This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. http://books.google.com ‘ n _ ‘ . ‘ J _ w, 1% \Jwl_vwwhir WK . ‘ .1 k IWWW. ‘ ‘ .c. J “‘ ‘ J1. F 19] u! r.‘ (W. .3: 4., A G I L 0 T S 0 P A A I N O M R A H OXFORD I PRINTED BY 1. SHRIMPTON. HARMONIA APOSTOLICA: OR, TWO DISSERTATIONS; IN THE FORMER OF WHICH THE DOCTRINE OF ST. JAMES ON JUSTIFICATION BY WORKS_ IS EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED: 1»: THE LATTER, THE AGREEMENT OF ST. PAUL WITII ST. JAMES IS CLEARLY SHEWN. BY THE RIGHT REVEREND FATHER IN GOD GEORGE BULL, D.D., SOMETIME LORD BISHOP OF ST. DAVID’S. 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WHEN a translation of the “Harmonia Apostolica,” the “ Examen Censurae,”'and “Apologia, pro Harmonia” of Bishop Bull, had been determined upon, it was found that the “Han monia” had been partially translated and published by the ‘ Rev. Thomas Wilkinson in 180] ; and though he apologizes in his Preface for its defective execution, and gives his rea sons for very large and important omissions, his translation was considered sufiiciently correct to form the basis of the present ; in which, however, the whole has undergone a very‘ careful revision, and many material alterations; and all the omissions are supplied. That these last were very consi derable, will appear from the fact that, besides numerous paragraphs and sentences interspersed through the body of the work, the parts from page 102-117, from. 169-181, and from 196—206, ‘in the present translation are new, as are also the entire forthcoming translations of the “Examen Censurae” and “Apologia.” The author, as is well known, however deeply impressed with their importance, was averse to the publication of such subjects in English; but in excuse for the departure from this his recorded opinion, it must be urged that circum stances are altered in several respects, that the practice ‘Of conducting controversy in Latin (as is much to be regretted) has well nigh ceased, and that the question here examined, of Christian Justification, has been brought much more into common discussion in English ; so that to vi - ADVERTISEMENT. withhold these works now, would be in effect to defeat the object of the Author in writing them, and to deprive those who are desirous of arriving at the truth, of one of the most important aids in examining it ; for it can hardly be doubted by any who will give them a careful and patient perusal, that these laborious treatises are highly conducive to a right understanding of the subject. TO THE REVEREND FATHER IN CHRIST, AND MOST HONOURED LORD, WILLIAM, THROUGH THEGRACIOUS, AND To ALL GOOD ME)“ MOST GRATEFUL PROVIDENCE OF GOD, BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER. Mos'r HONOURED Loan, THE present work sent to the press under your auspices, is nowreleased from the press and returned to you: having already experienced your kindness, and thus assured of meeting with the same for the future, it confidently betakes itself to the protection and patronage of your illustrious name. Greatly did that saying of St. Ignatius please me“, “ Let nothing which concerns the Church be done without the Bishop,” v and therefore I determined to publish no theological work without your advice. Hence I took care to place before you the following Dissertations in manuscript, (written somewhat roughly, though to the best of my abilities,) abiding your decision whether they should be for ever suppressed or com mitted to the press. The several chapters of each Disser tation were perused by you, (and that too not without care,) your patience overcoming their tediousness ; when read, you gave them your sanction, and what is more, with your ac customed kindness towards myself and all I do, adorned them with your praise. Why therefore should I fear to place before you my work when printed, which when in manuscript gained your appro bation? But whatever the merits of the work thus dedicated to you, my Reverend Father, I wish thereby to manifest my grati “ Epist. ad Smyrn. p. (1'. Edit. Vossii. [c. 8. p. 36.] viii DEDICATION. tude towards you. All who know me must be aware of the favour you have shewn me. Through your aid especially my lot has fallen in this diocese, with sufiicient provision ; to you I am indebted for the leisure I have for these studies. But why should I mention these things? Your many and illustrious virtues have gained the love and veneration even of those to whom you are not known either personally, or through anyparticular acts of kindness; your published works bear witness to your learning: your prudence and modera tion, your modesty, and gravity joined to extraordinary kind ness, and lastly the unspotted holiness of your life, are the admiration not only of your own diocese of Gloucester but well nigh of the whole of England. That Almighty God may preserve and increase these precious gifts and guard you in your Episcopate, and spare you to us for many years ere you return to Him, is the heart felt prayer of, Your Lordship’s most devoted son, G. B. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE READER. THE following Dissertations, good Christian reader, origin ally undertaken for another purpose, (to know which matters little,) and intended for the brief employment of an hour, but which, as the abundance, and, as it were, tide of matter flowed in upon me, and (which is no wonder in such a subject) as difficulty grew out of difiiculty, reached this present size, are now printed and committed to your judgment. If I am accused of boldness in publishing so unpolished a work, and of not being afraid to submit ‘it to the nice criticism of this learned age, I shall not defend myself by the well-known apologies of authors. 1 have done it, not so much through the solicitations of friends (though these were not wanting) as from the conviction that my work, whatever be its intrinsic merits, would be of service to young students in theology, and to such who are as yet but novices in the Epistles of St.Paul. If it shall be of the least service in bringing them to a true judgment on this most necessary controversy; if in the read ing of St. Paul’s Epistles (worthy indeed of continued and persevering study) it shall so assist them, as to prevent their wresting to their own destruction, and that of the flock here after to be committed to their care, those hard sayings, 8w mim'a, which not unfrequently, and especially in this question, occur in his writings; if, in short, it be to them a timely antidote against this Solifidianism, or rather libertinism, which some in these dregs of time teach openly and shame lessly, and which many, by incrusting it with empty dis tinctions in sermons and writings, have palmed upon their hearers and readers, and still do so ; if it answer but these ends, I shall be more than fully repaid. The sneers, dislike, and reproaches of those who are so desperately fond of their once received opinions, I hold for naught. We are engaged iIlamost useful subject, and which (as far as I am aware) X ADVERTISEMENT. has never yet been treated of in a single and full work. So until a better appears mine may be made use of; but on this condition, that the reader must not expect to find the deli cacies and elegance of language, but must be content (and especially in so hard and difficult a subject) with perspicuity of style; neither must he expect accurate arrangement; in asmuch as, following the guidance of one’s own mind, and writing for one’s self more than for others, I have explained each subject as it occurred to me. Hence you will find some things, though not I hope ‘actually misplaced, still not in their proper place. Elsewhere, especially in the second Dis sertation, you will meet with long digressions, which, that they may not ofl'end you, be pleased to recollect that they are neither useless nor entirely irrelevant. If, too, in explaining St. Paul’s Epistles, I have not been so fortunate in gaining the sense of one or two passages, as I could have wished, I trust to meet with the reader’s clemency, if he fairly attends to the main subject and design of the Apostle. Lastly, if, kind reader, you gain any benefit from this our work, first thank God, the Fountain and Giver of every good, for it ; and then entreat the Lord by your fervent prayers for the author, who, though disputing about Gospel righteous ness, confesses himself to be (and he says it from his heart) the chiefest of sinners, and in the same Lord FAREWELL.