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Anfw.
Ephefians,
Chap.6.
V,
E
R.IO.
And
it fheweth
people what they
fhould defire
:
to
heart
the
word
of
God
,
by
which the
fpirit
doth
work
in
them
;
not
to
applaud
ftrange
fire
:
which
men doe
through
ignorance
,
which
is
the
mother
of
admiration;
and
through indifcretton, which
maketh
them they
cannot difcerne betweene
Aarans
bells
,
betweene the
filver
Trumpet
of
the Sanctuary,
and fuch
tinkling
Cymbals.
Fourthly
,
from tranflations
,
objections are made
:
Firnt,
your
Bibles are
not
Inch
as
have infallible
truth,
but
are
the labour
of
men,
and erre here and there
:
that
which
is
the worke
of
man,
and
fubjeét
to error,
is
not Gods word.
Anfw.
s.
Our
Bibles are
not
fo infallible
as
the
firft copies were
(for
in
them
not
onely
the matter,
but manner of writing the
yfdp)
was
sEaaVEUc
-
both
infallible)
and are fuch
as
(
for
matter)
into
which may
creep fome
errour
; and
for
phrafe
of
fpeech ,
fome
dif-
fenting from
the truth
of
the
original!.
Anfw.
2.
The
word tranflated, though
fiibjcct
to error
is
Gods
word,
and
begetteth,
and encreafeth faith, not
fo
farre forth
as man
through frailty
crrerh ;
but
as
he
is
aflïfled
through
fpeaking and
tranflating,
to write
the truth.
The
Papifts fay, there mutt
be
infallibility
in
God revealing,
and
the
Church
propounding
,
to beget
faith
:
but
this
is
falle ;
for
faith
commeth by the
hearing
of
theword
of God,
from the mouth
of
a
particular Minifter,
whoby
all confeffion
is
fubject to
error.
objets.
But
if
we
erre
in
fome
things, how
can
we beleeve
any
things they
may
as
well erre
in all
Mfiv.Ir
cannot be: becaufe
as
God doth
immediately
and infallibly
aflifl
them, that they
cannoterre at
ali;fo
we know he
is
in
fome mea-
lure with
them,that
they cannot altogether erre. Thefe grounds laid,it
is
eafre
to anfwer.Secondly,If
it
be obje&ed,the word you preach
and
heare, tranflated and read,
is
fubject to
error. Gods word
is
not
fub-
jctì
to
error
,
ergo,
the word yes heare
and reade
is
not Gods word.
Anfw.
The
propofition,
if
generali, it
is
falle
:
but
it
is
particular,
and
Co
concludes particularly
;
elfe it
is
falle,
and
the conclufion
falle.
aljec7.
A wordthat
may erre
cannot beget faith
:
your word may.
v4nfw. The
firft
is
falle,
unleffe
conceived
with limitation,
thus
:
A word that erreth cannot beget
faith , fo farre
forth
as
it erreth.
I
thought
good not to propound this objeétion
, becaufe I
would not
teach men to
finde
a
hole
in
their
Bibles, left
their corruption
fhould
take
further hold byit, then their grace would overcóme. Yet the
fre-
quent
audacious practice
of
Miniflers,
in
correcting the tranflations
which walke
in
our
Lands, doth
make it neceffary
,
that the
truth
of
this point fhould for
the diligent reader
be unfolded
;
who
will
not
take offence
at the
wcakneffe
of
man
,
but extoll the power
of
God
,
which doth put
forth
it felfè
in
the midtl
of humane frailties.
Now
followeth the fecond thing,
in
which
the particular ftrength-
ning ofour
felves
doth
stand
:
and
that
is
a
matter
of
fact.
The
exercife
of
prayer.
The former thingsdoe
prefent before
us
, men clad
in
gli-
flerina