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A16965	Declaration of generall corruption of religion, Scripture and all learning; wrought by D. Bilson While he breedeth a new opinion, that our Lord went from Paradiseto [sic] Gehenna, to triumph over the devills. To the most reverend Father in God Iohn Wm. Doct. in Divinitie, and Metropolitan of England. By Hugh Broughton.	Broughton, Hugh, 1549-1612.	1603 (1603)	STC 3855; ESTC S106763	6,122	9

him to marre all learning and Religion one whom you leaue though he be your Chapleyne to answere for himselfe he as his learning and skill will at once shew it selfe maketh the eldest Rabbines 300. yeares later then the Apostles So the Massorites observers of the Letters and shorte writtings and little particles innumerable often in one line with millions of millions of notes all they were nothing worth For we seeke how the Bible stood in Ezraes age not how 800. yeres after and all the Iewes hold that the Massorites began with Ezra Neither could we otherwise say we had the Bible Without help and knowledge of the Massorites no printer can euer print the right Bible Rob. Steph. in Ester tenth putting the margine in the text for Xerxes committed a great faulte and Plantins heyres will now print after the Massoreth missing often hitherto As in Daniel 8. all misse though the Massoreth els-where warned of that place Bombergiana the lesse mention in the margine a right reading but not yet printed in the text By the Massoreth all words be past corruption who if they had not bene of Ezraes time Bibles had infinitly disagreed now they be sure though copiers misse now then So 800. yeares in Rabbins age are missed to disgrace all certainty of Scripture But wheras in the New Testament the Apostles still tell of Iewes matters all their speeches be in the Talmud as men of one common weale must agree in the same chiefe heades this would neuer be by Iewes 300. yeres tossed from their own tongue and state that Ierusalemy Talmud should be parcelled by later men then the tongue 300. yeres and that poore base men voide of wealth leasure and liberty should search all the law most curiously Who would thinke so They say that from age to age their Fathers left works the chiefe sayings of all which the Ierusalemy Talmud and the Babylonian and Midras Rabba and such like record in the same words And Onkelos by all graunts is neare the Apostles time Vziel of their time but a compiler of farre elder and Targum Ierusalemy in Cyrillis age famous as auncient called of him Samariticon vpon Genes 4. And seeing many thousand Levites had learning in their charge and all Israell saving hand-laborers frequented divinity schooles to heare and speak twise a weeke how should they omitt to write observations such as we haue now full of vnspeakeable labour and long study All that is in the new Testament is handled here there in the Talmud and much largely where in knowen things our Lord would be short So D. Bilson missed much for Rabbins to the ruine of all Religion and to augment Sathans blindnes An other matter of singular vse suffereth disgrace by D. Bilson The Sadduces noted that Moses never named lyfe eternall nor resurrection nor place of ioy or tormente nor any Prophets but in visions The Scribes graunt this yet bring matter from Moses for all this and shew that the scoffing world was to be taught as beastes by the bellie openly and closely to life But when Prophets ceased and open prophecying and iron-legged Macedones turned Iudah much to be Sadduces schooles were but of few then they enacted tearmes of better hope as world of soules Iudgment day Paradise Gehenna Resurrection Feasting in heaven and such And this the newe Testament alloweth By D. Bilson all this were vaine or he himselfe He can find in the law a proper name for Hell And how would hee haue vexed the Sadduces if hee had bene in their dayes All the Scribes had bene nothing to him Now after Ebrews let vs search Greek affaires God advanced Greek with daylie increase first when Iudah went to Babell then Pisistratus tyrāt of Athens brought Homer into high vse glory And many Poëts for sentences comedies and tragedies florish daylie So Physicians Philosophers Orators and Historiques for two hundred yeres paines that the Greek tongue came to an vnspeakeable perfection of elegancie And the Iewes taught by Daniel that soone Grecia should reigne before hand studied Greeke And God shewed the vse of their labour For when the iron legged Macedonians began to reigne they required and had the Ebrew holy bookes all turned into Greeke wherein the translaters shewed wit in applying most divinely heathen greeke to diuinity And they shewed excellent skill in all Greeke kindes And when the Macedonians by 300 yeres government had carried Greeke from the West over all Iewes with Greek Bible then our Lord cometh and his Apostles to shew Greekes in their owne language and meaning all the mysteries of salvation and gather all brave termes from heathen plainely to divine vse 4000. several wordes into one little booke that the most parte of woords are vsed but once which is not so in the old Testament The 70. did the like who to one Ebrew word gaue eleven Greeke now then to shew Heathen all eloquence in their kinde To apply heathen Greeks to the Prophets and Apostles the Greek Fathers laboured another 300. yeres to shew how they had the same speeches still though in matter not well carried Iustine Martyr to heathen is much herein and Clemens Alexandrinus hath contriued all heathen hither being a store like Alexandrian Library Eusebius also is not a little in this sorte and infinite others specially for the maine the eternall state in Hades for good as Abraham Luke 16. and Ioseph Gen. 37. and for wicked as Dives Luk. 16. And as heathē 3000. yeres made Haden the lodge of all soules and the Philosophers helde it an happie thing to go soone thither So in the Creede heathē would say that by to katelthein eis hadou we meant a most happie passage from this world to God And so all the Fathers place the happie Fathers in Hades and meant no worse lodge To dash all foure thus ariseth Bilson Bilson leaueth heathen to their alleagers and saith for Iosephes Hades that the Greeke Fathers that placed his soule there as in Paradise vnderstood not the 70. and that St. Luke 16. teacheth to vnderstande Haden for Hell because the rich man is in it as though Abraham were not there also And to conclude for heathen greeke the 70. the Apostles the Fathers he disanulleth all common agreement for their Greeke as though he had made a vowe to roote out all learning with Religion Witt also cometh in question Our subscribing to Zuricke sayeth Per inferos intelligimus paradisum c. most faithfully and learnedlie Yet Doct. Bilson being told that Hades to the good is Paradise would needs prove that Christ went to Hell because he went to Hades Yet whē all Greeke Doctors place all the Fathers in Hades and they place Christ no lower he will not haue them in Hell And thus with strange dealing he hath by preaching and great sale of his errors sought the destruction of Religion of Scripture of Ebrew tongue and learning of all kindes of Greeke elegancie and all proceeding in disputing by taking that for all his argument that is truly affirmed to be cleane contrary To your G by order complaint was to be made that you should with all your learning and might bring D. B. into the right way It is a pitifull thing that Bishops should be found infinitly fulle● of error for the grounds of faith and learned studies then any other in all the Kingdome A mind that loved the truth and heard that the Greeke in the Creede for 3000. yeares vse in our Lordes soules passage is no more then to go hence to God would make no more stirre but wisely confesse that by Heathen Greeke the Creede penned for Heathen must be expounded And that cleare plainnesse beseemeth a publike arbridgmēt of faith such as to all the simple folke ought to be expounded Your heart and confession by Maister King at Franck furt knoweth who hath cleared the trueth And how can you suffer D. Bilson to deceaue the people And D. Bilson being in high place should seeme flexible vnto the trueth as his blame for stubburnes in heresie would be notorious And if he would plainly absolutely confesse that he hath bene deceaved and that the Greeke in the Creede teacheth most certainly that our Lordes soule ascended vnto Paradise from the crosse and never descended into Hell this humilitie would be his high commendation cut of an infinite companie of his errors As you are holy Fathers and partakers of the heavenly callinge kicke nor against the spurre But say let him be Anathema Maran Atha that loveth not the trueth of Redemption It is a most high iniurie against God and the Kinge that the Church is led amisse by Bishops errors God giue all vs vnderstanding in all thinges and garde our hearts and mindes in the knowledge and loue of our Lord and Saviour that in all partes of holy doctrine we may nourish peace and trueth Religion troubled Scriptures marred Psa ●6 in the right meaning by all Ievves 4. Faultes most grosse in D. Bilson in 4. vvords Act. a perverted to blasphemie The third last texte most bright A mōstrous dreame Moses made vnperfect Danger feigned by D. Bilson after triumph Most strāge miracles told by D. Bilson o● m●n that refused even plainest matters All Ebrews reiected for their owne tongue The strict proprietie of Psal 16. Bilsons reiection of all Hebrewes would be ruine to all stay of Religion Errour of 800. yeares for Rabbins age Without Massorites no Bible can ever be truely printed Of oth●● Rabbins age Rabbins continued throughout all ages That the Scribes knew no terme in Moses for Hell Of Greekes in all sortes The Sepruagint The Apostles have al the Iewels of greeke elegancy The greeke fathers compared heathen most narowly with Apostolique greeks D. Bilson teacheth greeke to all greeks