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A47975	The history of learning, or, An abstract of several books lately published, as well abroad, as at home by one of the two authors of the Universal and historical bibliotheque.	Lacroze, Jean Cornand de, d. ca. 1705.	1691 (1691)	Wing L137; ESTC P2191	57,220	74

discourse more freely and with greater weight concerning the matters The event happen'd as the Author had foreseen for the Pope vindicated the persecuted Jansenists either as being of their opinion or designing by the Publick expressing of a Compassion that cost him nothing to strengthen his party with the acce●ssion of so considerable a number of Learned Divines and of he best Writers in France Whereupon the King being incense●d that his Holiness should attempt as it were to prescribe Laws to him and should endeavour to withdraw his Subjects from their Allegiance to him took other measures and having Summon'd an Assembly of his Clergy † In the Year 1682. caus'd it to be declar'd therein 1. That the Pope hath no Authority directly or indirectly over the Temporalities of Kings 2. That much less hath he any power to depose them 3. That he is not infallible 4. That he is inferiour to a Council At that time the breach seem'd to be irreparable and it was generally believ'd that a Patriarch would e're long preside in France It is true indeed that the persecution of the Protestants whose entire Destruction was then hasten'd afforded but little hope of a Reformation to the moderate part of Roman Catholicks However many of them that were willing to flatter themselves with vain Expectations gave it out that none ought to be discourag'd by these rigorous Persecutions that the Court not being ignorant of the commotions that a too much precipitated Reformation hath produced in other places intended to proceed therein by degrees And that even on this account they had very good grounds to abolish the Exercise of the Reformed Religion either to avoid a Schism like unto that which vexes yet England at this present or insensibly to gain the consent of the old Catholicks by the Conversation of the new Upon the whole matter this is sufficient to induce us to believe that the Court of France is not unwilling that their Divines should take the Advantage of this Conjuncture obliquely to assault the Superstitions of the Church of Rome However Father Simon to vindicate himself in regard that our Author had refuted (a) 〈◊〉 4. Disse●● Prol. P. 30.38 ●9 his too presumptuous Conjectures on the Pentateuch hath written against him with much animosity accusing him as one that had employed his Pen to revive Calvinism that was so lately extirpated Nevertheless all these loud Clamours produced no effect serving only to promote the Sale of the Book neither have they oblig'd Mr. Du Pin to blot out these passages that were offensive to his Adversary but only to add certain Notes in this Second Edition to prove that Moses really composed the Pentateuch And the Author is so far from having been reprehended for bringing allegations in favour of the Protestants that the Censors of Books have loaded him with extraordinary Commendations in the beginning of the second Volume which they conclude in these words That not being able to determine whether the vast extent of his Learning the Sagacity of his Judgment or the continual solidity of his Reflections ought most to be admin'd they find themselves oblig'd to declare that that which would serve for the Commendation of many is not sufficient to discharge all the Obligations that they judge to be due to his singular merit A large Preface is prefixed to the first Volume wherein the Author explains and justifies the Title that he hath given to his Book gives an account of his Design and Method and propounds certain Critical Rules to determine whether a Work be forg'd or whether it really appertains to the Person to whom it is Attributed This Preface is follow'd with a Preliminary Dissertation concerning the Books of the Bible in which he treats 1. Of the Authors of the Books of the Old Testament in general 2. Of the Canonical and Apocryphal Writings And indeed the judgment of Mr. Du Pin on this Article is very Remarkable seeing he is a Roman Catholick for according to his opinion the Six last Chapters of the Book of Esther are not extant in the Hebrew Text but were taken from divers places and contain several pieces apparently Collected by the Hellenist Jews St. Jerom expresly rejects the Book of Buruch as not being included in the Canon of Sacred Writings in his Preface to the Prophecy of Jeremiah The History of Tobit is likewise excluded in all the Ancient Catalogues from the number of Canonical Writings as well as that of Judith In a word Christian Antiquity hath follow'd the Canon of the Jews as to the Books of the Old Testament there are no others Cited in the New and a great part of these are often alledged therein Moreover the Primitive Catalogues of Canonical Books composed by the Greek and Latin Ecclesiastical Authors do not contain any others In the Chronicon of Eusebius the Books of the Maccabees are separated from those of the Holy Scriptures and placed in the Rank of Josephus and Africanus The Books of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus are inserted in the Ancient Catalogues among those Writings that are esteem'd to be very useful but such as are not Canonical Nothing can be inferr'd to prove their being Divinely inspir'd from those passages that are produc'd by the Fathers in regard that Origen St. Jerom and St. Hilary by whom they are cited reckon them among the Apocryphal Writings Moreover these Books were not admitted into the Canon of holy Scripture even in the time of Gregory the Great Forasmuch as this Pope speaks to this effect † Greg. Lib. 12. Moral We do nothing that is unreasonable in exhibiting the Testimony of Books that are not Canonical since they were Published for the Edification of the Church Many Ecclesiastical Writers both Greek and Latin reckon only 22 Canonical Books annexing the History of Ruth to that of Judges and the Lamentations of Jeremiah to his Prophecies although they lived after the third Council of Carthage and after Innocent I. who is reported to have inserted the Maccabees and other Apocryphal Books into the sacred Canon which shews adds our Author that these definitions were not follow'd by all Authors and by all the Churches until this was at last entirely determin'd by the Decision of the Council of Trent Insomuch that these Ecclesiastical Assemblies partake of this general property with the others that the Decrees of the later should abolish all those of the preceeding or otherwise it is but just that the Church of Rome which hath a power to make new Articles of Faith should likewise be invested with that of causing the Books from whence they are taken to be esteem'd as Canonical In the third Article of this dissertation the Author gives us the History of the Hebrew Original of the Translation of the Septuagint and of other Greek Versions of the Old Testament 4. He discourseth anfterwards concerning certain Authors whose works have some Relation to the Sacred Writings of the Hebrews as Philo Josephus Aristaeus c. 5.

THE HISTORY OF LEARNING OR AN ABSTRACT Of Several BOOKS Lately Published as well abroad as at home By one of the Two Authors of the Vniversal and Historical Bibliotheque LONDON Printed for Abel Swalle and Timothy Childe at the Vnicorn at the West-End of St. Paul's Church-Yard 1691. To the Right Honourable the Earl of DORSET and MIDDLESEX Lord Chamberlain of Their Majesties Houshold My Lord THis Work does every way belong to your Lordship for besides the many Obligations your Honour has been pleas'd to lay upon me and to advise me to the composing of it I know not a Person more universally Learned and more capable of Judging all sorts of Learned Writings I doubt not My Lord but your wonted Goodness and Affability will vouchsafe me a favourable Acceptance of this Present Though I must acknowledge 't is with some Reluctancy that I make it There is so much difficulty in making Abstracts and one finds so rarely wherewith at the same time to Please and Instruct that I can hardly hope I have done any thing worthy to be Presented to so delicate a Judgment as your Lordship's I have been unfortunate in that I write not in my own Language by which Means some Improprieties may escape of which I am ignorant and which I hope your Lordship will pardon I presume to offer this Essay to your Lordship partly because I have the Honour to be known to your Lordship by other Works and that I hope under your Lordships Patronage to be assisted for the Future from Men of Parts and Learning with something more considerable and more deserving your Lordships perusal I am with all Duty and Respect My LORD Your Lordships Most Humble and most Obedient Servant J. D. de La Crose THE PREFACE THE following Essay is not as one lately Published a Translation of the Journals Printed abroad but a real Abstract taken from the best Books lately Printed both at home and abroad which if it finds Encouragement shall be continued as oft as Matter occurs Monthly or otherwise 'T will be unnecessary that I enlarge upon the great Vse and Advantage of these sort of Works the great Encouragement they have receiv'd in Holland France Germany c. does sufficiently evidence their Worth and seem to reproach us for having so long neglected it 'T is true it has been twice attempted here but those having been barely Translations and the Readers generally understanding the Original seems to be the Reason they were no better received But not to detain the Reader too long I shall pass over what might be more said upon this Occasion and proceed to give an Account of my Design in as few Words as may be I design then to Publish an Abridgment of all new Books as they shall appear in the World to which purpose I shall keep a Correspondence abroad in order to the being furnished with every thing rare with the first But in regard this Design is of too large extent that is the abridging of every Book that is Published especially in this Age where so many trifling Impertinencies pass the Press I shall chuse only such to insert in this Work as may most deserve the perusal of the Studious Reader I shall enlarge upon such as shall publish any Novelty to the World and such as discourse the most rationally upon any Subject and shall endeavour to mark out the most considerable Passages and the Places best writ of every Author The Reader must excuse me if I omit giving a Judgment upon the Style and Language of Authors which I shall avoid and chuse rather to give Account of Things than Words I shall also as little as possible take any Side in the Disputes of Learned Men or if it should happen that I adhere to one Party in such Disputes I hope the Ingenious Reader will believe it to be the Force of Reason and Truth that draws me to its side As for those Authors that fill the World with Books ill digested and wherein there is nothing to be learn'd they ought to esteem it a Favour in being passed over in silence Manuals of Devotions and Sermons we shall but rarely take notice of they being of such general Vse so well known and read almost in as little time as an Abstract Dictionaries Collections Abridgments and such like the Authors must pardon us if we take no notice of Also Law-Books Treatises of Practical Physick or any thing too particular in one Faculty will be improper for us to speak of for though they may be excellent in their kind yet their Abridgment will appear but tedious and dull to any not of that Profession But I would not be thought upon this Pretence to excuse my self from abstracting such ingenious Treatises as shall be Published in Anatomy Natural Philosophy Mathematicks c. For though such Abstracts may indeed be unpleasant to such as understand them not they must bear with the Evil and remedy it by turning over the Leaf to a Place that pleases them better for in a Work of this Nature which is writ for all the World and every Profession such inconveniences cannot be avoided And thus having given an Account of our Design we doubt not but all Learned and Ingenious Gentlemen will assist promote it by communicating to us such things as may be convenient to insert in this our Journal which if at any time they please to direct to the Publisher they shall be thankfully received and Published accordingly By this we mean in such Cases where a Person may have made any Discovery in Natural Philosophy Physick Mathematicks Critick or the like and would not give themselves the Trouble of Writing a Treatise upon it if they please to communicate it to us we shall give it place in our Journal and preserve and publish it to the World better by far than if it was Printed by it self Which Advertisement considering the present discontinuance of the Philosophical Transactions will not we hope seem impertinent to the Learned World The Reader must excuse the Imperfection of this first Essay it being but a rude Dranght of what we intend for the Future if the Author be so happy to see his Labour encouraged and his Design favoured by the Approbation of Worthy Persons This is all we thought necessary to tell the Publick at present only this we have further to say That the Abstract of the Phytographia is of another Hand and that through Inadvertency we sent the Copy to the Printer's without having digested it into proper Order but the like Fault shall happen no more We have added at the End a Catalogue of some Books which we intend for the next together with some others most eminently recommendable to the Learned The CONTENTS I. History of Lewis the Great taken from the Medals c. Character of this Book The French King's Religion toward his Allies Of his giving Peace to Europe and taking 200 Cities by Storm The immortal Man French Protestants