Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	author_n	great_a	time_n	2,069	5	3.0647	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97086	The considerator considered: or, A brief view of certain considerations upon the Biblia polyglotta, the prolegomena and appendix thereof. Wherein, amongst other things, the certainty, integrity, and divine authority of the original texts, is defended, against the consequences of athiests, papists, antiscripturists, &c. inferred from the various readings, and novelty of the Hebrew points, by the author of the said Considerations. The Biblia polyglotta, and translations therein exhibited, with various readings, prolegomena and appendix, vindicated from his aspersions and calumnies. And the questions about the punctation of the Hebrew text, the various readings, and the ancient Hebrew character briefly handled. / By Br. Walton. D.D.	Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing W657; Thomason E1860_1; ESTC R204072	144,833	308

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why_o the_o translator_n so_o render_v some_o place_n save_o the_o ambiguity_n of_o some_o word_n for_o want_n of_o point_n or_o the_o affinity_n of_o some_o letter_n in_o form_n or_o sound_n or_o transposition_n of_o a_o letter_n or_o the_o like_a in_o which_o case_n a_o change_n may_v easy_o happen_v there_o we_o may_v well_o gather_v that_o the_o copy_n vary_v and_o that_o the_o translator_n read_v he_o word_n so_o in_o his_o copy_n as_o they_o be_v by_o he_o render_v nor_o 2._o do_v we_o say_v that_o they_o always_o read_v with_o other_o letter_n or_o word_n consonant_n or_o point_n for_o this_o may_v infer_v that_o all_o difference_n of_o translation_n be_v from_o the_o difference_n of_o copy_n because_o all_o consist_v in_o other_o letter_n or_o word_n but_o when_o the_o letter_n be_v alike_o in_o figure_n or_o sound_n or_o there_o

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have_v do_v other_o book_n p._n 173._o and_o p._n 206._o that_o the_o book_n of_o scripture_n have_v have_v the_o fate_n of_o other_o book_n by_o pass_v through_o the_o hand_n of_o many_o transcriber_n for_o this_o he_o refer_v to_o prol._n 7._o se._n 12._o but_o never_o cite_v the_o word_n &_o yet_o add_v p._n 173._o this_o imagination_n assert_v upon_o deliberation_n seem_v to_o i_o to_o border_n upon_o atheism_n sure_o the_o promise_n of_o god_n for_o preservation_n of_o his_o word_n with_o his_o love_n &_o care_n of_o his_o church_n of_o who_o faith_n and_o obedience_n that_o word_n be_v the_o rule_n require_v other_o thought_n at_o our_o hand_n in_o this_o we_o find_v the_o like_a truth_n and_o candour_n as_o in_o the_o rest_n for_o first_o he_o make_v we_o to_o speak_v that_o of_o the_o scripture_n in_o general_a which_o be_v only_o speak_v of_o one_o particular_a wilful_o leave_v out_o that_o as_o he_o know_v who_o do_v of_o old_a which_o will_v have_v prove_v all_o to_o be_v a_o pure_a calumny_n the_o word_n be_v nam_n in_o hisce_fw-la sacra_fw-la volumina_fw-la idem_fw-la fatum_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la libris_fw-la subiisse_fw-la praesertim_fw-la antiquis_fw-la &_o saepius_fw-la descriptis_fw-la experientia_fw-la plane_n testatur_fw-la hoc_fw-la à_fw-la nemine_fw-la hodie_fw-la aperte_fw-la negari_fw-la video_fw-la etc._n etc._n in_o hisce_n in_o these_o thing_n that_o be_v to_o be_v subject_a to_o errata_fw-la &_o mendae_fw-la leviores_fw-la by_o negligence_n of_o transcriber_n that_o be_v to_o various_a readins_n be_v this_o the_o same_o as_o to_o say_v that_o god_n providence_n extend_v no_o more_o to_o the_o preservation_n of_o these_o book_n then_o of_o all_o other_o which_o the_o prolegom_n be_v so_o far_o from_o affirm_v as_o be_v here_o suggest_v that_o the_o contrary_n be_v both_o in_o the_o same_o place_n &_o elsewhere_o frequent_o maintain_v vii_o the_o word_n precedent_n be_v et_fw-la si_fw-la textus_fw-la originarii_fw-la non_fw-la sint_fw-la à_fw-la judaeis_n vel_fw-la aliis_fw-la studiose_fw-la corrupti_fw-la sed_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o mores_fw-la spectant_fw-la puri_fw-la &_o incorrupti_fw-la tamen_fw-la scribarum_fw-la incuria_fw-la vel_fw-la temporum_fw-la injuria_fw-la in_o textus_fw-la originarios_fw-la errata_fw-la quaedam_fw-la &_o mendas_fw-la leviores_fw-la irrepere_fw-la potuisse_fw-la &_o irrepsisse_fw-la negari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la quae_fw-la aliorum_fw-la codicum_fw-la &_o interpretum_fw-la collatione_fw-la aliisque_fw-la mediis_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la supra_fw-la tolli_fw-la &_o emendari_fw-la possunt_fw-la no_o in_o hisce_fw-la sacra_fw-la volumina_fw-la idem_fw-la fatum_fw-la cum_fw-la aliis_fw-la subiisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n what_o be_v more_o say_v here_o then_o be_v say_v by_o all_o other_o before_o that_o have_v write_v of_o various_a readins_n buxtorf_n sixtin_n amama_n and_o other_o who_o word_n be_v bring_v in_o the_o same_o prolegom_n 6._o de_fw-la variis_fw-la lectionibus_fw-la learnedvsher_n there_o also_o quote_v epist_n ad_fw-la lud._n capel_n p._n 21._o sententia_fw-la mea_fw-la haec_fw-la perpetua_fw-la fuit_fw-la hebraeum_n v._o testamenti_fw-la codicem_fw-la scribarum_fw-la erroribus_fw-la non_fw-la minus_fw-la obnoxium_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la novi_fw-la codicem_fw-la &_o omnes_fw-la alios_fw-la libros_fw-la what_o difference_n be_v there_o between_o the_o prolegomena_n and_o the_o word_n of_o this_o reverend_a primate_n and_o do_v not_o the_o considerator_n himself_o say_v the_o same_o thing_n when_o he_o grant_v various_a readins_n in_o the_o original_a text_n which_o he_o also_o say_v come_v from_o the_o fail_n and_o mistake_n of_o the_o scribe_n viii_o as_o for_o god_n special_a providence_n in_o preservation_n of_o these_o book_n the_o denial_n whereof_o he_o say_v border_n upon_o atheism_n he_o may_v have_v read_v in_o the_o same_o prolegomena_n 6._o sect._n 15._o that_o though_o there_o be_v such_o difference_n in_o some_o small_a matter_n of_o no_o consequence_n ita_fw-la tamen_fw-la invigilavit_fw-la providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la ecclesiaeque_fw-la diligentia_fw-la ut_fw-la in_o iis_fw-la quae_fw-la ad_fw-la salutem_fw-la necessariae_fw-la sunt_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la fidem_fw-la &_o mores_fw-la spectant_fw-la omne_fw-la pura_fw-la &_o integra_fw-la sint_fw-la and_o sect_n 3._o in_o the_o same_o prolegomena_n be_v cite_v the_o word_n of_o the_o learned_a bochartus_fw-la in_o that_o admirable_a work_n of_o he_o geogr._n sacr._n part._n 1._o lib._n 2._o c._n 13._o who_o after_o he_o have_v say_v the_o same_o with_o the_o prolegomena_n of_o various_a readins_n in_o the_o scripture_n as_o in_o other_o book_n and_o that_o they_o do_v not_o infer_v any_o uncertainty_n as_o some_o man_n fear_v add_v quamvis_fw-la exemplum_fw-la sit_fw-la valde_fw-la dispar_fw-la nam_fw-la multo_fw-la aliter_fw-la invigilavit_fw-la providentia_fw-la divina_fw-la ut_fw-la sacros_fw-la scripturae_fw-la codices_fw-la praestaret_fw-la immunes_fw-la etc._n etc._n thus_o we_o see_v in_o the_o same_o place_n which_o the_o adversary_n allege_v to_o make_v good_a his_o charge_n the_o contrary_a direct_o prove_v which_o he_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o observe_v and_o therefore_o what_o honesty_n or_o fair_a deal_n can_v be_v expect_v from_o he_o in_o other_o matter_n who_o have_v so_o wilful_o err_v in_o this_o let_v the_o reader_n judge_v i_o doubt_v not_o but_o that_o he_o have_v read_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o bible_n there_o he_o may_v have_v observe_v the_o publisher_n word_n p._n 1._o etsi_fw-la autem_fw-la in_o librorum_fw-la sacrorum_fw-la conservatione_fw-la ecclesiae_fw-la opera_fw-la usus_fw-la sit_fw-la deus_fw-la tamen_fw-la speciali_fw-la providentia_fw-la ita_fw-la ●is_fw-la invigilavit_fw-la ut_fw-la ab_fw-la ipso_fw-la primo_fw-la inspiratos_fw-la esse_fw-la admiranda_fw-la ipsorum_fw-la conservatione_fw-la monstravit_fw-la dum_fw-la divina_fw-la haec_fw-la fidei_fw-la speique_fw-la nostrae_fw-la monumenta_fw-la tantis_fw-la munivit_fw-la praesidiis_fw-la ut_fw-la per_fw-la tot_fw-la seculorum_fw-la decursus_fw-la inter_fw-la tot_fw-la imperiorum_fw-la ruinas_fw-la tot_fw-la regnorum_fw-la mutationes_fw-la &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d inter_fw-la tot_fw-la librariorum_fw-la transcriptiones_fw-la exemplaribus_fw-la inter_fw-la nationes_fw-la dispersis_fw-la tanta_fw-la terrae_fw-la marisque_fw-la intercapedine_fw-la disjunctas_fw-la contra_fw-la haereticorum_fw-la fraud_n &_o tyrannorum_fw-la furores_fw-la qui_fw-la ea_fw-la vel_fw-la corrumpere_fw-la vel_fw-la abolere_fw-la conati_fw-la sunt_fw-la sarta_fw-la tecta_fw-la ad_fw-la nostra_fw-la tempora_fw-la conservatae_fw-la &_o ad_fw-la ultimum_fw-la temporis_fw-la articulum_fw-la permansura_fw-la sint_fw-la i_o appeal_v to_o all_o man_n even_o to_o the_o adversary_n himself_o what_o can_v be_v say_v more_o full_o concern_v god_n admirable_a preservation_n of_o these_o book_n and_o whether_o he_o have_v not_o abuse_v the_o reader_n and_o publisher_n in_o this_o crimination_n the_o publisher_n write_v upon_o deliberation_n and_o need_v not_o retract_v any_o thing_n i_o wish_v his_o adversary_n have_v as_o well_o consider_v what_o he_o have_v charge_v he_o with_o for_o then_o the_o labour_n of_o both_o may_v have_v be_v spare_v ix_o the_o nine_o thing_n charge_v upon_o the_o prolegomena_n be_v p._n 206._o that_o when_o gross_a fault_n be_v creep_v into_o the_o hebrew_n text_n man_n may_v by_o their_o own_o conjecture_n find_v out_o various_a readins_n and_o p._n 159._o it_o be_v declare_v that_o where_o any_o gross_a fault_n or_o corruption_n be_v befall_v the_o original_n man_n may_v by_o their_o faculty_n of_o critical_a conjecture_v amend_v they_o and_o restore_v the_o native_a lection_n that_o be_v lose_v though_o in_o general_a without_o the_o authority_n of_o copy_n this_o be_v not_o allow_v for_o this_o he_o quote_v prolegom_n 7._o sect_n 12._o i_o see_v our_o author_n be_v still_o semper_fw-la idem_fw-la a_o thread_n of_o untruth_n and_o calumny_n run_v through_o the_o whole_a book_n yet_o in_o this_o of_o gather_v various_a readins_n upon_o mere_a conjecture_n he_o be_v less_o excusable_a than_o in_o some_o of_o the_o rest_n not_o only_o because_o this_o whole_a charge_n be_v plain_o reject_v and_o disprove_v in_o prolegom_n 6._o sect._n ult_n and_o reason_n be_v give_v why_o it_o can_v be_v allow_v but_o also_o because_o the_o adversary_n acquit_v

consequence_n p._n 147._o he_o say_v these_o various_a lection_n do_v at_o the_o first_o view_n seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o the_o original_n be_v corrupt_a p._n 159._o they_o seem_v sufficient_a to_o beget_v scruple_n etc._n etc._n p._n 156._o these_o prolegomena_n seem_v to_o impair_v the_o truth_n etc._n etc._n p._n 147._o man_n of_o perverse_a mind_n may_v possible_o wrest_v these_o thing_n nay_o p._n 206._o he_o say_v that_o the_o prefacer_n do_v not_o own_o those_o wretched_a consequence_n now_o if_o they_o do_v but_o seem_v sufficient_a and_o if_o they_o be_v wrest_v by_o man_n of_o perverse_a mind_n than_o those_o consequence_n do_v not_o necessary_o follow_v no_o genuine_a consequence_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v wrest_v nor_o will_v he_o i_o hope_v join_v with_o man_n of_o perverse_a mind_n and_o if_o the_o author_n of_o the_o prolegomena_n do_v not_o own_v they_o than_o they_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v object_v against_o he_o without_o sufficient_a proof_n of_o the_o consequence_n which_o these_o consideration_n do_v no_o where_o afford_v but_o in_o other_o place_n he_o speak_v more_o positive_o p._n 205._o they_o be_v all_o direct_v or_o by_o just_a consequence_n own_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n p._n 206._o that_o no_o sufficient_a security_n against_o the_o lawful_a derive_v of_o they_o be_v tender_v p._n 161._o that_o they_o be_v a_o engine_n fit_v for_o the_o destruction_n of_o that_o important_a truth_n by_o he_o plead_v for_o and_o as_o a_o fit_a weapon_n put_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o atheistical_a man_n to_o oppose_v the_o whole_a evidence_n of_o truth_n reveal_v in_o the_o scripture_n etc._n etc._n p._n 207._o great_a and_o wise_a man_n of_o which_o himself_o be_v one_o without_o doubt_n do_v suppose_v they_o natural_o and_o necessary_o to_o flow_v from_o they_o and_o therefore_o p._n 147._o he_o absolute_o affirm_v they_o be_v in_o brief_a the_o foundation_n of_o mahumetanisme_n the_o chief_a and_o principal_a prop_n of_o popery_n the_o 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graec._n edit_n a_o 1587._o piscator_fw-la schol._n ad_fw-la gen._n 15._o 8._o chamier_n panstrat_n lib._n 4._o c._n 12._o n._n 15._o voslius_n de_fw-fr arte_fw-la gram._n lib._n 1._o c._n 31._o et._n lib._n 2._o c_o 8._o drusius_n ad_fw-la loca_fw-la difficil_n pent._n c._n 25._o et_fw-fr de_fw-fr recta_fw-la lect_n linguae_fw-la sanctae_fw-la c._n 4._o martinius_n technol_n lud._n the_o dicu_n gram._n lib._n 1._o c._n 7._o schindler_n frequent_o in_o his_o lex_fw-la pentaglot_n i_o will_v add_v the_o word_n of_o some_o jos_n scaliger_n a_o man_n admire_v by_o most_o epist_n 243._o which_o be_v to_o buxtorf_n the_o father_n write_v thus_o de_fw-fr apicibus_fw-la vocalibus_fw-la hebraeorum_n tam_fw-la mihi_fw-la constat_fw-la rem_fw-la novam_fw-la esse_fw-la quam_fw-la eos_fw-la falli_fw-la qui_fw-la natos_fw-la una_fw-la cum_fw-la lingua_fw-la putant_fw-la quo_fw-la nihil_fw-la stultius_fw-la dici_fw-la potuit_fw-la aut_fw-la cogitari_fw-la quis_fw-la enim_fw-la negat_fw-la arabismi_fw-la puncta_fw-la recens_fw-la esse_fw-la inventum_fw-la id_fw-la est_fw-la multis_fw-la annis_fw-la post_fw-la obitum_fw-la impostoris_fw-la mahometis_n hodie_fw-la tamen_fw-la pveri_fw-la turcarum_fw-la arabum_n persarum_n &_o omnium_fw-la denique_fw-la mahumedanorum_fw-la sine_fw-la punctis_fw-la legere_fw-la disc●nt_fw-la eodem_fw-la modo_fw-la samaritani_n &_o judaei_n sine_fw-la ullis_fw-la punctis_fw-la in_fw-la synagogis_fw-la suis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d legunt_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o noble_a grotius_n be_v no_o whit_n inferior_a to_o scaliger_n in_o any_o kind_n of_o learning_n who_o write_v thus_o in_o matth._n 5._o 18._o libros_fw-la veteris_fw-la etiam_fw-la post_fw-la es●ram_fw-la sine_fw-la punctis_fw-la vocalibus_fw-la scribi_fw-la solitos_fw-la quod_fw-la ita_fw-la perspicuis_fw-la argumentis●_n à_fw-la viris_fw-la harum_fw-la rerum_fw-la doctissimis_fw-la demonstratum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la id_fw-la amplius_fw-la inficiari_fw-la non_fw-la nisi_fw-la pertinacium_fw-la sit_fw-la schickard_n a_o man_n much_o verse_v in_o all_o jewish_a and_o rabbinicall_a learning_n one_o who_o be_v at_o first_o a_o stout_a defender_n of_o the_o point_n strenuiu_fw-la licet_fw-la primo_fw-la punctorum_fw-la patronus_fw-la for_o so_o the_o word_n shall_v be_v prolegom_n 3._o sect._n 50._o yet_o afterward_o when_o he_o be_v of_o a_o ripe_a judgement_n speak_v of_o the_o point_n and_o accent_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la jure_fw-la regio_fw-la hebraeorum_n p._n 41._o say_v quod_fw-la nil_fw-la tale_n uspiam_fw-la appareat_fw-la in_o antiquis_fw-la libris_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la &_o valde_fw-la miratur_fw-la superesse_fw-la qui_fw-la vocalium_fw-la antiquitatem_fw-la serio_fw-la credunt_fw-la for_o he_o think_v non_fw-la serio_fw-la sed_fw-la ad_fw-la ostendendam_fw-la eruditionem_fw-la rabbinicam_fw-la vel_fw-la aciem_fw-la ingenii_fw-la vel_fw-la contradicendi_fw-la study_v ita_fw-la scripsisse_fw-la etc._n etc._n we_o see_v these_o learned_a man_n 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