is liable, conscious of the purity of his motive, and convinced that something of the kind was much wanted, he looks with a degree of confidence to a discerning and generous Public, for their liberal indulgence and candid decision. The design of the present work is to convey religious instruction, in as pleasing a form as possible, to the minds of young persons. And the utmost ambition of the Author will be answered, should his humble efforts tend to cultivate the reasoning powers, and expand the intellectual faculties of the rising generation; thereby enabling the youth of both sexes to read with increased profit and delight the word of God, and mark, learn, and inwardly digest the important truths contained in that ever blessed book; "which," as Locke observes, "has God for its author, Salvation for its end, and Truth without any mixture of error for its matter." SEPTEMBER, 1818. AN EXPLANATION OF THE ACCEnts used, anD OF THE VARIOUS SOUNDS OF PARTICULAR LETTERS. ACCENTS. The accents used are the acute ('), the and the long ( ̄). grave ('), The acute accent is applied to consonants, as dis-miss', of'-fer, &c. and to verbs which have a long sound by position, as de-ny', ó-pen, de-lite, &c. The grave accent is used to denote the sound of a vowel long, when short by position, as àn-gel, be-hòld, re-pròtsh, mìnd, wind, &c. The hyphen, or long accent, is confined to the vowel a, to shew when it has the long broad sound, as in call, hall, be-fall, wa-ter, war-fare, &c. Where the vowels e and a occur in the same syllable, and the sound of e prevails, the accent is laid upon that letter; but as it is in general a combined sound, the a being only in a measure suppressed, perhaps the circumflex accent would have been most proper, as ap-péaze, or it might have been written ap-peaz'. THE YOUTH'S SPELLING, PRONOUNCING, AND EXPLANATORY Theological Dictionary OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, IN WHICH ALL THE WORDS OF THE FOUR LEADING PARTS OF SPEECH TO WHICH IS ADDED, An Essay, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, on the SEVERAL PARTS OF SPEECH, AND ALSO A Correct Alphabetical Endex. Search the Scriptures. Understandest thou what thou readest? John v. 29. Acts viii. 30. Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a rea son of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. 1 Pet. iii. 15. Utility should be the sole and constant aim of Books designed for Youth. Introduction to Sutcliffe's Grammar. London: Printed and Published for the Author, BY W. BOOTH, DUKE STREET, MANCHESTER SQ. AND SOLD BY Longman & Co.; Hatchard; Seeley; Simpkin and Marshall; Williams & Co.; Ogle & Co.; Button & Son; Baynes; Sherwood & Co.; Blanshard; Kent; Nisbet; & Cox, London: Wilson, Hull: W. Oliphaut, and Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh A. & J. M. Duncan, and M. Ogle, Glasgow: and the Principal Booksellers in the Kingdom. 1818. 101 i. 3544. |