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The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head…The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head…
The sum of the conference between John Rainoldes and John Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundry points, of the sufficiency and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministry of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the mass, with other controversies of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-government ... Penned by John Rainoldes, according to the notes set down in writing by them both: perused by John Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithful report of that which past in conference between them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise entitled, Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and the Church, written by John Rainoldes. With a defence of such things as Thomas Stapleton and Gregory Martin have carped at therein.The summe of the conference betwene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart touching the head and the faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie points, of the sufficiencie and right expounding of the Scriptures, the ministerie of the Church, the function of priesthood, the sacrifice of the masse, with other controuerises of religion: but chiefly and purposely the point of Church-gouernment ... Penned by Iohn Rainoldes, according to the notes set downe in writing by them both: perused by Iohn Hart, and (after things supplied, & altered, as he thought good) allowed for the faithfull report of that which past in conference betwene them. Whereunto is annexed a treatise intitled, Six conclusions touching the Holie Scripture and the Church, writen by Iohn Rainoldes. With a defence of such thinges as Thomas Stapleton and Gregorie Martin haue carped at therein.
Londini: printed by John Wolfe, 1584Londini: printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1584
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Rainoldes. No more do the words 1Caaru, & 2Caari. The difference is as small. Wherefore if the one might be an oversight of scriveners in the Latin, as you say, and truly: why might not the other be likewise in the Hebrew, as it is guessed by mAndradius. And that it was so, it is declared at large by nArias Montanus: who for his singular knowledge and judgement both in arts and tongues, was chosen, (as I said) to oversee the setting forth of that famous Bible in Hebrew, Chaldee, Greek, and Latin, which was printed at Antwerp, with the approbation of your *Popes and Doctors. For (in the sixth tome of that work) he showeth, that, when the Jews returned into their country after their captivity of seventy years in Babylon: it befell unto them, partly by occasion of their long troubles which did distract their minds, partly by corruption of their native tongue which was grown out of kind, first into the Chaldee and afterward into the Syriac, that they neither knew nor pronounced so well the words of the scripture, written (as the manner was) without vowels. Whereby it came to pass that in the writing of them their crept in some fault, either through injury of the times, or by reason of troubles which fell upon the people, or by negligence of some scriveners. But this inconvenience was met withal afterward by most learned men: such as Esdras was, and afterward Gamaliel, Joseus, Eleazar, and other of great name: who provided by common travel with great care and industry, that the text of scripture and the true reading thereof, should be preserved most sound and uncorrupt. And from these men, or from their instruction, being received and polished by their scholars in the ages following, there came (saith he) as we judge, that most profitable treasure which is called 1Masoreth, that is to say, a delivery, because it doth deliver abundantly and faithfully all the divers readings (that ever were) of the Hebrew Bibles, Wherein there ⟨p. 247⟩