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misquoted_n passage_n out_o of_o chrysostom_n in_o my_o plea_n in_o which_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v misprinted_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o point_n i_o treat_v of_o be_v that_o evangelist_n be_v unfixed_a officer_n which_o be_v evident_a in_o the_o new_a testament_n and_o be_v the_o general_n opinion_n of_o learned_a man_n nay_o the_o rector_n himself_o can_v deny_v but_o they_o be_v at_o first_o unfixed_a tentam._n p._n 118._o for_o the_o confirmation_n of_o this_o receive_a opinion_n i_o quote_v eusebius_n and_o chrysostom_n as_o agree_v with_o he_o and_o by_o a_o mistake_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v put_v for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o latter_a which_o make_v the_o negative_a a_o affirmative_a ay_o but_o say_v he_o if_o you_o have_v cite_v chrysostom_n in_o the_o negative_a as_o you_o ought_v he_o will_v not_o have_v agree_v with_o eusebius_n p._n 57_o i_o have_v prove_v in_o my_o tutam_fw-la evangel_n that_o they_o do_v agree_v if_o 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priscilla_n sometime_o at_o rome_n afterward_o we_o find_v they_o at_o corinth_n act_v 18._o 1_o 2._o afterward_o at_o ephesus_n act_v 18._o 18._o 19_o 1_o cor._n 16._o 19_o and_o after_o that_o we_o meet_v they_o at_o rome_n rom._n 16._o 3._o if_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o roman_n be_v write_v after_o the_o 1_o corinthian_n as_o doctor_n lightfoot_n affirm_v 313._o affirm_v vol._n i._o p._n 299._o and_o 313._o when_o the_o second_o epistle_n to_o timothy_n be_v write_v we_o find_v they_o in_o asia_n 2_o tim._n 4._o 19_o it_o be_v most_o undeniable_a than_o that_o aquila_n and_o priscilla_n chrysostom_n evangelist_n go_v up_o and_o down_o and_o that_o into_o other_o country_n and_o nation_n though_o not_o every_o where_n and_o so_o chrysostom_n agree_v with_o eusebius_n but_o suppose_v chrysostom_n shall_v not_o agree_v with_o eusebius_n as_o it_o be_v evident_a he_o do_v this_o do_v not_o prejudice_n eusebius_n testimony_n nor_o my_o hypothesis_n of_o evangelist_n that_o they_o be_v unfixed_a officer_n which_o the_o rector_n himself_o be_v force_v to_o acknowledge_v i_o shall_v not_o quarrel_v with_o he_o about_o chrysostom_n whilst_o he_o own_v my_o notion_n of_o evangelist_n which_o if_o he_o think_v fit_a to_o retract_v i_o will_v undertake_v to_o maintain_v without_o be_v oblige_v to_o chrysostom_n he_o think_v i_o have_v no_o way_n to_o come_v off_o from_o his_o charge_n of_o corrupt_v chrysostom_n for_o which_o he_o be_v please_v to_o give_v i_o the_o character_n of_o a_o great_a rogue_n but_o by_o plead_v ignorance_n or_o dishonesty_n p._n 58._o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n of_o either_o plea_n which_o be_v both_o equal_o false_a but_o i_o have_v a_o three_o which_o be_v a_o just_a one_o and_o will_v pass_v with_o man_n of_o honesty_n who_o characteristic_a be_v candour_n viz._n that_o the_o mistake_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o inadvertency_n or_o oversight_n as_o we_o will_v charitable_o hope_v many_o of_o his_o be_v though_o a_o man_n must_v strain_v his_o charity_n very_o hard_o to_o think_v so_o of_o his_o corrupt_v the_o text_n of_o scripture_n it_o can_v be_v imagine_v his_o printer_n will_v foist_v whole_a word_n into_o a_o text_n without_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o author_n especial_o where_o the_o corrupt_a read_n be_v adapt_v to_o a_o argument_n which_o can_v be_v support_v without_o it_o let_v the_o world_n judge_v who_o be_v the_o great_a r._n he_o that_o happen_v to_o mistake_v a_o sentence_n in_o the_o father_n or_o he_o that_o refine_v upon_o the_o word_n of_o god_n ay_o but_o say_v he_o the_o remarker_n have_v corrupt_v rom._n 15._o 19_o for_o he_o affirm_v tutam_fw-la evangel_n p._n 124_o 125._o that_o paul_n preach_v the_o