him as being in trouble and 5 under a stroke and in affliction. But he was wounded for our sins, and afflicted for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was 6 upon him; by his bruises we are healed. We all like sheep had strayed; every man wandered in his way and the Lord delivered 7 him up for our sins: and he, on the account of his affliction, openeth not his mouth. He was led as a sheep to be slaughtered. And as 8 a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. In this humiliation his legal trial was taken away. Who will declare his manner of life.

(J) Because his life is taken from the earth-for the transgres9 sions of my people he is led to death; therefore for his funeral I will give up the wicked, and the rich for his death. Because he commit10 ted no iniquity, nor practised guile with his mouth, and the Lord determineth to purify him from this stroke: when his soul shall be given up for a sin offering; of you he shall see a seed which shall 11 prolong their days. Moreover it is the determination of the Lord to remove him from the trouble of his soul-to shew him light and fashion him for knowledge-to justify the Righteous One who is 12 serving many well, when he shall bear away their sins; therefore he shall inherit many, and divide the spoils of the strong.

(p) Because his soul was delivered up to death and he was numbered among transgressors and bore away the sins of many and on the account of their iniquities was delivered up;

LIV.

rejoice thou barren, who bearest not-break forth with shouts 2 of joy, thou who sufferest not the pangs of child birth; for many more are the children of the desolate than of her who hath a husband.

In this extract the critical reader will take notice of the translation of εpe in the 4th verse, and of avoices in the 11th, and will judge of the propriety of the punctuation in many places.

We have no room for further remarks. The specimens we have given will enable the criticks to judge of the character of this version, and of Mr. Thomson's qualifications for the task he has accomplished.

RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW.

ARTICLE 19.

The history of New Hampshire.

(Continued from page 141.)

THE Conquest of Canada brought into notice a large tract of fertile country on Connecticut river, over which both New York and New Hampshire immediately claimed jurisdiction. As the granting of new lands was the most lucrative prerogative enjoyed by the colonial governours, the chief magistrates of both states were anxious to secure this valuable country to themselves. The governour of New Hampshire proceeded to grant townships in the disputed territory to whoever would apply for them, and the governour of New York obtained from the British court a definition of the boundaries of that state so as to include the whole tract within them. A question then arose upon the grammatical construction of the words "to be" used in this definition. If they related to past time, the boundaries of New York, it was contended, always included these lands; but if to future they might have been in New Hampshire at the time the grants were made. Such was the origin of a dispute, which ended in the erection of these lands into the independent state of Vermont.

At the same time began a much more important dispute between the mother country and colonies, which terminated in the independence of the latter, an event of which the impor

tant consequences were not foreseen, but which is now acknowledged to have produced the most beneficial result to both countries. Dr. Belknap has here thought proper to make himself a party in his history, and to address his readers in the first person, hoping, he says, he may be allowed to express the feelings of an American. We regret that Dr. B. should by this mode diminish the confidence which his readers repose in his candour and impartiality. Our author has not discovered his usual sagacity in discovering the origin and causes of this dispute. He says that a jealousy of the colonists had always existed, and an opinion long prevailed that they would one day throw off the yoke. He attributes almost every thing to the venality of that British ministry, which succeeded to the administration after the peace of 1763, but the various circumstances which roused this jealousy into action and the different motives which actuated the different parties in America are left wholly untouched. Having described the proceedings of the British government and of the people in this country, till the period of the repeal of the stamp act, the relation passes to the administrations of Benning Wentworth, and of his successor and nephew John Wentworth, and then returns to the dispute with Great Britain, which he minutely describes till the abolition of royal government in 1775.

From this period till the declaration of independence, every state formed an independent sovereignty, and the history of New Hampshire is sufficiently connected; but, after that period, when the war was directed by the general congress, it becomes difficult to separate the events which occurred in New Hampshire from the general history, and all the former embarrassments of our author recur with accumulated force, The events related are too detached to have any interest.

Paper currency had been used in all the former wars, but, as it was issued for expenses which were reimbursed by the British government, no great inconvenience was felt from it. But when the contest was with that government, patriotism became the only support of this system. New emissions were made continually, and the historian relates at large the evils which flowed from them, and the absurd methods taken to prevent their depreciation. To support their credit the system of confiscation was adopted, which added little to the publick stock, but greatly diminished publick reputation. During the revolution New Hampshire was governed by committees

and conventions, to which necessity induced obedience, and it was not till the peace that a regular constitution was adopted. New Hampshire had hitherto acquiesced in the royal decision respecting the boundaries of New York, and had tacitly given up her claim to the disputed territory. But during the revolution some of the towns on the eastern side of Connecticut river joined themselves to the new state, with the hope of bringing the seat of government among themselves, and thus again involved New Hampshire in the dispute. Dr. B. is sufficiently particular to satisfy readers of the present day, although he regrets the want of authentick information to be more particular. He does not attempt to give the motives which influenced the actors in this complicated business.

The concluding chapter contains an account of the disorders after the peace, arising from the distresses of the people, their opposition to justice and to regular government, and the easy means by which they were brought again to a sense of duty. Similar riots occurred in other states, and the weakness of government became so apparent that every one was sensible of the necessity of a change, and the present federal constitution was eventually adopted.

The third volume, which was not published till 1793, contains the natural history of the state, and is the most interesting and most ably written of the whole. The facts appear to have been collected with great care, they are well arranged, and the information upon the subjects treated of is quite satisfactory. The boundaries are described in the first chapter, and the reasons are given why they differ from the description of them in their charter. Our climate and seasons are extremely well described in the second chapter: and their rigour is related with a degree of fidelity seldom found in a native. The third chapter is upon the face of the country. In speaking of mountains, Dr. B. mentions that their roaring is considered by those who live near them as an indication of rain. The similar circumstance of the roaring of ice and of falls is supposed to foretell rain to those who live in their vicinity, but upon what ground, or whether these indications are supported by facts, we are unable to say. The reason why the roaring of the sea beach is the precursor of a storm is sufficiently obvious.

The fourth chapter contains a particular description of the White Mountains. The general account of them is very good,