THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, PRANSLATED OUT OF THE LATIN VULGATE; DILIGENTLY COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINAL GREEK; AND FIRST PUBLISHED BY THR ENGLISH COLLEGE OF RHEMES, ANNO 1582. NEWLY REVISED AND CORRECTED ACCORDING TO THE CLEMENTINE WITH ANNOTATIONS, TO CLEAR UP THE PRINCIPAL DIFFICULTIES OF HOLY WRIT. As approved by the RIGHT REVEREND JOHN DUBOIS, The Law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the testimony of the Lord is STEREOTYPE EDITION. UTICA: PRITED BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS, FOR THE PROPRIETORS. APPROBATION. HAVING carefully examined this present stereotype edition of the New Testaent, and compared it diligently with that printed in Dublin in 1820, with the approbation and recommendation of the four Catholic Archbishops of Ireland, I do hereby give my full approbation to the circulation of it in this Diocese, and recommend it accordingly. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the Diocesean Seal, this 7th day of September, 1828. JOHN, Bp. of N. York. Southern District of New-York, ss. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the thirteenth day of September, A. D. 1828, in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the United States of America, Lewis Willcocks and Nicholas Devereax, of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit: "The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the Latin vulgate; diligently compared with the original Greek; and first published by the English College of Rhemes, Anno 1582. Newly revised and corrected according to the Clementine Edition of the Scriptures. With Annotations, to clear up the principal difficulties of Holy Writ. As approved by the Right Reverend John Dubois, Catholic Bishop of New-York. The Law of the Lord is unspotted, converting souls: the Testimony of the Lord is faithful, giving wisdom to little ones.-Ps. xviii. 8." In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned:" and also to an Act, entitled, "an Act, supplementary to an Act, entitled, an Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprie tors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." FRED. J. BETTS, Clerk of the Southern District of New-York 03-25-36 gen A TABLE OF CONTROVERSIES. ABSOLUTION. The power promised and given to the pastors of the church, Angels. They have a charge over us, St. Matt. xviii. 10. Heb. i. 14. See also 11. &c. The follows from the premises: particularly see St. 19, 20. St. John xiv. 16, 17, 26. chap. xvi. 13. 8. chap. liv. 9, 10. chap. lix. 19, 20, 21, &c. Church Guides, and their authority. 17, 18. chap. xxviii. 18, 19, 20. chap. xvi. 13. chap. xx. 21, &c. John iv. 6. Communion in one kind sufficient to salvation, St. John vi. 51, 57, 58. and blood of Christ now inseparable, Rom. vi. 9. Mention of one kind alone, Luke xxiv. 30, 31. Acts ii. 42, 46, chap. xx. 7. 1 Corinth. x. 17. Confession of sins, Numbers v. 6, 7. St. Matt. iii. 6. Acts xix. 18. St. James v. 16. The obligation of confession is gathered from the judiciary power of binding and loosing, forgiving and retaining sins, given to the pastors of Christ's church, St. Matt. xviii. 18. St. John xx. 22, 23. Matt. xvi. 18. chap. xxviii 1 Tim. iii. 14, 15. Isai. xxxv. Deuteron. xvii. 8, 9, &c. St. Matt. xviii. St. Luke x. 16. St. John xiv. 16, 17, 26. Ephes. iv. 11, 12, &c. Heb. xiii. 7, 17. 1 Body Confirmation, administered by the apostles, Acts viii. 15, 17. chap. xix. 6. See also 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. Heb. vi. 2. Continency; possible, Matt. xix. 11, 12. The vow binding, Deut. xxiii. 21. The breach of that vow damnable, 1 Tim. v. 12. The practice commended, 1 Cor. vii. 7, 8, 27, 37, 38, 40. For reasons which particularly have place in the clergy, ver. 32, 33, 35. Councils of the church, gathered in Christ's name, are assisted by Christ, St. Matt. xviii. 20. And by the Holy Ghost, Acts xv. 28. Their decrees are diligently to be observed by the faithful, Acts. xv. 41. chap. xvi. 4. See Church Guides. Eucharist. The real presence of the body and blood of Christ, and Transubstantiation proved from Matt. xxvi. 26. Mark xiv. 22, 24. Luke xxii. 19. John vi. 51, 52, &c. 1 Cor. x. 16. chap. xi. 24, 25, 27, 29. Eternity of hell's torments, Matt. iii. 12. chap. xxv. 41, 46. 45, 46, 48. Luke iii. 17. 2 Thes. i. 7, 8, 9. Jude 6, 7. Rev. xiv. 10, 11. ch. xx. 10. See also Isai. xxxiii. 14. Extreme unction, James v. 14, 15. Mark ix. 43, 44, Faith. True faith necessary to salvation, Mark xvi. 16. Acts ii. 47. chap. iv. 12. Heb. xi. 6. Faith without good works is dead, James ii. 14, 17, 20, &c. Faith alone doth not justify, ver. 24. But faith working by charity, Gal. v. 6. Faith doth not imply an absolute assurance of our being in grace; much less of our eternal salvation, Rom. xi. 20, 21, 22. 1 Cor. ix. 27. chap. x. 12. Philip. ii. 12. Rev. iii. 11. Fasting, commended in scripture, Joel ii. 12. Practised by God's servants, 1 Ezra viii. 23. Nehem. i. 4. Daniel x. 3, 7, 12, &c. Moves God to mercy, Jonas iii. 5, &c. Is of great efficacy against the devil, Mark ix. 29. And is to be observed by all the children of Christ, Matt. ix. 15. Mark ii. 20. Luke v. 35. See also Acts xiii. 3. chap. xiv. 23. 2 Cor. vi. 5. chap. xi. 27. Christ's fast of forty days, Matt. iv. 2. Often resists the Ezek. xviii. 23, 31, 32. chap. Acts vii. 51. Heb. xii. 15. 2 Free-will, Gen. iii. 7. Deut. xxx. 19. Eccles. xv. 14, &c. The Holy Ghost. His divinity, Acts v. 3, 4. chap. xxviii. 25, 26. 1 Cor. ii. Indulgences. The power of granting them, Matt. xvi. 18, 19. power, 2 Cor. ii. 6, 7, 8, 10. The use of this Luke xvi. Mass. The sacrifice prefigured, Gen. xiv. 18. Foretold, Malachi 1. 10, 11. Ps. cx. 4. Instituted and celebrated by Christ himself, Luke xxii. 19, 20. Attested, 1 Cor. x. 16, 18, 19, 20, 21. Heb. xiii. See Eucharist, &c. Matrimony. A sacrament representing the indissoluble union of Christ and the church, Eph. v. 32. See also 1 Thes. iv. 3, 4, 5. Marriage not to be dissolved but by death, Gen. ii. 24. Matt. xix. 6. Mark x. 11, 12. 18. Rom. vii. 2, 3. 1 Cor. vii. 10, 11, 39. Holy Orders instituted by Christ, Luke xxii. 19. by imposition of hands, Acts vi. 6. chap. xiii. 3. 1 Tim. iv. 14. 2 Tim. i. 6. Original sin, Job xiv. 4. Ps. li. 7. 21, 22. Eph. ii. 3. John, xx. 22, 23. Conferred Give grace, Rom. v. 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 1 Cor. xv. Confession. Penance, a sacrament. See Absolution. Prayers for the dead, 2 Mach. xii. 43, &c. Purgatory, or a middle state of souls, suffering for a time, on account of their sins, is proved by those many texts of scripture, which affirm that God will render to every man according to his works; so that such as die in lesser sins, shall not escape without punishment, for which also see Matt. xii. 36. Rev. xxi. 27. Consult likewise Matt. v. 25, 26. chap. xii. 32. 1 Cor. iii. 13, 14, 15. 1 Pet. iii. 18, 19, 20. Relics, miraculous, 2 Kings xiii. 21. Matt. ix. 20, 21. Acts xix. 11, 12. Saints departed, assist us by their prayers, Luke xvi. 9. 1 Cor. xiii. 8. Rev. v. 8. We have a communion with them, Heb. xii. 22, 23. They have apower over nations, Rev. ii. 26, 27. chap. v. 10. They are like to Angels, Matt. xxii. 30. Luke xx. 36. They know what passes amongst us, Luke xv. 10. 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 1 John iii. 2. They are with Christ in heaven, before the general resurrection, 2 Cor. v. 1, 6, 7, 8. Philip. i. 23, 24. Rev. iv. 4, chap. vi. 9. chap. vii. 9, 14, 15, &c. chap. xiv. 1, 3, 4. chap. xix. 1, 4, 5, 6. chap. xx. 4. For their invocation, consult the texts quoted above with relation to Angels: and such as testify the great power which the prayers of God's servants have with him; and which authorize us to sue for their prayers; For which see Exod. xxxii. 11, 14. 1 1 Sam. vii. 8, 9, 10. Job xlii. 7, 8. Rom. xv. 30, Eph. vi. 18, 19. 1 Thes. v. 25. Heb. xiii. 13. James v. 16. Holy Scriptures, hard to be understood, and wrested by many to their own destruction, 2 Peter iii. 16. Not of private interpretation, 2 Peter i. 20. Corrupted by Protestants, St. Matt. xix. 11. 1 Cor. vii. 9. chap. ix. 5. chap. xi. 27. Gal. v. 17. Heb. xi. 21. A Apostolical Traditions, 1 Cor. xi. 2. 2 Thes. ii. 15. chap. iii. 6. 2. Tim. i. 13, chap. ii. 2. chap. iii. 14. See also Deut. xxxii. 7. Ps. xix, 5, 6, 7. Transubstantiation. See Eucharist. 3 Trinity of persons in God, Matt. xxviii. 19. 2 Cor. xiii. 13. 1 John v. 7. Women must not preach nor teach, I Cor. xv. 34, 35, 37. 1 * 1. Tim. ii. 11, 12. Ps. xviii. 21, 23, xvi. 27. 1 Cor. iii. |