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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 the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o chaldee_n unpointed_a which_o may_v be_v as_o true_o say_v and_o apply_v to_o the_o hebrew_n unpointed_a thesaur_n gram._n anno_fw-la 1609._o p._n 614._o incerta_fw-la in_o voce_fw-la per_fw-la se_fw-la extra_fw-la sententiam_fw-la posita_fw-la non_fw-la in_o continuata_fw-la &_o perfecta_fw-la sententia_fw-la etc._n etc._n arbitrarium_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la ei_fw-la qui_fw-la ignorantiae_fw-la tenebris_fw-la obductus_fw-la nigrum_fw-la arbitratur_fw-la esse_fw-la album_fw-la &_o pro_fw-la arbitrio_fw-la de_fw-la coloribus_fw-la judicat_fw-la non_fw-la cujuscunque_fw-la arbitrium_fw-la sed_fw-la conveniens_fw-la sententiae_fw-la ratio_fw-la sed_fw-la certa_fw-la constansque_fw-la analogia_fw-la grammatica_fw-la veram_fw-la lectionem_fw-la moderatur_fw-la these_o thing_n consider_v most_o of_o our_o adversary_n reason_n especial_o that_o which_o be_v the_o principal_a about_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o text_n be_v answer_v all_o which_o be_v at_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 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 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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 â—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 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divers_a difference_n of_o copy_n be_v omit_v the_o publisher_n not_o bind_v to_o give_v a_o judgement_n of_o those_o exhibit_v xix_o in_o this_o edition_n together_o with_o the_o chief_a translation_n be_v exhibit_v the_o best_a and_o ancient_a copy_n the_o mss._n account_v great_a treasure_n in_o private_a library_n now_o put_v into_o every_o man_n hand_n i._o beside_o these_o general_n there_o be_v divers_a thing_n which_o he_o find_v fault_n with_o in_o those_o particular_a readins_n here_o exhibit_v in_o the_o last_o volume_n which_o we_o must_v consider_v before_o we_o pass_v from_o this_o head_n of_o various_a readins_n he_o be_v offend_v with_o their_o multitude_n and_o great_a bulk_n question_n the_o antiquity_n and_o goodness_n of_o the_o copy_n and_o the_o fidelity_n of_o the_o collector_n be_v angry_a that_o they_o be_v bare_o propound_v and_o no_o choice_n make_v nor_o judgement_n give_v on_o they_o of_o all_o which_o in_o order_n first_o for_o the_o bulk_n he_o say_v he_o 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