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punctis_fw-la ex_fw-la attenta_fw-la praxi_fw-la &_o librata_fw-la orationis_fw-la serie_fw-la to_o the_o same_o purpose_n martinius_n technolog_n incerta_fw-la inquis_fw-la erunt_fw-la omne_fw-la in_o libris_fw-la sacris_fw-la si_fw-la desunt_fw-la puncta_fw-la deum_fw-la immortalem_fw-la quid_fw-la audio_fw-la tota_n hebraeorum_n sapientia_fw-la in_o scriptis_fw-la talmudicis_fw-la &_o rabbinicis_n quae_fw-la multa_fw-la sunt_fw-la sine_fw-la punctis_fw-la tradita_fw-la est_fw-la sine_fw-la punctis_fw-la legitur_fw-la &_o publicae_fw-la in_o scholis_fw-la exponitur_fw-la neque_fw-la quisquam_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la incerta_fw-la illic_fw-la omne_fw-la conqueratur_fw-la &_o tu_fw-la mihi_fw-la reclamas_fw-la hebraea_n scripta_fw-la sine_fw-la punctis_fw-la incerta_fw-la esse_fw-la neque_fw-la te_fw-la protinus_fw-la ab_fw-la ipsa_fw-la rerum_fw-la experientia_fw-la convinci_fw-la refellique_n sentias_fw-la to_o these_o i_o will_v only_o add_v what_o buxtorf_n sen_fw-la say_v of_o 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spoil_v his_o whole_a design_n and_o wipe_v off_o all_o his_o imputation_n of_o make_v the_o scripture_n uncertain_a or_o introduce_v of_o popery_n atheism_n etc._n etc._n they_o be_v calvin_n in_o zach._n 11._o 7._o luther_n ad_fw-la finem_fw-la libri_fw-la schem_n ham._n zuinglius_fw-la praef_n in_o esaiam_n pelican_n praef_n in_o pentat_fw-la p._n phagius_n who_o our_o adversary_n reckon_v and_o that_o just_o among_o the_o restorer_n of_o the_o heb._n tongue_n and_o call_v one_o of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o father_n of_o that_o learning_n epist_n p._n 15._o ad_fw-la targum_fw-la gen._n 47._o 24._o mercer_n the_o oracle_n of_o his_o time_n for_o hebrew_a learning_n and_o one_o of_o exact_a judgement_n too_o in_o other_o learning_n which_o two_o as_o some_o observe_v seldom_o meet_v in_o one_o subject_n in_o genes_n 16._o 13._o &_o 18._o 3._o and_o job_n 26._o 6._o and_o amos_n 2._o 12._o annot._n in_o targ._n mal._n 2._o beza_n lib._n de_fw-la recta_fw-la pronunciat_fw-la ling._n 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 discâ—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 esâ—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 argumentisâ—_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 do_v not_o speak_v doubtful_o in_o this_o point_n but_o peremptory_o as_o if_o the_o matter_n be_v now_o so_o clear_v that_o there_o be_v no_o further_a place_n for_o contradiction_n to_o these_o i_o may_v add_v be_v casaubon_n erpenius_n sixtin_n amama_n mayer_n arnold_n bootius_fw-la a_o bitter_a enemy_n of_o capellus_n his_o critica_fw-la spanhemius_fw-la rivet_n festus_n hommius_n colterius_fw-la etc._n etc._n as_o appear_v by_o their_o epistle_n to_o capellus_n among_o ourselves_o i_o can_v name_v those_o of_o chief_a account_n for_o eastern_a learning_n now_o live_v public_a professor_n and_o other_o who_o name_n i_o forbear_v lest_o the_o adversary_n in_o his_o next_o invective_n shall_v fall_v upon_o they_o as_o rude_o as_o he_o have_v do_v upon_o the_o author_n of_o the_o prolegomena_n yet_o some_o i_o shall_v not_o conceal_v who_o be_v out_o of_o his_o reach_n the_o reverend_a and_o learned_a usher_n and_o mr._n selden_n both_o who_o i_o have_v often_o hear_v declare_v themselves_o for_o this_o opinion_n d._n prideaux_n lect._n 12._o in_o vesper_n comit._n 1627._o who_o mention_n also_o three_o more_o sometime_o of_o that_o university_n sect._n 4._o qui_fw-fr in_fw-la istis_fw-la studiis_fw-la versatissimi_fw-la rob._n wakefieldus_n jacobus_n capellus_n &_o sixtin_n ab_fw-la amama_n qui_fw-la tres_fw-la ultimi_fw-la say_v he_o superiores_fw-la dvas_fw-la sententias_fw-la de_fw-la punctorum_fw-la antiquitate_fw-la summa_fw-la cum_fw-la erudition_n &_o acumine_fw-la conati_fw-la sunt_fw-la refellere_fw-la i_o may_v add_v other_o as_o m._n mead_n m_n eyres_n late_a prebend_n of_o ely_n etc._n etc._n this_o argument_n though_o inartificiall_a yet_o of_o great_a weight_n our_o author_n touch_v not_o because_o he_o will_v have_v it_o believe_v that_o the_o opinion_n be_v singular_a and_o maintain_v by_o a_o few_o and_o that_o the_o generality_n of_o learned_a man_n in_o these_o matter_n be_v not_o infect_v as_o he_o say_v with_o this_o leaven_n iii_o as_o he_o leave_v out_o the_o first_o so_o he_o whole_o omit_v the_o last_o and_o yet_o he_o will_v have_v you_o believe_v that_o he_o propound_v and_o answer_v all_o the_o argument_n in_o the_o prolegomena_n p._n 260._o of_o what_o weight_n it_o be_v and_o whether_o it_o admit_v any_o answer_n let_v the_o reader_n judge_n it_o be_v lay_v down_o sect._n 48._o and_o it_o be_v take_v from_o the_o other_o oriental_a tongue_n which_o have_v great_a affinity_n with_o the_o hebrew_n as_o the_o arabic_a chaldee_n syriack_n samaritan_n etc._n etc._n none_o of_o which_o at_o first_o have_v point_n nor_o have_v the_o samaritan_n any_o yet_o the_o alcoran_n be_v at_o first_o write_v without_o point_n as_o be_v prove_v by_o golius_n and_o other_o the_o chief_a professor_n of_o that_o language_n the_o like_a be_v confess_v of_o the_o syriack_n chaldee_n paraphrase_n and_o be_v so_o clear_a for_o the_o samaritan_n that_o scarce_o any_o but_o our_o author_n will_v affirm_v the_o contrary_n the_o persian_n 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french_a etc._n etc._n and_o in_o the_o greek_a it_o be_v further_o show_v sect._n 45._o out_o of_o ancient_a mss._n as_o also_o out_o of_o aristotle_n st._n hierome_n and_o old_a inscription_n that_o the_o greek_a ancient_o have_v no_o accent_n angel_n politian_n miscel_n c._n 58._o and_o 80._o mention_n some_o verse_n of_o the_o sibyl_n
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