© Gunnar Tómasson
31 March 2016
Dedication, 1611.
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17083 = To the most high and mightie Prince, James
14782 = by the grace of God King of Great Britaine,
13600 = France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c. [c = 100 in &c]
16142 = The Translators of The Bible, wish
23471 = Grace, Mercie, and Peace, through Iesvs Christ our Lord.
25844 = Great and manifold were the blessings (most dread Soueraigne)
18175 = which Almighty GOD, the Father of all Mercies,
27472 = bestowed vpon vs the people of ENGLAND, when first he sent
26231 = your Maiesties Royall person to rule and raigne ouer vs.
20761 = For whereas it was the expectation of many,
20349 = who wished not well vnto our SION,
17198 = that vpon the setting of that bright
15710 = Occidentall Starre Queene ELIZABETH
9424 = of most happy memory,
18376 = some thicke and palpable cloudes of darkenesse
18648 = would so haue ouershadowed this land,
13878 = that men should haue bene in doubt
15782 = which way they were to walke,
15261 = and that it should hardly be knowen,
19547 = who was to direct the vnsetled State:
12947 = the appearance of your MAIESTIE,
14404 = as of the Sunne in his strength.
27059 = instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists,
17924 = and gaue vnto all that were well affected
22864 = exceeding cause of comfort; especially when we beheld
20399 = the gouernment established in your HIGHNESSE,
18518 = and your hopefull Seed, by an vndoubted Title,
9996 = and this also accompanied
19326 = with Peace and tranquillitie, at home and abroad.
12121 = But amongst all our Ioyes,
20593 = there was no one that more filled our hearts,
12579 = then the blessed continuance
21601 = of the Preaching of GODS sacred word amongst vs,
17008 = which is that inestimable treasure,
18678 = which excelleth all the riches of the earth,
19597 = because the fruit thereof extendeth it selfe,
27323 = not onely to the time spent in this transitory world,
14104 = but directeth and disposeth men
24591 = vnto that Eternall happinesse which is aboue in Heauen.
21523 = Then, not to suffer this to fall to the ground,
30913 = but rather to take it vp, and to continue it in that state, wherein
24340 = the famous predecessour of your HIGHNESSE did leaue it;
27586 = Nay, to goe forward with the confidence and resolution of a man
16494 = in maintaining the trueth of CHRIST,
12944 = and propagating it farre and neere,
19426 = is that which hath so bound and firmely knit
17031 = the hearts of all your MAIESTIES loyall
14221 = and Religious people vnto you,
19655 = that your very Name is precious among them,
18171 = their eye doeth behold you with comfort,
26424 = and they blesse you in their hearts, as that sanctified person,
29842 = who vnder GOD, is the immediate authour of their true happinesse.
24171 = And this their contentment doeth not diminish or decay,
19250 = but euery day increaseth and taketh strength,
22410 = when they obserue that the zeale of your Maiestie
26020 = towards the house of GOD, doth not slacke or goe backward,
22020 = but is more and more kindled, manifesting it selfe abroad
18605 = in the furthest parts of Christendome,
15825 = by writing in defence of the Trueth,
23901 = (which hath giuen such a blow vnto that man of Sinne,
8430 = as will not be healed)
21881 = and euery day at home, by Religious and learned discourse,
13424 = by frequenting the house of GOD,
25817 = by hearing the word preached, by cherishing the teachers therof,
9916 = by caring for the Church
18829 = as a most tender and louing nourcing Father.
19308 = There are infinite arguments of this right
22543 = Christian and Religious affection in your MAIESTIE:
22020 = but none is more forcible to declare it to others,
17320 = then the vehement and perpetuated desire
22604 = of the accomplishing and publishing of this Worke,
32321 = which now with all humilitie we present vnto your MAIESTIE.
23846 = For when your Highnesse had once out of deepe judgment
17057 = apprehended, how conuenient it was,
18847 = That out of the Originall sacred tongues,
19144 = together with comparing of the labours,
21033 = both in our owne, and other forreigne Languages,
19731 = of many worthy men who went before vs,
12929 = there should be one more exact
29045 = Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English tongue;
17764 = your MAIESTIE did neuer desist, to vrge
21746 = and to excite those to whom it was commended,
14331 = that the worke might be hastened,
24488 = and that the businesse might be expedited in so decent a maner,
24495 = as a matter of such importance might iustly require.
14074 = And now at last, by the Mercy of GOD,
15651 = and the continuance of our Labours,
30488 = it being brought vnto such a conclusion, as that we haue great hope
23456 = that the Church of England shall reape good fruit thereby;
23807 = we hold it our duety to offer it to your MAIESTIE,
17329 = not onely as to our King and Soueraigne,
26260 = but as to the principall moouer and Author of the Worke.
19776 = Humbly crauing of your most Sacred Maiestie,
16010 = that since things of this quality
17125 = haue euer bene subiect to the censures
17049 = of ill meaning and discontented persons,
16624 = it may receiue approbation and Patronage
25494 = from so learned and iudicious a Prince as your Highnesse is,
21401 = whose allowance and acceptance of our Labours
15850 = shall more honour and incourage vs,
11761 = then all the calumniations
23605 = and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay vs.
10548 = So that, if on the one side
23984 = we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad,
15346 = who therefore will maligne vs,
28146 = because we are poore Instruments to make GODS holy Trueth
20859 = to be yet more and more knowen vnto the people,
25267 = whom they desire still to keepe in ignorance and darknesse:
9729 = or if on the other side,
18634 = we shall be maligned by selfe-conceited brethren,
28157 = who runne their owne wayes, and giue liking vnto nothing
25716 = but what is framed by themselues, and hammered on their Anuile;
32015 = we may rest secure, supported within by the trueth and innocencie
7810 = of a good conscience,
24170 = hauing walked the wayes of simplicitie and integritie,
7044 = as before the Lord;
12205 = And sustained without,
29877 = by the powerfull Protection of your Maiesties grace and fauour,
16674 = which will euer giue countenance
16584 = to honest and Christian endeuours
25197 = against bitter censures, and vncharitable imputations.
10393 = The LORD of Heauen and earth
19648 = blesse your Maiestie with many and happy dayes,
21799 = that as his Heauenly hand hath enriched your Highnesse
20534 = with many singular, and extraordinary Graces;
24271 = so you may be the wonder of the world in this later age,
14503 = for happinesse and true felicitie,
24291 = to the honour of that Great GOD, and the good of his Church,
24380 = through IESVS CHRIST our Lord and onely Sauiour.
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II + III = 1658168 + 884380 = 2542548
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