Tzo tlhe Preaclera plea. And this I thinkemay bea fufñcientan(were tothis obieâioíi. Tell me I pray you,how youchicconceive it. Nymph. Atfarríaslcancenieffureyeuranfverùtbù :thatwhen thateourfeofdae tria11which is aaeet)ietaken toaehmgthingttaught bypreacbing,thenthe Scripture being feandtogiro allowance to them: there is aa reat affisranceofrhe authorityof theone, as oftheother,andthatisat much to beaccounted theWordo/Ged,rehich theScripturewar. renteth,ar thatwhichhyname infomany words itexpreffith. Epseph. That is indeed the fumoftheanfwer:towhich (ifyou will)youmay adde this;that by preaching,mencome tobebetter alluredof the authority of theScripture:for, thebetter they vnderfland it, the morecomfort they find m it, and themóre they feele the power andworking of it (all which, by the blef. fingof God, are the effeets ofpreaching) the more are theyallured that the Scripture is the very thing whichit is laid to be,euenaperfebl,pure,and fweetedo. b Pfal.t9.y.8. ûrine,conuerting thefeule,reioyeing the heart h,andabletomakeman raspvntofalua- Pfhi , t9.ro3. tioni. It is truly Paid, thatthe Scriptureflandetb not inroad/mg, but in vnder/fanding. 'T 1'''385 What Thai it auaile men to carry a kind ofconceit ofCome divine authority to do,fedin ;nee! be in theScripture, fo long as they are ignorant ofthemyflerie ofit,and with_ ligende:Hier. out any apprehenflon or tahleoíthecemfortkwhich is intended ittit? contra Lee. Nymph. rot(Ipray/r)cleereone thing tome,thatnow(bytheway)commetbintomy kRoma t.4. minds youwill(me thought) hamyeur Sermonare be calledGodsWad; willitnotfollow from thence thatyou thatbePreachers then,inyour Sermonscannot erre;fer,tb.Woreiof God cannoterre ? Epaph. It will not follow at all; as Iwill fhew you by thelike ; we willhaue our tranllationsoftheScriptures our ofHebrew andGreek intoEnglifh, tobe calledGodssverdcloth it rherforefollow that tranflators cannot erre?not at all. Againe,wee terme that which is read,tbewordof God;may it therefore beiuiily concluded thence , that he whichreadeth thetext to the peóple, in hisreading cannot erne?furely no Tome tranflators doe translate amiffe; fomereaders doe read amiffe; andTomePreachers do preach amiffe;yet the Wordtrauflated,is Gods Word, the Word read is GodsWord, and foalto theWord prcachedis -Gods Word. A particularerring inthe carriage ofthebulnes,doth not hindèr the gluing of the title of GodsWord vntothegenerali coati. Tranflations mull be fcanned; readingsmuff be confideredof; and Sermons snail beexami. ned.Gods Wordcannoterre, but in the handlingofGodsWord there maybee a miflaking; andadifferencemull be putbetwixt things mifaken, and things fet downe aright. The text trulytranflated is the Word ofGod; the text truly read (being truly tranflated)is the Word ofGod; and foagafnethetext that is tranflated truly,and read truly,and then isopened,expounded;and applied tru. ly,istheWord ofGod.Nothing,in what mannerfouler itis deliuered, is to be reputed and takenas the WordofGod,without enquiry. Nymph. Butnew(me thinh¿-s)youbreeda newdoubt,which although it hintproperly tothe matter ofourconference touchingpreaching ,yetI mull craneyour belpe, beeaufe 'wistaria by refeluing meof euefcruple,toentangle mewithanother. Sy ;bùwhichyou banefaid,1am becomeveryuncertaine robat toaccount Gods Word.For f eing(aayou fay) not theWord tranflatedismore tobe reputedtbeWord ofGod withoutenga;ry, then the Wardpreached, bow!hallwe doe thatvnderflandno languagebut Englr(h, wemufitree" to the tranßationwhichwehaue,inwhich,in ae much as theremay bean erreur as well ae inreadng,or inpreaching,how/ballwe be fare that wehaue theWordofGod indeed ? Epaph.You doe not mitre toaske this;well it may make a doubt,and Iknow that the Papills doe much vrge this, to prone that our common beleeuers can haueno infallible rule of faith, becaufewe makethe Scripture robe the rule of faith,andhow (fay they) can they which vi;derfland not theoriginall, know whetherthey haue the Scriptúreyeaor no ? To helpe you therefore, this I fay in aword: The main,affluence that that which istranflated is Gods VVord,is the
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