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and_o romanist_n and_o among_o the_o former_a by_o jos_n scaliger_n drusius_n sixtin_n amama_n d._n prideaux_n sect._n 12._o and_o other_o but_o most_o large_o by_o buxtorf_n both_o father_n and_o son_n and_o by_o lud._n capellus_n by_o the_o father_n in_o his_o hebrew_a grammar_n and_o by_o capellus_n in_o his_o arcanum_n punctationis_fw-la revelatum_fw-la print_v by_o erpenius_n at_o leyden_n anno_fw-la 1614_o and_o by_o buxtorf_n the_o son_n in_o his_o answer_n to_o capellus_n the_o chief_a argument_n on_o both_o side_n be_v collect_v and_o with_o addition_n of_o some_o other_o present_v prolegom_n 3._o sect._n 38._o to_o 56._o what_o be_v charge_v in_o the_o consideration_n upon_o the_o prolegomena_n in_o this_o matter_n we_o have_v in_o part_n set_v forth_o chap._n 3._o in_o some_o particular_n and_o opposite_a thereto_o what_o be_v assert_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n we_o shall_v now_o more_o full_o discuss_v what_o be_v charge_v or_o object_v in_o the_o one_o and_o what_o be_v 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aethiopick_n gothick_n etc._n etc._n beside_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a and_o concern_v the_o use_n and_o benefit_n of_o translation_n it_o be_v reduce_v to_o these_o head_n first_o because_o all_o can_v understand_v the_o original_a tongue_n therefore_o translation_n serve_v as_o so_o many_o pipeâ—_n or_o channel_n to_o convey_v those_o live_a water_n of_o salvation_n from_o the_o fountain_n to_o every_o particular_a nation_n and_o people_n that_o so_o all_o may_v read_v and_o hear_v the_o wonderful_a work_n of_o god_n in_o their_o own_o tongue_n second_o the_o wonderful_a consent_n of_o all_o translation_n in_o all_o thing_n of_o moment_n though_o make_v at_o several_a time_n and_o in_o several_a nation_n so_o far_o distant_a from_o one_o another_o join_v together_o only_o by_o the_o same_o common_a faith_n prove_v these_o book_n to_o be_v of_o divine_a original_a and_o to_o have_v no_o other_o author_n but_o god_n who_o so_o wonderful_o preserve_v they_o among_o so_o many_o 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be_v alter_v nay_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o assert_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n that_o the_o present_a reading_n be_v in_o possession_n of_o its_o authority_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v alter_v though_o other_o copy_n have_v former_o read_v otherwise_o unless_o it_o can_v be_v evident_o and_o clear_o prove_v that_o some_o fault_n be_v creep_v into_o the_o present_a read_n and_o that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o usual_a read_n upon_o mere_a conjecture_n unless_o evident_a necessity_n require_v prol._n 7._o sect_n 23._o in_o omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la textum_fw-la originarium_n recurrendum_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la ubi_fw-la plane_n constet_fw-la errorem_fw-la in_o textum_fw-la irrepsisse_fw-la ubi_fw-la vero_fw-la hoc_fw-la probari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la necessario_fw-la ad_fw-la textum_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la normam_fw-la omnes_fw-la versiones_fw-la probandae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nec_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la bellarmino_fw-la dicere_fw-la exit_fw-la fontibus_fw-la si_fw-la puri_fw-la sâ—nt_fw-la corrigendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la versiones_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la supponi_fw-la debet_fw-la fontes_fw-la esse_fw-la puros_fw-la donec_fw-la contrarium_fw-la liquido_fw-la probetur_fw-la secundum_fw-la regulam_fw-la jurisconsultorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la esse_fw-la bone_fw-la donec_fw-la constet_fw-la de_fw-la contrario_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ex_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la instantiis_fw-la probatur_fw-la generalis_fw-la fontium_fw-la corruptio_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o his_o locis_fw-la lapsum_fw-la esse_fw-la scribam_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la fontis_fw-la puritate_fw-la constare_fw-la potest_fw-la so_o in_o the_o 22._o sect._n primo_fw-la lectionem_fw-la librorum_fw-la originalium_fw-la in_fw-la vitio_fw-la cubare_fw-la clare_v probandum_fw-la est_fw-la tum_fw-la error_n corrigendus_fw-la sic_fw-la vera_fw-la lectione_n restituta_fw-la textus_fw-la originarius_n versionum_fw-la regula_fw-la &_o norma_fw-la fit_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n sect._n 25._o etsi_fw-la versiones_fw-la antiquae_fw-la praeâ—ertim_fw-la multum_fw-la confer_v possunt_fw-la cum_fw-la erratum_fw-la in_o textum_fw-la originarium_n casu_fw-la irrepsit_fw-la ad_fw-la veram_fw-la lectionem_fw-la indagandam_fw-la &_o restituendam_fw-la tamen_fw-la generaliter_fw-la loquendo_fw-la versiones_fw-la omnes_fw-la secundum_fw-la textus_fw-la originales_fw-la corrigi_fw-la &_o examinari_fw-la debent_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la versiones_fw-la tanquam_fw-la rivuli_fw-la ex_fw-la codicibus_fw-la originariis_fw-la ut_fw-la fontibus_fw-la fluxerint_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la veritatis_fw-la in_o versionibus_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la illud_fw-la à _fw-la fontibus_fw-la habuerint_fw-la eatenus_fw-la enim_fw-la versio_fw-la vera_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la quatenus_fw-la cum_fw-la textu_fw-la originario_fw-la concordet_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la greg._n de_fw-fr valent._n translatio_fw-la vera_fw-la est_fw-la eujus_fw-la sensus_fw-la à _fw-la svo_fw-la fonte_fw-la non_fw-la deviat_fw-la sed_fw-la sententias_fw-la reddit_fw-la easdem_fw-la &_o aequales_fw-la nec_fw-la ampliores_fw-la nec_fw-la restrictiores_fw-la etc._n etc._n contradictionem_fw-la itaque_fw-la plane_n implicat_fw-la affirmare_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la fontem_fw-la ex_fw-la version_n corrigendum_fw-la aeque_fw-la enim_fw-la absurdum_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la solis_fw-la motum_fw-la ex_fw-la horologio_fw-la corrigere_fw-la vellet_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la automaton_fw-gr aberrat_fw-la dicere_fw-la solemn_a irregulariter_fw-la circumferri_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la vitium_fw-la in_o automato_fw-la concedere_fw-la v._o by_o all_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o prolegomena_n do_v not_o equal_v the_o translation_n with_o the_o text_n or_o make_v this_o one_o end_n of_o translation_n thereby_o to_o correct_v the_o text_n or_o as_o be_v most_o invidious_o express_v to_o correct_v the_o scripture_n 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notwithstanding_o our_o author_n declamation_n it_o be_v most_o probable_a that_o the_o tiberian_a masorite_n be_v the_o first_o inventor_n and_o more_o probable_a than_o any_o thing_n by_o he_o say_v to_o the_o contrary_a nay_o though_o he_o deny_v that_o ever_o there_o be_v any_o such_o man_n in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la â—s_v we_o have_v see_v already_o p._n 243._o yet_o forget_v what_o he_o have_v say_v and_o contradict_v himself_o as_o be_v usual_a he_o tell_v we_o p._n 223._o that_o there_o be_v former_o a_o school_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o learned_a man_n famous_a at_o tiberias_n be_v grant_v and_o p._n 240_o the_o tiberian_a masorite_n the_o suppose_a inventor_n of_o thâ—_n point_n be_v man_n live_v after_o the_o finish_n of_o the_o last_o talmud_n and_o p._n 271._o he_o cite_v and_o approve_v that_o say_n of_o azarias_n who_o ascribe_v the_o restauration_n of_o the_o point_n to_o their_o use_n after_o they_o have_v be_v disuse_v to_o the_o tiberian_a masorite_n and_o pag._n 270._o that_o by_o receive_v the_o punctation_n from_o the_o tiberian_o the_o continuation_n of_o it_o in_o that_o school_n not_o the_o invention_n of_o it_o be_v intend_v by_o abenezra_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v that_o these_o tiberian_a masorite_n who_o never_o be_v in_o rerum_fw-la natura_fw-la and_o lieve_v no_o man_n know_v where_o nor_o when_o be_v find_v out_o at_o last_o to_o have_v have_v a_o school_n at_o tiberias_n and_o to_o have_v continue_v and_o restore_v the_o punctation_n there_o though_o they_o invent_v it_o not_o chap._n xii_o i_o the_o consequence_n infer_v from_o the_o novelty_n of_o punctation_n not_o prove_v at_o all_o but_o take_v as_o grant_v by_o the_o adversary_n ii_o his_o false_a supposition_n iii_o in_o stead_n of_o reason_n his_o earnest_a wish_n of_o take_v the_o point_n out_o of_o the_o bible_n the_o accent_n etc._n etc._n out_o of_o the_o new_a testament_n iv._o the_o consequence_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n &c._n &c._n can_v be_v prove_v by_o the_o adversary_n nor_o by_o any_o papist_n atheist_n etc._n etc._n v._o a_o challenge_n to_o they_o all_o to_o prove_v their_o consequence_n from_o the_o novelty_n of_o the_o punctation_n as_o state_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n vi_o the_o adversary_n prove_v guilty_a of_o the_o say_a consequence_n i._o i_o shall_v now_o come_v to_o the_o consequence_n which_o our_o author_n will_v infer_v from_o our_o opinion_n about_o the_o point_n viz._n that_o if_o they_o they_o be_v invent_v and_o fix_v to_o the_o text_n by_o the_o masorite_n than_o the_o read_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n become_v uncertain_a and_o arbitrary_a and_o the_o supreme_a authority_n thereof_o in_o all_o matter_n of_o faith_n and_o life_n be_v quite_o overthrow_v and_o we_o must_v depend_v either_o upon_o the_o fidelity_n and_o diligence_n of_o the_o rabbin_n for_o the_o true_a read_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o scripture_n or_o fly_v to_o a_o infallible_a judge_n and_o turn_v papist_n or_o else_o turn_v plain_a atheist_n or_o fanatic_a antiscripturist_n by_o reject_v the_o scripture_n altogether_o these_o be_v his_o inference_n pag._n 147._o 161._o and_o epist_n p._n 9_o and_o 25._o but_o the_o invalidity_n of_o this_o argument_n be_v already_o show_v at_o large_a in_o what_o we_o have_v premise_v in_o the_o forego_n chapter_n as_o also_o prolegom_n 3._o sect._n 5._o 31._o for_o it_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o read_n and_o sense_n be_v the_o same_o before_o and_o after_o the_o punctation_n and_o not_o any_o way_n depend_v upon_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o rabbin_n or_o of_o the_o church_n or_o of_o a_o infallible_a judge_n for_o suppose_v what_o we_o have_v already_o prove_v 1._o that_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n never_o want_v its_o vowel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v use_v as_o vowel_n before_o the_o invention_n of_o point_n as_o in_o other_o eastern_a language_n and_o that_o where_o they_o be_v want_v the_o connexion_n of_o the_o word_n with_o the_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_n together_o with_o the_o continue_a custom_n and_o use_n do_v determine_v the_o sense_n and_o make_v the_o text_n as_o it_o be_v now_o and_o free_a from_o ambiguity_n 2._o that_o the_o rabbin_n do_v not_o point_v the_o text_n pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la as_o they_o please_v but_o according_a as_o the_o true_a and_o usual_a read_n continue_v always_o among_o they_o and_o derive_v from_o the_o sacred_a penman_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a now_o for_o any_o to_o alter_v or_o reject_v the_o present_a read_n at_o pleasure_n unless_o a_o better_a read_n can_v be_v clear_o prove_v or_o that_o some_o error_n have_v creep_v in_o contrary_a to_o the_o ancient_a read_n all_o these_o consequence_n vanish_v to_o nothing_o ii_o now_o for_o proof_n of_o these_o consequence_n our_o author_n bring_v nothing_o though_o affirmanti_fw-la incumbit_fw-la probatio_fw-la but_o take_v these_o thing_n for_o grant_v which_o the_o prolegomena_n do_v utter_o deny_v as_o altogether_o false_a and_o untrue_a viz._n 1._o that_o there_o be_v no_o vowel_n among_o the_o hebrew_a twenty_o two_o letter_n and_o so_o that_o the_o hebrew_n have_v no_o vowel_n before_o the_o invention_n of_o point_n 2._o that_o the_o masorite_n do_v point_v the_o text_n as_o they_o please_v and_o so_o that_o the_o read_n according_a to_o the_o present_a punctation_n depend_v mere_o upon_o the_o skill_n and_o fidelity_n of_o those_o rabbin_n 3._o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o any_o to_o alter_v the_o read_n at_o pleasure_n and_o to_o accept_v or_o reject_v the_o point_n as_o no_o part_n of_o the_o text._n 4._o that_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o continue_v the_o true_a read_n and_o sense_n of_o the_o text_n after_o the_o language_n cease_v to_o be_v vulgar_a without_o the_o point_n all_o which_o be_v so_o many_o mistake_n and_o not_o only_o reject_v by_o the_o
chronologie_n and_o other_o controvert_v text_n yet_o all_o these_o man_n must_v not_o be_v reckon_v among_o ancient_a christian_n for_o no_o ancient_a christian_n make_v use_v of_o it_o it_o be_v strange_a if_o any_o thing_n can_v be_v strange_a in_o such_o a_o adversary_n that_o he_o shall_v so_o bold_o affirm_v such_o thing_n which_o be_v so_o easy_o detect_v and_o so_o plain_o confute_v he_o also_o say_v that_o there_o be_v no_o more_o in_o scaliger_n or_o morinus_n discover_v about_o the_o samaritan_n than_o we_o have_v former_o from_o the_o scripture_n and_o josephus_n which_o no_o man_n that_o have_v read_v scaliger_n or_o morinus_n will_v believe_v those_o that_o have_v read_v they_o or_o the_o prolegomena_n will_v find_v many_o thing_n concern_v the_o samaritan_n and_o their_o pentateuch_n which_o can_v not_o be_v find_v either_o in_o the_o scripture_n or_o josephus_n be_v matter_n of_o fact_n do_v long_o after_o josephus_n his_o time_n and_o after_o the_o canon_n of_o the_o scripture_n be_v finish_v xii_o but_o he_o be_v much_o offend_v p._n 331._o that_o from_o the_o occasional_a mention_n of_o the_o samaritan_n liturgy_n and_o the_o pretend_a antiquity_n of_o it_o the_o author_n of_o the_o prolegomena_n fall_v and_o not_o without_o some_o bitterness_n on_o those_o that_o have_v lay_v aside_o the_o english_a liturgy_n or_o service_n book_n and_o say_v it_o have_v not_o be_v imprudent_o do_v to_o reserve_v a_o triumph_n over_o the_o sectary_n to_o some_o more_o considerable_a victory_n than_o any_o be_v to_o be_v hope_v from_o the_o example_n of_o the_o samaritan_n a_o wicked_a people_n forsake_v of_o god_n etc._n etc._n and_o therefore_o he_o can_v have_v wish_v he_o have_v refrain_v that_o close_a of_o his_o discourse_n and_o the_o author_n of_o the_o prolegomena_n can_v have_v wish_v that_o his_o adversary_n can_v at_o length_n learn_v to_o relate_v thing_n true_o and_o to_o forbear_v calumny_n let_v the_o place_n be_v look_v on_o proleg_n 11._o sect._n 23._o and_o let_v any_o man_n see_v whether_o it_o be_v not_o the_o example_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o use_v set_v form_n of_o public_a prayer_n from_o the_o time_n of_o esdras_n and_o who_o be_v certain_o the_o people_n of_o god_n to_o who_o the_o promise_n be_v make_v from_o who_o the_o argument_n be_v draw_v against_o our_o modern_a sectary_n and_o that_o the_o samaritan_n be_v mention_v in_o this_o only_o ut_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la aemuli_fw-la so_o that_o the_o example_n of_o the_o samaritan_n prove_v chief_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o ape_n they_o be_v in_o this_o and_o other_o thing_n and_o so_o may_v well_o be_v bring_v aâ—_n a_o argument_n against_o our_o novellist_n the_o word_n be_v these_o quam_fw-la liturgiam_fw-la samaritanorum_n valde_fw-la antiquam_fw-la esse_fw-la &_o prope_fw-la esdrae_fw-la tempora_fw-la in_o usu_fw-la fuisse_fw-la vel_fw-la ex_fw-la ipsis_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la formulis_fw-la quas_fw-la paulo_fw-la post_fw-la reditum_fw-la à _fw-la babylone_o ab_fw-la esdra_n &_o sociis_fw-la ejus_fw-la compositas_fw-la fuisse_fw-la affirmant_fw-la uno_fw-la ore_fw-la omnes_fw-la judaei_n quasque_fw-la in_o hunc_fw-la usque_fw-la diem_fw-la usurpant_fw-la colligi_fw-la potest_fw-la videantur_fw-la capellus_fw-la in_o spicileg_n &_o seldeni_n notae_fw-la in_o eut._n vnde_fw-la sectariorum_fw-la nostrorum_fw-la pervicacia_fw-la &_o impietas_fw-la merito_fw-la redarguitur_fw-la qui_fw-la spretis_fw-la omnibus_fw-la publicis_fw-la orationum_fw-la et_fw-la liturgiarum_fw-la formulis_fw-la per_fw-la omnes_fw-la christi_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la christianae_n primordiis_fw-la &_o apostolorum_fw-la temporibus_fw-la usitatis_fw-la liturgian_n ecclesiae_fw-la anglicanae_n omnium_fw-la per_fw-la orbem_fw-la christianum_fw-la purissimam_fw-la &_o sanctissimam_fw-la damnarunt_fw-la &_o omnibus_fw-la etc._n etc._n quorum_fw-la praxis_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsis_fw-la judaeis_n eorumque_fw-la aemulis_fw-la samaritanis_fw-la erroris_fw-la &_o novitatis_fw-la arguitur_fw-la where_o we_o see_v the_o argument_n be_v draw_v chief_o from_o the_o jew_n and_o from_o the_o samaritan_n only_o as_o imitate_v the_o jew_n and_o let_v the_o samaritan_n be_v what_o they_o will_v yet_o their_o example_n in_o imitation_n of_o the_o jew_n who_o be_v then_o the_o only_a visible_a church_n of_o christ_n be_v a_o strong_a argument_n for_o the_o use_n of_o public_a set_a form_n of_o liturgy_n and_o will_v more_o prevail_v with_o sober_a and_o pious_a man_n than_o all_o the_o pretence_n of_o factious_a novellist_n xiii_o in_o the_o four_o place_n the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n come_v under_o censure_n which_o be_v likewise_o a_o cento_n make_v up_o of_o divers_a piece_n some_o part_n suppose_v i_o say_v prove_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n to_o be_v write_v before_o christ_n and_o some_o part_n acknowledge_v likewise_o in_o the_o prolegomena_n to_o be_v write_v five_o hundred_o year_n after_o christ_n the_o great_a use_n of_o this_o paraphrase_n among_o other_o thing_n be_v large_o show_v prolegom_n 12._o sect._n 17_o 18_o 19_o in_o confirm_v the_o integrity_n of_o the_o hebrew_n text_n prove_v sundry_a main_a article_n of_o the_o christian_a faith_n against_o the_o jew_n explain_v many_o obscure_a place_n and_o dark_a paraphrase_n etc._n etc._n and_o our_o adversary_n can_v but_o acknowledge_v it_o other_o thing_n likewise_o concern_v these_o paraphrase_n their_o author_n antiquity_n etc._n etc._n be_v large_o handle_v in_o the_o same_o prolegomena_n to_o which_o i_o must_v refer_v the_o reader_n he_o tell_v we_o of_o the_o bulkie_a collection_n of_o various_a readins_n in_o this_o paraphrase_n but_o he_o may_v have_v observe_v by_o the_o title_n that_o there_o be_v not_o only_o various_a readins_n but_o also_o observation_n which_o take_v up_o the_o great_a part_n of_o that_o collection_n and_o as_o for_o buxtorf_n babylonia_n which_o he_o talk_v of_o by_o hear-say_n it_o be_v true_a his_o 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