Selected quad for the lemma: scripture_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
scripture_n	church_n	infallible_a	tradition_n	5,965	5	9.8720	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A97086	The considerator considered: or, A brief view of certain considerations upon the Biblia polyglotta, the prolegomena and appendix thereof. Wherein, amongst other things, the certainty, integrity, and divine authority of the original texts, is defended, against the consequences of athiests, papists, antiscripturists, &c. inferred from the various readings, and novelty of the Hebrew points, by the author of the said Considerations. The Biblia polyglotta, and translations therein exhibited, with various readings, prolegomena and appendix, vindicated from his aspersions and calumnies. And the questions about the punctation of the Hebrew text, the various readings, and the ancient Hebrew character briefly handled. / By Br. Walton. D.D.	Walton, Brian, 1600-1661.	1659 (1659)	Wing W657; Thomason E1860_1; ESTC R204072	144,833	308

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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 ●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 book_n and_o whether_o he_o have_v not_o abuse_v the_o reader_n and_o publisher_n in_o this_o crimination_n the_o publisher_n write_v upon_o deliberation_n and_o need_v not_o retract_v any_o thing_n i_o wish_v his_o adversary_n have_v as_o well_o consider_v what_o he_o have_v charge_v he_o with_o for_o then_o the_o labour_n of_o both_o may_v have_v be_v spare_v ix_o the_o nine_o thing_n charge_v upon_o the_o prolegomena_n be_v p._n 206._o that_o when_o gross_a fault_n be_v creep_v into_o the_o hebrew_n text_n man_n may_v by_o their_o own_o conjecture_n find_v out_o various_a readins_n and_o p._n 159._o it_o be_v declare_v that_o where_o any_o gross_a fault_n or_o corruption_n be_v befall_v the_o original_n man_n may_v by_o their_o faculty_n of_o critical_a conjecture_v amend_v they_o and_o restore_v the_o native_a lection_n that_o be_v lose_v though_o in_o general_a without_o the_o authority_n of_o copy_n this_o be_v not_o allow_v for_o this_o he_o quote_v prolegom_n 7._o sect_n 12._o i_o see_v our_o author_n be_v still_o semper_fw-la idem_fw-la a_o thread_n of_o untruth_n and_o calumny_n run_v through_o the_o whole_a book_n yet_o in_o this_o of_o gather_v various_a readins_n upon_o mere_a conjecture_n he_o be_v less_o excusable_a than_o in_o some_o of_o the_o rest_n not_o only_o because_o this_o whole_a charge_n be_v plain_o reject_v and_o disprove_v in_o prolegom_n 6._o sect._n ult_n and_o reason_n be_v give_v why_o it_o can_v be_v allow_v but_o also_o because_o the_o adversary_n acquit_v

aethiopick_n gothick_n etc._n etc._n beside_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a and_o concern_v the_o use_n and_o benefit_n of_o translation_n it_o be_v reduce_v to_o these_o head_n first_o because_o all_o can_v understand_v the_o original_a tongue_n therefore_o translation_n serve_v as_o so_o many_o pipe●_n or_o channel_n to_o convey_v those_o live_a water_n of_o salvation_n from_o the_o fountain_n to_o every_o particular_a nation_n and_o people_n that_o so_o all_o may_v read_v and_o hear_v the_o wonderful_a work_n of_o god_n in_o their_o own_o tongue_n second_o the_o wonderful_a consent_n of_o all_o translation_n in_o all_o thing_n of_o moment_n though_o make_v at_o several_a time_n and_o in_o several_a nation_n so_o far_o distant_a from_o one_o another_o join_v together_o only_o by_o the_o same_o common_a faith_n prove_v these_o book_n to_o be_v of_o divine_a original_a and_o to_o have_v no_o other_o author_n but_o god_n who_o so_o wonderful_o preserve_v they_o among_o so_o many_o change_n and_o revolution_n against_o the_o fury_n and_o malice_n of_o satan_n and_o all_o his_o instrument_n persecute_v tyrant_n and_o subtle_a heretic_n and_o sectary_n who_o labour_v either_o to_o corrupt_v or_o abolish_v the_o same_o three_o they_o bear_v witness_n to_o the_o integrity_n of_o the_o original_a text_n by_o their_o consent_n and_o harmony_n therewith_o as_o be_v show_v in_o divers_a particular_n where_o some_o will_v have_v they_o to_o be_v corrupt_v as_o that_o of_o shiloh_n gen._n 49._o 10._o and_o other_o as_o also_o to_o preserve_v they_o pure_a and_o entire_a to_o after_o age_n and_o to_o prevent_v the_o corrupt_a of_o they_o either_o by_o the_o fraud_n of_o heretic_n or_o negligence_n of_o the_o scribe_n for_o no_o considerable_a mistake_n can_v pass_v in_o all_o and_o so_o many_o translatious_a in_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n but_o they_o may_v easy_o be_v find_v and_o amend_v by_o other_o four_o they_o serve_v as_o so_o many_o glass_n to_o declare_v 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of_o any_o in_o particular_a elsewhere_o with_o which_o how_o that_o agree_v with_o which_o our_o adversary_n charge_v the_o prolegomena_n of_o correct_v the_o original_n yea_o of_o correct_v the_o word_n of_o god_n by_o they_o may_v easy_o appear_v iv._o before_o we_o come_v to_o his_o reason_n against_o various_a readins_n out_o of_o translation_n some_o thing_n i_o shall_v premise_v by_o which_o the_o reader_n may_v see_v both_o the_o untruth_n in_o the_o charge_n and_o the_o invalidity_n of_o his_o reason_n 1._o though_o we_o grant_v that_o various_a readins_n may_v be_v sometime_o gather_v out_o of_o translation_n yet_o we_o do_v not_o infer_v nor_o do_v it_o present_o follow_v that_o the_o present_a read_n be_v corrupt_a or_o false_a or_o must_v forthwith_o be_v correct_v by_o the_o translation_n for_o though_o there_o be_v some_o difference_n in_o the_o copy_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v the_o reading_z of_o our_o present_a copy_n be_v the_o better_a and_o therefore_o be_v not_o to_o be_v alter_v nay_o it_o be_v acknowledge_v and_o assert_v in_o the_o prolegomena_n that_o the_o present_a reading_n be_v in_o possession_n of_o its_o authority_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v alter_v though_o other_o copy_n have_v former_o read_v otherwise_o unless_o it_o can_v be_v evident_o and_o clear_o prove_v that_o some_o fault_n be_v creep_v into_o the_o present_a read_n and_o that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o usual_a read_n upon_o mere_a conjecture_n unless_o evident_a necessity_n require_v prol._n 7._o sect_n 23._o in_o omnibus_fw-la ad_fw-la textum_fw-la originarium_n recurrendum_fw-la est_fw-la nisi_fw-la ubi_fw-la plane_n constet_fw-la errorem_fw-la in_o textum_fw-la irrepsisse_fw-la ubi_fw-la vero_fw-la hoc_fw-la probari_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la necessario_fw-la ad_fw-la textum_fw-la ut_fw-la ad_fw-la normam_fw-la omnes_fw-la versiones_fw-la probandae_fw-la sunt_fw-la nec_fw-la satis_fw-la est_fw-la cum_fw-la bellarmino_fw-la dicere_fw-la exit_fw-la fontibus_fw-la si_fw-la puri_fw-la s●nt_fw-la corrigendae_fw-la sunt_fw-la versiones_fw-la hoc_fw-la enim_fw-la supponi_fw-la debet_fw-la fontes_fw-la esse_fw-la puros_fw-la donec_fw-la contrarium_fw-la liquido_fw-la probetur_fw-la secundum_fw-la regulam_fw-la jurisconsultorum_fw-la quilibet_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la esse_fw-la bone_fw-la donec_fw-la constet_fw-la de_fw-la contrario_fw-la nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la ex_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la instantiis_fw-la probatur_fw-la generalis_fw-la fontium_fw-la corruptio_fw-la sed_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o his_o locis_fw-la lapsum_fw-la esse_fw-la scribam_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la fontis_fw-la puritate_fw-la constare_fw-la potest_fw-la so_o in_o the_o 22._o sect._n primo_fw-la lectionem_fw-la librorum_fw-la originalium_fw-la in_fw-la vitio_fw-la cubare_fw-la clare_v probandum_fw-la est_fw-la tum_fw-la error_n corrigendus_fw-la sic_fw-la vera_fw-la lectione_n restituta_fw-la textus_fw-la originarius_n versionum_fw-la regula_fw-la &_o norma_fw-la fit_n to_o the_o same_o purpose_n sect._n 25._o etsi_fw-la versiones_fw-la antiquae_fw-la prae●ertim_fw-la multum_fw-la confer_v possunt_fw-la cum_fw-la erratum_fw-la in_o textum_fw-la originarium_n casu_fw-la irrepsit_fw-la ad_fw-la veram_fw-la lectionem_fw-la indagandam_fw-la &_o restituendam_fw-la tamen_fw-la generaliter_fw-la loquendo_fw-la versiones_fw-la omnes_fw-la secundum_fw-la textus_fw-la originales_fw-la corrigi_fw-la &_o examinari_fw-la debent_fw-la nam_fw-la cum_fw-la omnes_fw-la versiones_fw-la tanquam_fw-la rivuli_fw-la ex_fw-la codicibus_fw-la originariis_fw-la ut_fw-la fontibus_fw-la fluxerint_fw-la necesse_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la quicquid_fw-la veritatis_fw-la in_o versionibus_fw-la inveniatur_fw-la illud_fw-la à_fw-la fontibus_fw-la habuerint_fw-la eatenus_fw-la enim_fw-la versio_fw-la vera_fw-la dici_fw-la potest_fw-la quatenus_fw-la cum_fw-la textu_fw-la originario_fw-la concordet_fw-la sic_fw-la enim_fw-la greg._n de_fw-fr valent._n translatio_fw-la vera_fw-la est_fw-la eujus_fw-la sensus_fw-la à_fw-la svo_fw-la fonte_fw-la non_fw-la deviat_fw-la sed_fw-la sententias_fw-la reddit_fw-la easdem_fw-la &_o aequales_fw-la nec_fw-la ampliores_fw-la nec_fw-la restrictiores_fw-la etc._n etc._n contradictionem_fw-la itaque_fw-la plane_n implicat_fw-la affirmare_fw-la simpliciter_fw-la fontem_fw-la ex_fw-la version_n corrigendum_fw-la aeque_fw-la enim_fw-la absurdum_fw-la est_fw-la ac_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la solis_fw-la motum_fw-la ex_fw-la horologio_fw-la corrigere_fw-la vellet_fw-la vel_fw-la cum_fw-la automaton_fw-gr aberrat_fw-la dicere_fw-la solemn_a irregulariter_fw-la circumferri_fw-la potius_fw-la quam_fw-la vitium_fw-la in_o automato_fw-la concedere_fw-la v._o by_o all_o this_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o prolegomena_n do_v not_o equal_v the_o translation_n with_o the_o text_n or_o make_v this_o one_o end_n of_o translation_n thereby_o to_o correct_v the_o text_n or_o as_o be_v most_o invidious_o express_v to_o correct_v the_o scripture_n to_o correct_v the_o word_n of_o god_n for_o though_o it_o be_v affirm_v that_o in_o some_o case_n various_a readins_n may_v be_v gather_v out_o of_o translation_n yet_o there_o be_v more_o to_o be_v consider_v before_o any_o change_n may_v be_v make_v of_o the_o present_a read_n for_o it_o must_v first_o be_v prove_v that_o the_o present_a read_n contain_v something_o false_a and_o absurd_a and_o can_v possible_o stand_v and_o then_o which_o other_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v consider_v beside_o the_o bare_a read_n of_o a_o translation_n the_o antecedent_n and_o consequent_n the_o analogy_n of_o faith_n collation_n of_o like_a place_n the_o commentary_n of_o ancient_a writer_n of_o the_o church_n compare_v of_o other_o copy_n wherein_o also_o respect_n be_v to_o be_v have_v to_o the_o antiquity_n multitude_n &_o goodness_n of_o the_o copy_n in_o the_o care_n and_o exactness_n of_o the_o scribe_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o rule_v give_v about_o various_a readins_n proleg_n 6._o sect._n 6._o 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vossius_fw-la drusius_n de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr schindler_n martinius_n scaliger_n grotius_n schichard_n casaubon_n erpenius_n sixt._n amam_fw-la mayer_n bootius_n spanhemius_fw-la rivet_n f._n hommius_n archbishop_n usher_n bishop_n prideaux_n mede_n eyres_n etc._n etc._n iii_o the_o last_o argument_n omit_v also_o in_o the_o consideration_n from_o other_o eastern_a tongue_n syriack_n chald._a arabic_a samaritan_n persian_a etc._n etc._n iv._o postellus_n his_o testimony_n v._o the_o argument_n from_o the_o unpointed_a copy_n use_v in_o the_o synagogue_n to_o represent_v the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o moses_n vindicate_v vi_o this_o argument_n draw_v the_o reverend_a usher_n and_o bootius_n to_o this_o opinion_n vii_o the_o argument_n from_o the_o lxx_o and_o other_o ancient_a translation_n pervert_v by_o the_o adversary_n viii_o the_o other_o argument_n brief_o recapitulate_v aben_n ezra_n word_n vindicate_v ix_o the_o adversary_n new_a argument_n x._o xi_o answer_v xii_o xiii_o other_o new_a argument_n answer_v fourteen_o another_o argument_n xv._n answer_v out_o of_o his_o own_o word_n xvi_o the_o tiberian_a masorite_n deny_v and_o yet_o acknowledge_v by_o the_o adversary_n i._o this_o question_n concern_v the_o point_n be_v handle_v by_o our_o adversary_n chief_o chap._n 4._o and_o 5._o of_o the_o consideration_n though_o also_o by_o the_o by_o in_o some_o other_o place_n he_o have_v some_o passage_n about_o the_o same_o wherein_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o handle_v all_o the_o argument_n pro_fw-la &_o con_v have_v do_v that_o already_o proleg_n 3._o sect._n 38_o 39_o etc._n etc._n 56_o ●o_o which_o i_o must_v remit_v the_o reader_n i_o shall_v only_o reply_v to_o what_o he_o answer_v to_o the_o argument_n in_o the_o prolegomena_n and_o brief_o examine_v what_o he_o pretend_v to_o be_v add_v by_o himself_o de_fw-la novo_fw-la to_o prove_v this_o rabbinicall_a fancy_n first_o let_v we_o see_v how_o he_o infringe_n the_o argument_n in_o the_o 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author_n of_o the_o prolegomena_n but_o by_o evident_a argument_n prove_v already_o to_o be_v assertion_n void_a of_o truth_n so_o that_o these_o prop_n be_v take_v away_o all_o his_o building_n fall_v to_o the_o ground_n iii_o now_o in_o stead_n of_o reason_n which_o be_v none_o our_o adversary_n tell_v we_o of_o his_o own_o earnest_a wish_n and_o endeavour_n p._n 221._o that_o he_o have_v rather_o this_o work_n of_o the_o bible_n and_o all_o work_n of_o the_o like_a kind_n be_v out_o of_o the_o world_n then_o that_o this_o our_o opinion_n shall_v be_v receive_v with_o the_o consequence_n which_o unavoidable_o attend_v it_o and_o pag._n 244._o that_o he_o will_v labour_v to_o the_o utmost_a to_o have_v the_o punctation_n take_v out_o of_o the_o bible_n if_o it_o be_v the_o invention_n of_o the_o masorite_n nor_o shall_v he_o in_o its_o present_a station_n make_v use_n of_o it_o any_o more_o thus_o do_v violent_a man_n run_v from_o one_o extreme_a into_o another_o either_o he_o must_v 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