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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
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Rainoldes. As easily: but not as justly. For it is notorious, that, in this opinion, which you hold out of Stapleton, and he •ut of Lindan, both they and you are blinded: what through ignorance of truth, touching the Hebrew text; what through fancy to error, in the Latin translation. Through ignorance of the Hebrew: in that you say, the Jews have shamefully corrupted it. Which aArias Montanus (no partial judge herein) 1noteth to be their saying who know not the Masoreth. Through fancy to the Latin: in that you account of it, as authentical. And refusing the original text, under colour, that one place thereof hath in some copies a fault in one letter: you prefer a translation which hath many such throughout all copies, as bthe Divines of Lovan show; which hath (by confession of your own cLindan) monstrous corruptions of all sorts; which is printed so, even among your selves, that scarce one copy can be found, that hath one book of scripture whole & undefiled: in which there are dmany points that are translated too intricately, and darkly, yea some improperly, some abusively, some not so fully, yea not so well and truly; and (to be short) which hath esundry places thrust out from their plain and natural sense, chiefly in the Psalms and the 2new Testament: as Lindan (not content to vouch it of him self) doth prove by the testimonies of the ancient Fathers, Austin, and Jerome, and Hilary, and Victorinus. Are not they blind, who prefer a translation, and such a translation before the original? yea, who gbind men to receive it as authentical, or rather as holy as sacred, as canonical, under pain of damnation. And if they think themselves not to be blind in that they do so: are they not so much the blinder (like