Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed; thou hast guided them In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them; in his love Moreover, I will endeavor that ye may be able, after my decease, to have these things always IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. 444- NEW-YORK: J. M. MORGAN & Co. No. 4 BOWERY. G. F. Bunce, Printer. 1831. 58577 ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, In the year 1831, by William Parkinson, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New-York. WHEREAS the spelling of several words in this work is different from the common orthography, it is thought expedient, by way of defense, to mention a few instances of it, with the authorities for them. They are chiefly the following: 1. The termination er is preferred to re, as in scepter. Bailey's and Martin's Dictionaries prefer that form which makes a regular derivative as sceptered. So Milton and the best writers generally of the last century. Webster's Great Dictionary also, has all these words in this form. 2. Or is preferred to our, as in labor, vigor, &c. Walker's Principles, 314-his decision on honor, and his Rhyming Dictionary. Also Ash's Dictionary, and the best modern practice. 3. Final e is preferred to two vowels before a consonant, as procede and lothe, rather than proceed and loath, or loathe. Analogy. 4. When useless, e final is rejected, as in elicit, deposit, &c. Dyche and Webster. 5. C final is preferred to ck as in sceptic. Thirteen standard Dictionaries and the best practice. 6. S is preferred to c soft, as in expense, defense, &c. Bailey, Johnson in his derivatives, and Webster. 7. In derivatives, the final consonant, when not under the accent, is not doubled; as worshiped, from worship; traveler, traveling and traveled, from travel. See Perry's Rule, p. 15, 8vo. Dictionary. For an illustration of the grounds of these and some other variations, from common practice, which will be found in the spelling throughout this Series of Sermons, (mistakes excepted,) the reader is referred to "PRACTICAL ORTHOGRAPHY, by WILLIAM BEARCROFT, late Master of the Academy, Kirky Mooreside;" and especially to the late edition of it "Revised" (by a comparison of twenty-five STANDARD Dictionaries) "and greatly enlarged by DANIEL H. BARNES, one of the Principals of the New-York High School." From the color of its cover, this valuable Work, so deserving of the studious perusal of the rising generation, is now commonly known by the name of THE RED BOOK. |