It is impossible • t ignorance hath so blinded you all, that none of you can see the diversity betwixt tho semaner of speeches: God hath suffered the vessels of wrath ordained to destruction,1 & these, Pharaoh shall not hear you, that many wonders may be wrought, &c. Give not of thy seed to be offered to Moloch, &c. I will set my face against such ā man, & I will rout him out, from the midest of his people, because that he hath given of his seed to Moloch, that he might defile my Sanctuary, & profane my holy Name. And so forth of all the rest. for only the place of the Apostle after the english phrase and speech may be rightly translated,2 to condemnation, I appeal to thy conscience thou manifest corruptor of gods scriptures, if in all the places, by the alleged there be not this particle, Ut, which is a causal, and not the preposition, In, which is in the words of. S. Paul. And hath malice so bereft the of knowledge ⟨p. 182⟩that thou canst make no difference, betwixt those two dictions or words. The Lord of his mercy preserve his Church from so bold & so deceitful teachers. If altogether thou haddest been ignorant, with sorrow of heart, I could have lamented thy foolishness: but pereraving ye of set purpose and malice, willingly to corrupt gods plain scriptures, that thou may blind the more easily, the eyes of the simple, with grief, and dolour, I say, that better it had been for thee, never to have been born, than thus obstinately to fight against gods plain trueth. And that in such fury, that where from the scriptures, thou canst have none assurance for thy error, yet so thou darest wrest them, that they may seem to serve thy purpose. Where so ever thou canst wrest any place, that it may be translated by this english, To, there thou ashamest not to affirm, that it is the self same phrase, with this of S. Paul, vessels of wrath prepared or ordained to destruction. This is sufficient to show to the learned, yea even to such, as do but understand the first principles of their grammar, thy infidelity and crafty deceit, in this matter. But because such as understand nothing in the latin tongue, can not hastily espy thy craft, I will travel to make it so sensible as I can.
It is impossible • t ignorāce hath so blynded you all, yt none of you cā se ye diuersitie betwext tho semaner of speaches: God hath suffered ye vesselles of wrath ordeined to destruction,1 & these, Pharao shall not heare you, yt many wōders may be wroght, &c. Giue not of thy sede to be offered to Moloch, &c. I will set my face agaīst such ā mā, & I will rout him out, from the midest of his people, because that he hath giuen of his sede to Moloch, that he might defyle my Sanctuarie, & prophain my holie Name. And so furth of all the rest. for onelie the place of the Apostle after the english phrase and speach may be rightly translated,2 to condemnation, I appeall to thy conscience thow manifest corruptor of gods scriptures, if in all the places, by the alledged there be not this particle, Vt, which is a causal, and not the preposition, In, which is in the wordes of. S. Paul. And hath malice so bereft the of knowledge ⟨p. 182⟩that thow canst make no difference, betwext those two dictions or wordes. The Lord of his mercie preserue his Churche frō so bolde & so deceatfull teachers. If altogither thou haddest bene ignorant, with sorow of heart, I could haue lamēted thy foolishenes: but pererauing ye of set purpose and malice, willingly to corrupt gods plaine scriptures, that thow may blynd the more easely, the eies of the simple, with grief, ād dolor, I say, that better it had bene for the, neuer to haue bene born, thē thus obstinatly to fight agaīst gods plaine trueth. And that in such furie, that where from the scriptures, thou canst haue none assurance for thy error, yet so thow darest wrest them, yt they may seme to serue thy purpose. Where so euer thou cāst wrest any place, that it may be translated by this englishe, To, there thow ashamest not to affirm, yt it is the self same phrase, with this of S. Paule, vesselles of wrathe prepared or ordeined to destruction. This is sufficient to shew to the learned, yea euen to such, as do but vnderstand the firstprinciples of their grammer, thy infidelitie ād craftie deceat, in this mater. But because such as vnderstand nothing in the latin tongue, can not hastely espie thy craft, I will trauale to make it so sensible as I can.
- 1Ezod. 11 Levit. 18 & 20Ezod. 11 Leuit. 18 & 20
- 2The anabaptists do plainly corrupt ye scriptures of God.The anabaptistes do plainly corrupt ye scriptures of God.
