before upon examination found it a breach of God's positive command vvho had limited them to the fire on the Altar and the keeping of it there for holy uses Some of the Hebrews charge them farther Munster in loc with gross misdemeanour in giving themselves to drink c. Upon which occasion they judge that Precept to have followed ver 8.9 The Lord spake unto Aaron saying Do not drink wine nor strong drink thou nor thy sons with thee when ye go into the Tabernacle of the congregation lest ye die Secondly Of Corah Dathan and Abiram Numb 16.3 8 9 32 35. Their sin was this Having seditiously engaged a considerable party of the Princes of the Assembly famous in the congregation Num. 16.2 3. men of renown the chief Senators of note Deut. 33. 4 5. Moses King in Jesurun They gather'd themselves together against Moses and against Aaron suppose their King and High-priest and said unto them Ye take too much upon you seeing all the congregation are holy every one of them and the Lord is among them Wherefore then lift you up your selves above the congregation of the Lord i. e. Why do you usurp and tyrannize over God's people their just rights liberty and priviledges who are as good and holy as your selves and as gifted for publick ministry as your selves Hear we now Moses his reply and that will give us farther to understand their miscarriage vers 8 9 10 11. And Moses said unto Korah Hear I pray you ye sons of Levi Seemeth it but a small thing unto you that the God of Israel hath separated you from the Congregation of Israel to bring you near unto himself to do the service of the Tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the Congregation to minister unto them And he hath brought thee near to him and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee and seek ye the Priesthood also for which cause both thou and all thy company are gather'd together against the Lord and what is Aaron that ye murmur against him that is I have setled this order among you by God's authority and he hath called Aaron to the Priesthood which you Levites instead of being thankful for and contented with your lot of Ministry affect and therefore this insurrection of yours to that end is by way of evident interpretation against the Lord. This especially for Korah Dathan and Abiram besides their share in this guilt are found moreover positive Contemners of Moses his command and Revilers of his conduct and government occasioning all their sufferings as if he had aimed at nothing but the establishment of an absolute dominion to himself ver 12 13 14 in their slavery And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab which said We will not come up Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a Land that floweth with milk and hony to kill us in the Wilderness except thou make thy self altogether a Prince over us Moreover thou hast not brought us into a Land that floweth with milk and hony or given us inheritance of fields and Vineyards Wilt thou put out the eyes of these men We will not come up This is the true description of the sin of these men And we learn by the way That the sacred Ministry then even in the lowest order of it was a state separated from the people were their holiness or gifts otherwise never so considerable and That there were different degrees of Ministry then appointed by God whose will it was that every one among them should keep his place and not the Levite to invade the Priesthood also yea and none of them nor the whole Congregation of people with them upon any pretence to make a mutiny and insurrection against Moses and Aaron the chief Governours Civil and Ecclesiastical by God and under God set over them This murmuring usurpation and rebellion was the sin of Korah Dathan and Abiram Their punishment now follows Ver. 31 32 33. The ground clave asunder that was under them and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up and their houses and all the men that appertained unto Korah and all their goods They and all that appertained to them went down alive into the pit and the earth closed upon them and they perished from among the Congregation And there came out a fire from the Lord Vet. 35. Ver. 41. and consumed the 250 men that offered incense viz. those presumptuous invaders of the Priesthood And yet notwithstanding these miraculous judgments from heaven upon these factious and seditious rebels the people were so leavened with their infecting principles that the very next day they generally murmur against Moses and Aaron saying Ver. 41. Ye have kill'd the people of the Lord. namely these good men Korah Dathan and Abiram and the renowned Senators that stood up with them for our priviledges And upon this came the Plague V. 49. whereof dyed fourteen thousand and seven hundred more of them And now let the Brethren make their best advantage of this story only it may not be amiss to immind them farther St Jude ver 11. that there is such a thing also mentioned in the New Testament as Perishing in the gain-saying of Kore Thirdly Of the sons of Ely A sin not to be expiated vvith sacrifices and burnt-offerings for ever 1 Sam. 2.28 29. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering which I have commanded in my habitation and honourest thy sons above me to make your selves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people But if we look a little backward we shall be farther satisfied what was the monstrous provocation of these sons of Eli. Ver. 22 24. They lay with the vvomen that assembled at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and made the Lord's people to transgress Now who of any modesty would presume to compare and equallize the admission of certain humane praescriptions for the ordering of God's external worship with such a villany as this Fourthly of Vzza in putting the Ark into a Cart when he should have born it upon his Shoulders 1 Chron. 16.13 He means I suppose chap. 13.7 9 10. where we have the account of Vzza's miscarriage and judgment There vve read indeed of the Ark of God carried in a new cart out of the house of Aminadab and Vzza and Ahio driving the cart But that vvhich the Catechist fixeth on was none of Vzza's condemnation The vvords of the Text are express against him 1 Chron. 13.9 10. And vvhen they came to the threshing-floor of Chidon Vzza put forth his hand to hold the Ark for the oxen stumbled And the anger of the Lord vvas kindled against Vzza and he smote him because he put his hand to the Ark and there he dyed before God Here vve have a taste of that reverence vvhich persons of this way do bear to the Holy
〈◊〉 a diminution whereby the greater is express'd by the less and more is to be understood than is spoken But what do all these signifie to the condemning of those ceremonies and circumstances which God hath neither forbidden nor commanded but left free to his Church for to enjoyn particular persons to make use of 3. Those Scriptures which forbid the adding unto or taking from the Word of God Deut. 4.2 Ye shall not add to the word which I command you neither shall you diminish ought from it that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you Deut. 12.32 What thing soever I command you observe to do it thou shalt not add thereto nor diminish from it Josh 1.7 Be strong and very couragious that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee turn not from it to the right hand or to the left that thou may'st prosper whithersoever thou goest And to the same effect Josh 23.6 8. Prov. 30.6 Add thou not to his word lest he reproove thee and thou be found a lyar Revel 22.18 19. I testifie unto every man that heareth the words of the Prophesie of this book if any man shall add unto these things God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophesie God shall take away his part out of the book of life The Reader needs only to be call'd upon to observe well What it is to add unto or diminish from God's Word It is no other than This to say the Lord hath spoken what he hath not spoken or the Lord hath not spoken what he hath spoken It is to give God the Lye as Solomon intimates Add thou not to his Word lest thou be found a lyar To take from Gods Word is like clipping of the King's coyne To add to it is like setting the King's stamp on base metal both crimes of an heinous nature Thus the false Prophets are taxed for prophecying lyes in God's name and prefacing Thus saith the Lord to their own dreams and the deceit of their own hearts Jer. 23. Now Lay the saddle on the right horse Wherein do we add any thing to Gods word or take any thing from it Wherein do we deny any thing which it affirms or affirm any thing of it True it is concerning the word of God whether it be by misconstruction of the sense or by falsification of the words wittingly to endeavour that any thing may seem Divine which is not or any thing not seem which is were plainly to abuse and even to falsifie Divine Evidence which injury offer'd but unto men is most worthily counted heinous Which point I vvish they did vvell observe vvith vvhom nothing is more familiar than to plead in these causes the Lavv of God the Word of the Lord vvho notvvithstanding vvhen they come to alledge vvhat Word and Lavv they mean quote continually Bye-speeches in some historical narration or other and urge them as if vvritten in most exact form of Lavv. Hooker l. 3. Eccles Pol. which it denyes Let all of the Catechist's perswasion enter seriously into themselves and examine impartially Whether they are not more truly guilty of this crying sin when they boldly add and hold forth their own sense and explication of Scripture as the pure word of God when they impose burthens on the consciences of men which God hath not imposed by making that unlawful to practise for conscience-sake towards God which God hath no where forbidden or that necessary for conscience sake to be performed which God hath not required It is hard to find more notorious imposers in this kind than they are Witness those novel traditions of theirs added unto the Word of God Kneel not when commanded by authority but stand or sit wear no linnen garment cap or tippet no cassock and girdle but a cloke or coat or jerkin like to other Trades-men Use not the sign of the Cross though it really import no more than the word cross spoken doth that only affecting the eye as the other doth the ear yet use it not for God will be offended with you if you so do Teach not your children forms of Prayer c. Let it be considered if this be not adding abominably to the word of God to condemn any Church much more many Churches as repudiated or divorced from God Cat. p. 87. for enjoyning the practise of certain circumstances relating to the outward worship of God without any opinion of the necessity or Divine authority of the things themselves enjoyned such circumstances as if they were not enjoyned every private Christian might for himself determine To make this the mark of the Beast the character of the Whore c. Yea Is it not adding to the word of God to referr all those Texts to the worship of God which speak of his word But now to evince that these Texts do not forbid all kinds of additions to the word of God otherwise then as hath been explained and that therefore the distinction of corrupting and preserving additions is not so Popish but that every good Protestant may safely admit it and that it is utterly false which the Catechist asserts That every addition of what sort soever is a corruption because an addition I will mention briefly some lawful additions that are not here forbidden See Dr. Burges's answer to the reply made to Bp. Morton's general defence p. 136 c. lawful additions I mean still not as parts of the word of God but as preservatives of the text or meaning or observation of it Such then are additions 1. Which preserve the text as divers readings marginal notes the Jewish Massoreth 2. Which preserve the sense as interlineary glosses marginal references commentaries And 3dly Which preserve the observation of the Scripture as the building and ordering Synagogues for the reading of it the dividing it into certain sections for every Sabbath the ordination of holy Feasts and Fasts upon occasion c. These are additions for the better keeping of God's word onely and so not forbidden by these texts of Sacred Writ which call us unto the custody and observance of it as it is delivered to us 4. Those Scriptures which prohibit the worshipping of God by the commands of men and Will-worship Isa 29.13 Their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men Which is again referr'd to by Christ Matt. 15.19 In vain do they worship me teaching for Doctrines the commandments of men The thing charged in these words is The esteeming of those things which men only have deliver'd to be a real worshipping of God i. e. the equalling of mere humane ordinances with Divine commandments yea the preferring of the commands of men to those of God's For our B. Saviour had before accused them for transgressing the command of God by their tradition and making
Scripture in their ex-tempore discourses of it Is not this plainly to alter and add to the Holy word of God The Catechist saith Vzza dyed for putting the Ark into a Cart when he should have born it upon his shoulders The Text saith Vzza vvas smitten with death because he put his hand to the Ark namely to support and hold it vvhen the oxen stumbled And the Margin referrs to Numb 4.15 Numb 4.15 The sons of Kohath shall come to bear it the Sanctuary but they shall not touch any holy thing lest they die Upon vvhich place Mr. Ainsworth noteth Mr. Ainsworth on that place This judgment here threatned was executed upon Vzza a Levite who putting his hand to the Ark of God vvas therefore smitten of God 1 Chron. 13.10 Let them take more heed for the future of quoting Scripture thus without book without first examining of it It is highly incongruous for them who pretend so much to honour and cleave in all things exactly to the written word thus to mis-represent and abuse as well as misapply it Cat. p. 57. So the Catechist else-where also doth when he invidiously compares the affections excited by the decent rites and usages of the Churches appointment to inflaming themselves with Idols Isa 57.5 In which place the Prophet speaks either of those lusts which their Idolatries led them to or those venereous fires which represented their going a whoring after Idols slaying the children in the valleys and offering them unto them But I proceed 5. Of Vzziah the King in offering incense contrary to God's institution that duty being appropriated unto the Priests of the posterity of Aaron 2 Chron. 26.16.19 A note here is needless it being said that he acted contrary to God's institution I will therefore onely specifie the words of the text wherein yet there is some farther emphasis But when he was strong 4 Chron. 26.16 17 18 19. his heart was lifted up to his destruction for he transgressed against the Lord his God and went into the Temple of the Lord to burn incense upon the Altar of incense And Azariah the priest went in after him and with him fourscore priests of the Lord that were valiant men and they withstood Uzziah the King and said unto him It pertaineth not unto thee Uzziah to burn incense unto the Lord but to the Priests the sons of Aaron that are consecrated to burn incense Go out of the Sanctuary for thou hast trespassed neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God Then Uzziah was wroth and had a censer in his hand to burn incense and while he was wroth with the Priests the Leprosie even rose up in his forehead before the Priests in the house of the Lord from beside the incense Altar Fair warning to all that usurp the Priests office and take that honour unto themselves not being first called and consecrated thereunto 6. As a token in the New Testament of God's displeasure in temporal visitations on such miscarriages in his Church 1 Cor. 11.30 For this cause saith the Apostle many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep That cause if look'd into will appear no other than a perverting of the whole design of the sacred Eucharist with the feast of charity thereto adjoyned the turning of it into a common meal Not discerning the Lord's body with many factions and uncharitable abuses 7. The Catechist closeth these instances with an intimation of a more severe punishment now substituted against such transgressions in the room of that which God so visibly inflicted under the Old Testament Hebr. 10.25 26 27 28 29. The words are these Not forsaking the Assembling of our selves as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approaching For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation which shall devour the adversaries He that despised Moses law dyed without mercy under two or three witnesses Of how much sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath troddâ—n under foot the Son of God and hath counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he vvas sanctified an unholy thing and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace In this place the Apostle speaks apparently of that heinous sin of wilful Apostacy from Christianity and the despiteful rejection of it and therefore it is certainly mis-applyed to any miscarriages of an inferiour aggravation Thus now I have by God's help reflected upon those Scripture-quotations vvhich the Catechist hath here and there dispersed to invite or frighten his Reader to an entertainment of his admired Principle That nothing may be used or allowed of in or about the worship of God which is not commanded or instituted in the written Word And this concludes the first and general part of my Discourse PART II. CHAP. I. The Catechist's confidence with the boldness usual to men of his way remarqued His sixfold enumeration of Gospel-institutions The first of them fixed upon viz. The calling gathering and setling of Churches with their officers as the seat and subject of all other solemn instituted Worship Quaery How setled Churches are the subject of all instituted worship since Preaching of the word goes before them which the Catechist names for the fourth Gospel Institution I Pass forward now to the examination of some particulars and He certainly who so confidently asserts That Christ hath published all the Laws of his own Discipline and That the perswasion of any that he hath not prescribed all things wherein his worship is concerned proceeds from their negligence in enquiring may well be expected to give the world a good punctual and clear account of these matters Only in the entrance into this task it may not be amiss to observe how boldly the men of this way are accustomed to reflect upon our B. Saviour on the supposition that he hath not ordered and appointed all particulars as they imagine Thus formerly in the book of Ecclesiastical Discipline it vvas averr'd Nisi Reip. suae statum omnem constituerit magistratus ordinarit singulorum munera potestatemque descripserit quae judiciorum forique ratio habenda quomodo elvium finienda lites non solum minus Ecclesiae Christianae providit quà m Moses olim Iudaica sed quam à Lycurgo Solonae Numa civitatibus suis prospectum sit Lib. de Eccles Discipl That unless Christ would shevv himself less faithful than Moses and less wise than Lycurgus Solon Numa those Heathen Legislators he must needs have set down in holy Scripture a certain compleat and unchangeable form of Church-politie Well But which are the principal institutions of the Gospel to be observed in the worship of God Cat. p. 23. 14. To this the Catechist Answers 1 The calling gathering and setling of Churches vvith their officers as the seat and
best a Prudential only of man's devising However the cause shall not want for confidence This is the way whereby believers Cat. p. 113 114. or the Disciples of Christ do enter into this state the formal constituting cause of any Church This account doth the Apostle give of the Churches of the Macedonians 2 Cor. 8.5 And this they did not as we hoped but first gave their own selves to the Lord and unto us by the will of God This description doth the Apostle give of the way whereby the Believers of Macedonia were brought into Churches It was by their own obedience to the will of God consenting agreeing and taking on themselves the observation of all the commands and institutions of Christ according to the direction and guidance of the Apostles So did the Believers at Jerusalem being converted by the Word and making profession of that conversion in their Baptism they gave up themselves to a stedfast continuance in the observation of all other ordinances of the Gospel Act. 2.41 42. As to the first of these instances It is manifâ—stly abused to another purpose than St. Paul meant it for he doth not give there a description of the way whereby the Believers of Macedonia were brought into Churches but an high commendation of the charity of those Churches Not a description I say of any Covenant or agreement which did formally constitute them a Church that is obvious from the tenour of his discourse which was to give the Corinthians notice of that excellent grace of Charity God had bestowed on the Churches of Macedonia 2 Cor. 8. vers 1 And from that whiâ—h follows verse 6. his desire to perfect among them at Corinth the same grace of Liberality also for he was not now seeking to bring them into a Church-state they were already the Church of God at Corinth ch 1. ver 1. but to awaken their bowels of compassion to a free contribution unto the distressed Saints at Jerusalem and in Judea And this the more powerfully to effect he tells them of the great forwardness of the Churches of Macedonia who saith he notwithstanding their great afflictions and sufferings and their poverty thereby See Act. 16.17 1 Thes 2.14 were yet so rich in liberality as of themselves to prevent the Apostle's importunity to whom this work and care of looking after the supply of the poor Saints was committed by the rest at Jerusalem Gal. 2.10 Yea to become earnest suiters to the Apostle to receive their benevolence and trouble himself with the distribution of it yea and as it is thought by Learned Interpreters to offer some of their own number to go to Corinth and that as a motive to St. Paul to send Titus thither speedily as it follows verse 6. to promote the same good work among the Christians there The sense then of these words here relyed upon And this they did not as we hoped but first gave their own selves to the Lord and unto us by the will of God is to amplifie their signal charity reflecting upon what had been said before As if the Apostle had said They did not onely equal but exceed our expectations What they gave us was more than we could look for from their poverty and the chearful and ready manner of their giving was beyond our thoughts or hopes they consecrated not only their goods but themselves also to this service God so moving their hearts c. This I conceive is most evidently the true sense and scope of that place which hath not the least glance towards their way of admission to a Church-state as is by the Catechist pretended And then for the believers at Jerusalem Act. 2.41 42. all we find is this That being upon their profession of Christianity baptized they were by that means added unto the Church and being added continued stedfastly in the Apostles Doctrine and Fellowship and in Breaking of Bread and in Prayers Not the least syllable of any other Covenant than that of their Christianity enter'd into at their Baptism and a tacit promise included in their very admission into the Church to submit themselves to all the orders and observances thereof Now if thus much would serve the turn the Baptismal covenant included in the very profession of Christianity we require it solemnly at the entrance of every member into the Church the solemn uttering of it with his own mouth as the Oath of Fidelity and Allegiance unto Christ if he be of years of discretion or however the express owning of what was answer'd in his name when baptized an infant at his Confirmation when he comes to age and knowledge Thus much we require for his actual qualification for the priuiledges of adult believers But this is not the sacred bond of special agreement pleaded for this is not the Catechist's joynt voluntary consent to the same Ordinances numerically if it be let him abandon his canting words and speak understandably and we are agreed But there is reason enough to think somewhat else is aimed at The Independent Churcâ—es are made up of certain persons cull'd here and there out of the number of professed Christians and combined into a select and separate communion from other Professors by some more special league and covenant for which we may expect Scripture evidences as soon as for their gather'd Churches themselves Yet one proof farther the Catechist offers us and we had not need over-look any since the rest are found so nothing to his purpose Besides the Church is an House Cat. p. 114. 115. a Temple the House of God 1 Tim. 3.15 The House of Christ Heb. 3.6 The Temple of God Eph. 2.21 22. Believers singly consider'd are stones living stones 1 Pet. 2.5 Now how shall these living stones become to be an house a temple Can it be by occasional occurrences civil cohabitation in political precincts usage or custom of assembling for some parts of worship in any place These things will never frame them into an House or Temple This can be no otherwise done than by their own voluntary consent and disposition Eph. 2.19 20 21 22. Ye are fellow-citizens with the Saints and of the houshold of God c. chap. 4.6 From whom the whole body fitly joyned together c. From these and sundry other places it is manifest That the way and means of Believers coalition into a Church-state is their own obedience of Faith acting it self in a joynt voluntary consent to walk together in an holy observation of the commands of Christ whence the being and union of a particular Church is given unto any convenient number of them by his law and constitution Now we have all and his sundry other places we may guess at by those alledged In these it is familiar with him to apply what is spoken of the Catholick Church which is the Houshold of God and Body of Christ to his particular Churches But I must confess my own ignorance that I understand not the cogency of
by them to receive satisfaction either 1. In case that upon tryal it appeareth the information they have had of the miscarriage whence the offence arose was undue or not well-grounded or 2. Of acknowledgment and repentance The second Directory is for publick admonition by the Elders Cat. p. 202 203. Cat. p. 202. 203. In five particulars This admonition saith he consisteth of five parts 1. A Declaration of the crime or offence as it is evidenced to the Church 2. A conviction of the evil of it from the rule or rules transgressed against 3. A declaration of the authority and duty of the Church in such cases 4. A rebuke of the offender in the name of Christ answering the nature and circumstances of the offence 5. An exhortation unto humiliation and repentance and acknowledgment The third Directory is for admonition given occasionally or on set purpose to the person excommunicate Cat. p. 209. Cat. p. 209. in three particulars Which admonition is to contain 1. A pressing of his sin from the rule on the conscience of the offender 2. A declaration of the nature of the censure and punishment which he lieth under 3. A manifestation of the danger of his impenitency in his being either hardened by the deceitfulness of sin or exposed unto new Temptations of Satan 2. I observe how politickly the Gathered and Separate Churches have laid the foundation of perpetuating themselves 1. In order to the entrance of any into their fellowship 't is required particularly that there be soundness in the Faith in the party to be admitted which is principally to be regarded in the fundamental truths of the Gospel Cat. p. 217. 218. and in the fundamental principles of Gospel-worship Among which doubtless the chief is That nothing is to be admitted of or practised in or about Gospel-worship without express warrant from God's Word and then in particular what the Catechist hath offered of the six Gospel-Institutions Cat. p. 220 221. 2. At their entrance there is a special consent agreement or covenant of all the members to walk together in the observation of the same ordinances numerically And 3. Among the causes and grounds of Excommunication which are presumed to be the same and no other but such Cat. p. 205. 206. 207. as they judge according to the Gospel that the Lord Christ will proceed upon in his final judgment at the last day are reckon'd up not only moral evils and offences against mutual love but 3dly False Doctrines against the Fundamentals in faith and worship 4thly Blasphemy or speaking evil of the wayes and worship of God in the Church And 5thly Desertion or total causeless relinquishment of the Society and Communion in the Church So that any doctrine against their grand fundamental principle or any of their Gospel-Institutions or any thing which may bring any of their ways into discredit is matter of Excommunication nor is it likely they will ever think any desertion of their Communion to have cause and ground for it They secure then their members before-hand by a previous examination whether they be rightly qualified men of their principles at their entrance they bind them fast with the bonds of a Solemn League and Covenant and threaten them with the Terrors of Excommunication upon any dislike of their ways and practise or departure from the Communion I will say no more of this but that where there is so much of the Serpent's wisdome there had need also be a great proportion of the Dove's innocence Now after the Questions which appertain to Church-discipline there remain only these two following Cat. p. 223. Q. 52. Wherein consists the duty of any Church of Christ towards other Churches With the Answer to which I will not trouble the Reader since none will be allowed by the Catechist for Churches that are not moulded according to his principles And then Q. 53 What â—re the ends of all this dispensation and order of things in the Church Which Question supposeth the truth of all that the Catechist hath before asserted viz. That there is such a dispensation and order of things in the Church Yet the Answer annexed is such as certainly deserves to over-rule all determinations of these matters as the end and scope of them with which therefore I will also end for we cannot end better Answ The Glory of God ibid. the honour of Jesus Christ the Mediator the furtherance of the Gospel the edification and consolation of Believers here with their eternal Salvation hereafter Rev. 4.9 10 11. and 5.12 13. 1 Cor. 3.22 25. Eph. 4.11 12 13. Whatsoever it is which according to the genuine sense of Holy Scripture attested to by the church of Christ from the beginning bears the truest proportion unto these confessedly great and weighty Ends challengeth of right the preference of our choice and acception Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth Peace Good will towards Men. FINIS ERRATA The Courteous Reader is desired to pardon the Errata of the Press by reason of the Author's absence and if he please to corect these following mistakes PAge 3. line 2. for doth read do line 31. for have read leave p. 9. l. 20. for they required r. required them p. 15. l. 12. for is the substance r. is of the substance p. 21. l. 29. f. Jegar-Sahadutha r. 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In the Appendix Page 3. l. 14. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—eal 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 5. l. 31. for 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 read 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 p. 13. l. 2. f. and stubborn r. tâ—e stubborn p. 19. l. 25. f. nto r. not p. 20. blot out Quomodo ergo c. in the marg p. 22. l. 7. for changes r. changers p. 23. l. ult f. higer r. higher p. 37. l. 1. f. know r. knowâ—n THE CONTENTS