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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 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 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〈◊〉_d which_o occur_v fourteen_o or_o fifteen_o time_n and_o yet_o he_o salve_v all_o with_o this_o that_o neither_o of_o they_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n if_o this_o be_v sufficient_a for_o some_o various_a reading_n why_o may_v it_o not_o be_v so_o for_o the_o rest_n this_o and_o less_o than_o this_o he_o confess_v be_v enough_o for_o translation_n and_o why_o this_o which_o we_o have_v lay_v down_o may_v not_o serve_v for_o the_o original_n i_o can_v see_v see_v the_o people_n faith_n be_v immediate_o guide_v by_o translation_n and_o not_o one_o of_o a_o thousand_o understand_v the_o original_n chap_n v._n i._o the_o second_o charge_n that_o we_o say_v that_o our_o present_a copy_n be_v not_o the_o same_o with_o those_o ancient_o use_v ii_o the_o prolegomena_n affirm_v and_o prove_v that_o our_o copy_n be_v the_o same_o iii_o various_a readins_n gather_v out_o of_o translation_n do_v not_o prove_v the_o contrary_n iv._o that_o all_o book_n whatsoever_o 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