SHAKSPEARE

AND

THE BIBLE.

"I commend my Soul into the hands of GoD, my Creator; hoping and assuredly believing, through the only merits of JESUS CHRIST, my Saviour, to be made partaker of life everlasting; and my Body to the earth, whereof that is made.'

SHAKSPEARE'S WILL.

ON

SHAKSPEARE'S KNOWLEDGE

AND USE OF THE BIBLE.

BY

CHARLES WORDSWORTH, D.C.L.

BISHOP OF ST. ANDREWS.

'I will preach to thee; mark me!'-KING Lear.

'Meliùs Chrysippo et Crantore.'- HORACE.

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 65 CORNHILL.

1864.

The right of Translation is reserved.

TO

MY CHILDREN:

IN THE HOPE AND WITH THE AIM

THAT THEY MAY GROW UP READERS AND LOVERS

OF

SHAKSPEARE

AS

THE BOOK OF MAN;

BUT, STILL MORE, READERS AND LOVERS

OF

THE BIBLE

AS

THE WORD OF GOD.