-354 Soots temptationsfüggeled againfi the ................. CHAP. XXII Satans temptationsfisggeftedaping the troutillattons ofbolie. Scripturesanfz,ered. Nd fomuch for anfwering ratans fecond temp. tation, wherbyhelaboureth tomake menneg- le& the hearing of Gods word, that fo they may neuer be effe6luallycalled.Now thirdly,if hecannot perfwademen that the Scriptures are not the wordofGod,that fo hemay take awayall theautho- ritie thereof,thenhe will take exceptions againfl the tranfla-- tion; fuggefling into their minds, thrthough theScriptures be the wordofGod, as they were penned i n theirmilepro- per languages; by men inlpired by his fpirit, yet for 'ought theyknow,beingvillearnektheScriptures maybe corruptly tranflated, altred from their lira originall,and things added and detraaed at thetranflators pleafure. To this Ianfwere, that not only profeffors ofreligion, but allo Pagans,Infidels,, Epicures and Atheifls, who are euen thevery litnmes of the diuell,hauebeen skilfull and learned in thefe languages; and therefore ifthe tranflations werenotneere the originall,whof couldflop theirmouthes from inueighing againfl fuchfalfe- hood ? Who could reflraine them from declaiming ,againft fuchcorruption, feeing they -fo hate and abhor this truth, as that theywith thevtter extirpati6 therof, and with extreame malice oppefe thernfelhes againfl it,perfecuting andrnurthe- . ring to their vttermoflpower, whofoeuer hnbrace and pro.. feffe ? Moreouér,we know that the Iewes who moremali- tionfly-maligne Chriflians and chriflianitie than theTurkes- andPagans,doe notwithflanding agree withvs in the tran. Elationofthe oldTabment, and can take no exception a- gainfl the new. Thirdly, there hath been euer fince Chrifls comMirigmany fe6taries andheretikes,who for the mainte- Lance oftheir opinions haue but fought to corrupt fome few places oftiheScripturs,but flit Godbath railedvp force god.. lie learned i2 the original ton gues,who haueconfuted them and ,.Sea. I. That thefcrip- tures are truely Irangated.
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