Did the principles of the Bible Society permit them to rejoice at the misfortunes of their fellow-creatures,even of their enemies,the style and tone which the writer of this epistle has,unfortunately for himself and his cause,adopted,would afford them plenteous matter for congratulation.He calls himself an ecclesiastic and talks about 'the sacred duty of his august ministry,'and for the purpose,I suppose,of showing how strictly he fulfils the precepts of his mild Master and Redeemer,he styles the Society in question 'an infernal Society,'and speaks of 'its accursed fecundity.'Goodly words!Charitable words!May I be permitted to enquire in what part of the sacred writings he found them recommended?Perhaps in the following text of the Vulgate:-'Vae vobis Scribae et Phariseai hypocritae,qui decimatis mentham,et anethum,et cyminum,et reliquistis quae graviora sunt legis,JUDICIUM,ET MISERICORDIAM,et fidem.Haec oportuit facere,et illa non omittere.'
Matt.cap.xxiii.vers.23.
Ay de vosotros,Escribas y Phariseos hipocritas,que diezmais la yerba buena,y el eneldo,y el comino,y habeis dexado las cosas,que son mas importantes de la Ley,LA JUSTICIA,Y LA MISERICORDIA,y la fe!Esto era menester hacer,y no dexar lo otro.
The British and Foreign Bible Society is an infernal society and consequently its members,one and all,are children of the devil.
Now,what is required to constitute a child of the devil,according to the opinion of the Founder of Christianity -of Jesus -the Living Word -the Eternal God?Let me quote HIS own words,according to the Vulgate,the book of the Church of Rome:
'Vos ex patre diabolo estis:et desideria patris vestri vultis facere.Ille homicida erat ab initio,et in veritate non stetit,quia non est veritas in eo:cum loquitur mendacium,ex propriis loquitur,quia mendax est et pater ejus.'
Joan.cap.viii.vers.44.
'Vosotros sois hijos del diablo,y quereis cumplir los deseos de vuestro padre:el fue homicida desde el principio,y no permanecio en la verdad;porque no hay verdad en el:quando habla mentira,de suyo habla;porque es mentiroso,y padre de la mentira.'
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 1*y 2*de los Machabeos.The CHRISTIANECCLESIASTIC,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!