testimony answerable to the matter handled 1. Timoth. 1.5 Act. 23.1 Finally the work of the Regenerat part of the soule is an Eccho correspondent to the work of the holy Spirit the condition of the word of God which in tyme of spiriâ—uall worship is administred psal 27.8 Esay 66.5 Mat. 13.9 Heb. 10 5-7 Caut. 5.4 Chap. 4. of quenching the Spirit In performing spirituall worship wee must take heed of quenching the spirit 1. Thes â— 19 1. Cor. 14.30 Iob 32 18-20 The Spirit is quenched two wayes By silence By set formes of worship Psal 40 1-3 1. Cor. 14 29-32 compared with 1 Thes 5.19.20 The Spirit is quenched by silence when fit matter is revealed to one that sitteth by he wthholdeth it in tyme of prophecying The Spirit is quenched by sett formes of worship for therein the spirit is not at liberty to vtter it self but is bounded in contrary to Act. 2.4 2. Cor. 3.17 compared with Ioh. 4.24 Gal. 4.31 5.1 Sett formes of worship are eyther in the memory or in the book Saying set formes of worship by rote is quenching the Spirit Reading sett formes of worship out of a book is quenching the Spirit for in the one the Spirit is not manifested but the strength of the memory in the other the matter is not brought out of the haâ—â— but out of the book so in neyther of them the Spirit is at liberty Chap. 5. of the helps of Spiritual worship Thus much concerning the Fountayne from whence Spiritual worship commeth now follow the helps wherby Spiritual worship is furthered or supported The helps are eyther inward or outward The inward helps are only the word the spirit Eph. 5.18.19 Col. 3.16 Rom. 8.26 The outward helps are the manifestation of the Spirit the seales of the covenant 1. Cor. 12.7 2.4 Act. 2.4.42 with the instruments creatures actions apperteyning therto Instruments as the tong eare to speake heate tast withal Act. 2.4.8 1. cor 11.24 Creatures as bread wine water Act. 8 36-39 1. Cor. 11.23 Mat. 26 27-29 Actions as speaking hearing breaking bread powring out wine eating drincking washing with water by consequent from the former places The publishing of the covenant of grace the putting to of the seales is only one concrete action or part of worship for the publishing of the covenant giveth being â—o the seales otherwise breaking bread baptising are but putting of seales to a blanck Chap. 6. concerning bookes writing Here a question is to be discussed wither a book be a lawful help to further vs in tyme of spiritual worship Revel 10.10.11 Ezech. 3.3.4 Bookes or writings are signes or pictures of things signified therby Writings are to be considered in the concrete or in the abstract In the concrete writings import both the signe the thing signified therby that is both the characters the matter In the abstract writings import the signe in relation to the thing signified therby vis lettres sillables wordes syntaxe Every writing is compounded of wordes Every worde is made of lettres sillables except that some lettres sillables are wordes Lettres or characters are significative Revel 1.8 13.18 Alpha Omega Chi. Xi 〈◊〉 signify first last 600 60 6. Wordes are significative in the first or second intention as Amen in the first intention signifieth truth or truly Mat. 5.18 Amen in the second intention signifieth Christ Revel 3.14 So doth Logos signify also and many other wordes of Scripture Syntaxe or joyning of wordes in order signifieth discourse As single wordes signify Logicall relations or arguments So Syntaxe or wordes compounded in sentence signifieth Axiomes Syllogismes Methode Therefore wordes and syntaxe are signes of thinges and of the relations and reason of thinges Hence it followeth that bookes or writinges are in the nature of picturer or Images therefore in the nature of ceremonies so by consequent reading a booke is ceremoniall For as the Beast in the Sacrifices of the ould Testament was ceremoniall so was the killing of the Beast ceremoniall Chap. 7. Of the kindes of bookes or writinges Thus much of the nature of bookes or writinges Now follow the kindes of bookes or the distribution of writinges writinges may bee distinguished according to the subject or efficient The subject of writinges are paper parchment wood stone metall c If writinges bee in paper or parchment they bee called bookes as may bee gathered from Deut. 31 24-26 Ierem 36.4 If writinges be ingraven in stone wood or metal it is caled graving or carving Exo. 28.11 2. Cor. 3.7 Iosh 8.32 The efficient of writinges are two God or Man God himselfe first engraved the law in tables of stone Exod. 31.18 Men are of two sortes Inspired or ordinary men Men Inspired by the Holy Ghost are the Holy Prophets Apostles who wrote the holy scriptures by inspiration 2. Pet. 1.21 2 Tim. 3.16 Rom. 1.2 namely the Hebrue of the ould testament the greeke of the new Testament The Holy Scriptures viz. the Originalls Hebrew Greek are given by Divine inspiration in their first donation were without error most perfect therefore Canonicall Ordinary men write bookes of divers kindes among the rest such as have the word of God or Holy Scriptures for their object are called Theological writinges among them Translations of the Holy Scriptures into the mother tong are cheifly to be esteemed as beeing the most principall yet only as the streame issuing from the fountayne or as the greatest river of the mayne sea No writinges of ordinary men how holy or good soever are given by inspiration therefore are subject to error imperfect so Apocrypha Chap. 8. Of the Originalls or Holy Scriptures of the partes of Holy Scripture Holy Scriptures as all other writinges whatsoever consist of two partes of the tong character of the substance or matter signified by the character The tong or character hath apertaining to it the grammar and the Rhethorick wher of the tong or character is the subiect The matter or substance of the scripture hath in it Logick History Cronology Cos mography Genealogy Philosophy Theologie and other like matter The principall parte of the matter is the Theologie A Translation of the holy originalls may expresse very much of the matter contayned in or signified by the originall characters it can expresse also much of the Rhethorickas Tropes Figures of sentence No Translation can possibly expresse all the matter of the holy originalls nor a thousand thinges in the Grammar Rhethorick characteâ— of the tong A Translation so far forth as it doth truly fully expresse any thing of the originals may be saide inspired of God no further Hence it followeth that a translation be it never so good is mixt with mens devises imperfect not equipollent to the originalles in a thousand particulars The holy originalles signifie and represent to our eyes heavenly things therfor the book of the
law is called a similitude of an heavenly thing Heb. 9 19-23 Holy Scriptures or writings beganne with Moses Exob 24.4 31.18 Ioh. 1.17 2. Cor. 3.7 Before Moses holy men prophesyed out of their harts receaved kept the truth of doctryne by tradition from hand to hand 2. Pet. 2.5 Iude vers 14.15 Deut. 31.24 When Moses had written the lawe he caused it to be put by the arke in the most holy place as a witnesse against the people deut 31.26 therfor the Apostle calleth it the hand-writing in ordinances which was contrary to vs which Christ nayled to his crosse Col. 2.14 Eph. 2.15 Hence it followeth that the holy originals the Hebrue scriptures of the old testament are ceremonyes 2. Cor. 3.3.7 Nomb. 5.23.24 by necessary consequent The book or tables of stone typed vnto the Iewes their hard hart voyde of the true vnderstanding of the lawe 2. Cor. 3.3 Heb. 8.10 Ezech. 36.26.27 2. Cor. 3.14.15 The Inck wherewith the lettres were written signified the Spirit of God 2. Cor 3.3 Heb. 8.10 compared with Exod. 31.18 The lettres written or characters engraven signifieth the work of the Spirit who alone doth write the law in our harts by proportion also Deut 9.10 compared with Heb. 8.10 Reading the words of the law out of the book signifieth the vttering of the word of God out of the hart by proportion see also 2. Cor. 3.2.3.6 1. Cor. 12.7 The writings of the old Testament being ceremonial are therfor abolished by Christ only so far forth as they are ceremonial Col. 2.14 20. Gal. 4.9 The thing signified by the book viz the law of God the new testament remayneth 2 Cor. 3 11.7 Heb. 8.6.7.13 Chap. 9 How the Originalls or Holy Scriptures are to be vsed The Scriptures of the old Testament are commaunded to the Church 2. Pet. 1.19 â—0 2. Timoth. 3.16 as also the Scriptures of the new Testament 1. Thes 5.27 Col. 4.16 by proportion Heer consider these things 1. How the Scriptures are to be vsed 2. How they are not to be vsed The Holy Scriptures are the Fountayne of all truth Ioh. 17.17 compared with 2. Timoth. 3.16.17 They are the ground foundacion of our fayth Ephes 2.20 compared with Ioh. 5.39 17.3 By them all doctrynes every Spiritt is to be judged Esay 8.20 1. Ioh. 4.1 Act. 17.11 They are to be read in the Church to be interpeted Col. 4.16 compared with Luk. 24.27 1. Cor. 14 27. 12.10 by proportion 2. Pet. 3.16 Neverthelesse the Holy Scriptures are not reteyned as helps before the eye in tyme of Spirituall worship Reasons are these Chap. 10. Reasons proving the Originals not to be given as helps before the eye in worship 1. Bicause Christ vsed the book to fulfill all righteousnes Mat. 3.15 having by the vse of the book fulfilled the law of reading he shut the book in the Synagogue to signifie that that ceremony of bookworship or the ministerie of the lettre was now exspired finished Luk. 4.20 Ioh 19.30 3. Bicause reading wordes out of a book is the ministration of the lettre 2. Cor. 3.6 namely a part of the ministerie of the old Testament which is abolished Heb. 8.13 2 cor 3.11.13 the ministery of the new testament is the ministerie of the spirit 2. Cor. 3.6 3. Bicause vppon the day of Pentecost many yeeres after the churches of the new testament did vse no bookes in tyme of spiritual worship but prayed prophesyed sang Psalmes meerely out of their harts Act. 2.4.42 10 44-48 19.6 1. cor 14 15-17.26.37 4. Bicause no example of the Scripture can be shewed of any man ordinary or extraordinary that at or after the day of Pentecost vsed a book in praying prophesying singâ—ng Psalmes if yea let it be done wee yeeld 5. Bicause none of the books of the new Testament were written many yeeres after the day of Pentecost at the least seaven yeeres the Churches all that tyme could not vse the books of the new Testament which they had not 6. Bicause the Churches of the Greekes had no bookes to vse that they might vse â—awfully for they vnderstood not Hebrue the Septuagints translation ought not to be vsed or made the Apostles made no Greek translation And if the Apostles read the Hebrue an vnknowne tong in the Greek Churches it could not be a lawfull worship bicause it edified not if they had the Hebrue before their eyes interpeted Greek let it be shewed when where wee yeeld vnto it 7. Bicause as in prayer the spirit only is our help ther is no outward help given of God for that kind of worship So also in prophesying singing 1. Cor. 11.4 14.16 8. Bicause it is against the nature of spiritual worship for when we read wee receave matter from the book into the hart when we pray prophesy or sing we utter matter out of the hart vnto the eare of the Church Ezech 2 8-19 3 1-4 Revel 10 8-11 9. Bicause vpon the day of Pentecost fyerie cloven tongs did appeare not fiery cloven bookes Acâ— 2.3 alwaies ther must be a proportion betwixt the type and the thing typed vpon the day of Pentecost the fiery law was given in bookes Deut 33.2 Exo 24.4.12 vpon the day of Pentecost the fiery gospel was given in tonges Act 2.3 Mat 3 11. Act 1.5 the booke therefore was proper for them the tonge for vs _____ 10. Bicause as all the worship which Moses taught began in the letter outwardly so proceeded inwardly to the spirit of the faithfull so contrariwise all the worship of the new testament signified by that typicall worship of Moses must beginne at the Spirit not at the letter originally 2. Cor 3.6.8 1. Cor 12.7 or els the heavenly thinge is not answerable to the similitude thereof Therfor as in prayer the book is laid aside that by the confession of the auncient brethren of the seperation so must it be also in prophesying singing of Psalmes as we are perswaded 1. Cor. 11.4 14.15.16.26 Quere whither the Prophets of the Church may not in tyme of Spiritual worship take the originals interpret out of them a text then shut the book prophesy from that ground of holy Scripture so interpreted Luk. 4 16-20 Chap. 11. objections for book worship answered The first objection Reading in the old Testament was commaunded by Moses Deut. 31 9-13 was amplified by David 1. Chron. 16. 25. was practised by Iosiah 2. Chron. 34.30 by Ezra Nehemiah Nehem. 8.8 9.3 allowed by our Savior Christ Luk. 4.16 by the Apostles Act. 13.14.15 c reported as a thing of auncient approved continuance Act. 15.21 Answer to the first objection First the reading commaunded by Moses was only once every seaven yeere Deut. 31.10.11 therfor it was no part of ordinary worship ther is no commaundement in Moses given eyther to the Preists
the Apostle saith didacticoi proistamenoiÌ„ 1. Timoth. 3. VVhither didacticos that is apt to teach be not expounded by the Apostle Tit. 1.9 by three particulars viz 1. to teach wholsome doctryne 2. to exhort 3. to convince the gainsayers VVhither Teaching Ruling be not the two parts of feeding VVhither feeding that is Teaching Ruling exhorting conforting be not the pastors office therfor all the Elders pastors VVhither the Eldership hath not all their powre from the Church VVhither the Eldership hath a negative voyce in the church that nothing can be concluded without them VVhither if most or the Church consent the Elders dissent the matter cannot passe against the Elders dissent VVhither seing the church may depose excommunicate the Eldership they may not passe other sentences without or contrary to their liking VVhither may not a man propound his mater to the church without acquaynting the Elders with it in the first place VVhither in the second degree of admonition a man is not bound to take an Elder for witnesse VVhether one Elder only in a church be Gods ordinance whither if ther be chosen any Elder ther must be chosen more then one VVhither the seales of the covenant may not be administred ther being yet no Elders in offiice 8. Concerning the Treasury contribution VVhither the treasury be not Holy VVhither contribution be not an action of the communion of the Saynts VVhither as in other parts of communion so in this ther ought not to be a seperation from them that are without VVhither the action of contribution must not be Sanctified by prayer thanksgiving A Recapitulation of the Chapters to be found according to their pages The first part concerning the Leitourgie of the Church Chap. 1. Of the Kingdom of the Saynts pag. 1. Chap. 2. Of the Preisthood of the Saynts pag. 1. Chap. 3. Of Spirituall worship of the Spirit pag. 2. Chap. 4. Of quenching the Spirit pag. 2. Chap. 5. Of the helps of Spiritual worship pag. 3. Chap. 6. Concerning bookes writing pag. 3. Chap. 7. Of the kindes of bookes or writings pag. 4. Chap. 8. Of the originals or holy Scriptures of the partes of holy Scripture pag. 4. Chap. 9. How the originals or holy Scriptures are to be vsed pag. 5. Chap. 10 Reasons proving the originals not to be given as helps before the eye in worship pdg. 6. Chap. 11. Objections for bookworship answered pag. 7. Chap. 12. Of the writings of men pag. 10. Chap. 13. Of reading translations of the translation of the 72. intâ—â—preters pag. 10. Chap. 14. Of other arguments against reading translations 〈◊〉 tyme of worship pag. 11. Chap. 15. Objections for translations answered pag. 13. Chap. 16. Of the lawfulnes of translating the Scriptures the vse of translations in our account pag. 17. Chap. 17. Concerning the vse of the translation for the hearers pag. 18. Chap. 18. Of the nature or essence of Spiritual worship the essential causses kindes thereof pag. 18. Chap. 19. How the worship of the old Testament did type the Spiritual worship of the new Testament pag. 30. Chap. 20. Of that which was performed in the court pag. 21. The second part of the Ministery of the Church pag. 22. The first section of the Eldership or Presbytery pag. 22. Chap. 1. Of the names or titles of the Elders pag. 22. Chap. 2. Of reasons proving the Elders to be of one sort viz all Pastors pag. 23. Chap. 3. Objections for three sorts of Elders answered pag. 24. Chap. 4. Of the divers gifts of Elders pag. 26. Chap. 5. Of the works of the Presbytery or Elders in the Preisthood of the church pa. 27 Chap. 6. Of the workes of the Presbytery or Elders in the KingdoÌ„ of the church pag. 28. The second section Chap. 1. Of the treasury of the Church the Deacons office pag. 28. Chap. 2. Who are to contribute pag. 29. Chap. 3. What or how much is to be given to the treasury pag. 29. Chap. 4. Of what nature the treasury is pag. 29. Chap. 5. When the treasury is to be collected pag. 30. Chap. 6. How the treasury is to be employed pag. 30. Chap. 7. At whose disposition the treasury is pag. 31. Certayne demaundes pag. 31. FINIS
or Levites for ordinary reading of the law in the Tabernacle Secondly Hence it followeth that reading in the old Testament was no part of the worship of the tabernacle or temple or of the service performed by the Priests therein for all the worship that was appointed by Moses for the Preists was limited to the holy place whither the people were not admitted Thirdly therfor reading was of another nature performed in the vtter court or Synagogue or els where eyther by the levites or any other learned men of what tribe seever Mat. 23.2 Luk. 4.16 Act. 13-15 compared with Act. 15-21 Deut. 31 9-11 1 Chron. 10.4.7.37.39 15 1-8 28.13.2 Chron. 34.14.30.31 Nehem. 8. 9. so no part of worship properly so called but only a ceremoniall ground or soundation of inward or outward spiritual worship common to the Churches of all ages Lastly it is not denyed but that reading now is to be vsed in the Church only we say it is not a part of spiritual worship or a lawful meanes in tyme of spiritual worship The second objection Reading is commaunded in the new testament Colos 4.16 1. Thes 5.27 and a blessing promâ—sed thereto Revel 1.3 and the commaundement is that it be practised in the church therefore it is a part or meanes of the worship of the new testament Answer to the second objection Not euerie thinge performed in the church is a parte of spirituall worship forall the partes of publique administratioÌ„ of the Kingdome are done in the church and yet cannot be sayd to be partes of spirituall worship properly so called Chap 1. and 2. Moreover when he commaundeth his Epistles to be read in the Churches his meaning is not strictly literall that is that the very wordes which he wrote should be repeated verbatim out of the booke but his meaning is that the fense of the wordes or the meaning of the Apostle should be related to the brethreÌ„ whither by reading the verywordes by expounding the meaning by interpreting or translating For if his meaning be that the very wordes he wrote be literaly read theÌ„ the Greek wordes must be repeated out of the booke to all nations which is contrary to 1. Cor. 14.26 If his meaning be that the sense should be given any way by translating by reading the translation by interpreting his meaning in a paraphrase commentary c. then how will it follow that reading the Greek tong which is not vnderstood in the English Churches is a law full part of spirituall worship according to the literall signification of readings Further the Apostle wrote his Epistles to the Collossians Thessalonians the other Churches vppon particular occasions for partcular endes and the commaundement of reading then was speciall in those respects to them and the intent of the Apostle is not to enioyne the reading of them every day in tyme of Spiritual worship to al Churches yet wee do acknowledg the absolute necessity of reading searching the Scriptures Ioh. 5.39 Againe that reading is a lawful yea necessary meanes or help to further vs to Spiritual worship is not denyed but this is denyed that it is a lawful help in tyme of worship or a lawful part of Spiritual worship For it is confessed defended by the auncient brethreÌ„ of the seperation that the originals are no lawful help in tyme of prayer So say we they are no lawful help in tyme of prophesying singing Psalmes that by equal proportion for ther is the same reason of helps in all the parts of Spiritual worship during the tyme of performing the worship The third objection The Apostle 1. Tim. 4 13-16 commaundeth Timothie so all Elders to attend to reading wher reading is joyned with exhortation doctryne so importeth that it is to be vnderstood of the joyning of reading in tyme of Spiritual worship Answer to the third objection The circuÌ„stances of the place being â—â—el considered wâ—â— afoard that Paul speaketh noâ— of the execution of his office but of preparing himself to the execution of his office which is attayned by reading the Scriptures wherby men are fitted with matter fitt to teach exhort for by this meanes the gift oâ— prophecy was preserved in Timothie vs 14. by this meanes his proficiency should be manifested vs 15. by this meanes he should the better save mens soules vs 16. The fourth objection Let it be graunted that the Apostles Evangelists vsed no bookes being extraordinary men having the extraordinary direction of the spirit for they needed no such helps of bookes as wee doe Yet wee being men ordinary have need of bookes therefor they by the direction of the Spirit both have written bookes for our vse have commaunded vs to vse them Answer to the fourth objection This objection may aswell fit bringing of bookes into the tyme of prayer froÌ„ wheÌ„ce they are justly banished for it may be sayd that the Apostles were extraordinary men needed no bookes for prayer but wee need books to help our infirmity why may not a man aswel say the Apostle commaundeth the reading of prayers promiseth a blessing to reading of prayers in tyme of prayer as otherwise Again though the holy Spirit be not given to vs in the same manner measure as to the Apostles yet we have the same Spirit to help vs as they had to the same ordinary purposes is he sent to vs by Christ as to them namely to help our infirmityes Rom. 8. 26. for the work of the ministery Eph. 4.12 to be our annoynting 1. Ioh. 2.27 to lead into all truth Ioh 16.13 to be our paraclete Ioh. 14.16 so by consequent to help vs to pray prophesy prayse God Againe this objection seemeth to establish two formes of prophesying one without bookes by the Apostles for many yeeres in the Church another with bookes afterward taught by the Apostles then it followeth that the Apostles gospell was yea nay who first taught practised one way afterward taught commaunded to practise another way Lastly The Apostles had the bookes of the Old Testament in the Hebrwe tong so might have vsed them before their eye in tyme of prophesying eyther to read out of them to the Hebrues or to translate and interprett out of them to the Greecians but they did neyther of these but only prophesyed out of their harts as the Holy Ghost gave them vtterance Act. 2.4 Yea taught the primitive Churches so to doe 1. Cor. 14.26 If it can be shewed that they did vse the bookes of the Old Testament in tyme of worship to read or interprete from them lett it be shewed wee yeeld if not thus wee hold practise for the present Here vppon it followeth that neyther reading the originals nor interpreting or translating out of the originals the book being before the eye is eyther a lawfull part or meanes of Spirituall worship Chap. 12. Of the writings of men Writings of
men are of divers kinds among them are translations of the holy Scriptures a most principal To translate the originals into any mother tong is aswell asmuch the work of a mans witt learning as to analyse the Scriptures Rhetorically or Logically to Collect doctrynes vses Theologically to give expositions interpretations of places doubtfull The translator cannot conceave nor expresse in writing the whole mynd of the holy Spirit conteyned in the originals but only some good part of it the expositor paraphrast commeÌ„tator may expresse asmuch as the translator yea in respect of some particulars as Hebraismes Grecismes the like considerations much more Ther is as good warrant to translate the Scriptures as to expound analyse draw doctrynes vses from the Scriptures Marc. 5.41 Mat. 1.23 by proportioÌ„ from 1. Cor. 12.10 14.13.27.39 Ther is no better warrant to bring translations of Scripture written into the church to reade them as partes or helps of worship then to bring in expositions resolutions paraphrasts sermons vppon the Scripture seing al these are equally humane in respect of the work equally divine in respect of the matter they handle Chap. 13. Of reading translations of the translation of the. 72. interpreters Hitherto apperteyneth this question whether reading a translation be a lawful help or meanes in tyme of Spiritual worship or a lawful part of Spiritual worship If originals must be laid aside as in tyme of prayer so also in tyme of prophesying singing then much more must translations be laid aside at that tyme as may further be manifested thus Bicause the Septuagints translation was a greevous sinne for many reasons 1. For that the covenant of grace ought not to have been preached vnto the gentils til the fullnes of tyme. Mat 10.5 6. 1. Timoth 3.16 Rom. 16.25.26 compared with Mat. 10.5.6 28.19 And therfor that the Septuagints by their translation did communicate it to the Grecians before the fulnes of tyme was their greevous sinne 2. Bicause all the Gentills ought to have been proselytes of the Iewes Church to have come to Ierusalem to worship Exod 12 43-49 Mat. 23.15 Act. 2.10 ought to have learned their tong worship which was prevented by the Septuagints translation 3. Bicause the Hebrue characters writings were Ceremonyes so ought not to have been profaned among the Grecians by their writings as the Philistims were justly plagued for the presence of the Arke 1. Sam. 5. So might the Lord justly have plagued the Grecians for that the Oracles of God were among them fearfully abused by them 4. If it were vnlawful to sing one of Davids Psalmes in a strang nation as Babylon psal 137.4 then much more vnlawfull was it to translate the Scriptures into a straunge tong for all the Ceremoniall law was bounded within the holy land 5. The translation of the Septuagints out of Hebrue into Greeke is contradictory to the Lords mercy to the Iewes church ther special Priviledges see psal 147.19.20 Rom. 3.1.2 Act. 10.28 22 1.-18 Eph. 2 11-15 Act. 13 46-48 contrary also to Rom. 16.25.26 6. Bicause that seing the Hebrew writings were Ceremonyes it was vnlawful for the Septuagints to chandg them from their proper kind to picture them out by the Greek writings for the Greeks vse 7. Bicause the Septuagints did of purpose conceale many things as judging the gentils vnworthy to know them fearing also least they should profane such holy mysteries wherein their consciences told them playnly that their translation was their synne also they did pervert many things of purpose ad somthing infinitely corrupt their translation which was their greeve us sinne Hence it followeth that seing the Septuagints translation was so greevous a sinne therfor the Apostles would never account it holy scripture comming froÌ„ the holy ghost so never approve the vse of it in the Greek Churches Againe wee never heard of any other translation before Christ besides the Septuagints or if ther were any it were vnlawful by the same reasons before vsed against the Septuagints Further ther could be no vse of the Septuagints translation for reading in the Latine Church of the Romanes More over the new Testament being not written none of it till 7.10 or 20. yeeres after Christs death not all of it till Iohn had written who was the surviver of the Apostles how could ther bee a translation of the new Testament written during the Apostles lives Besides it is never mentioned that ever any Apostle or Apostolique man or Church eyther had from the Apostles or vsed by their direction or approbation a translation of any sort whathoever before the eye in tyme of Spirituall worship if yea let it be shewed Lastly translations therfor beganne in the Church after the Apostles dayes in tyme of worship so were not from the beginning in respect whereof they are a part of the mystery of iniquity in worship Chap. 14. Of other arguments against reading translations in tyme of worship 1. 1 Thes 5.21 Try all things keep that good thing But no man ignorant of the tongs can try whether the translation be fit or good therfor no man ignorant of the tongs can strictly keep or read a translation in tyme of worship 2. Rom. 14.23 1. Timoth. 1 4.-7 Heb. 11.6 whatsoever commeth not from fayth is sinne But no man ignorant of the tongs can of faith vse the translation seing he cannot examyne it whether it be good or bad so beleeve or refuse it Therfore it is not of fayth in him so it is synne for him to vse it before the eye in tyme of worship 3. A translation made verbatim from the originalls is absurd by reason of the difference of the dialects therefore vnlawâ—ull seing it edifieth not 1. Cor. 14.26 A translation paraphrastical or a paraphrast if it be lawful in time of worship to be read then why not a written sermon 4. A paraphrast comeÌ„tarie or exposition vpon a chapter which contayneth more of the contentes of the originalles the holy ghostes meaning is vnlawfull to be read in time of worship therefore a translation of a chapter which contayneth lesse is vnlawful also to be read in time of worship 5. Levit. 22.22 Malach. 1.8.13.14 Mat. 22.37 Rom. 12.1.2 Psal 119.45 103.1 God wil be served with the best we have But ther is no one translation the best we have seing the Lord may in tyme of worship minister better to him that administreth if hee vnderstand the originalls if he vndeâ—stand not the originalls he hath it not at all for it is another mans worke therefore no one translation written may be read in tyme of worship 6. Deut. 16 16. 1. Chron 21.24 Eph 4 8. Rom. 12.3 we must worship God with our own not with another mans with that which cost vs somâ—hing not with that which cost vs nothing But for one ignorant of the tongs to read