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Ephesians Chapter. 2. vers. 10. the Apostle in the Greek writeth that we are created in Christ unto good works: you translate after your latin, in good works. This corruption is advantage to your doctrine of good works.

Ephesians Chapter. 2. vers. 10. the Apostle in the Greeke writeth that we are created in Christ vnto good workes: you translate after your latine, in good workes. This corruption is aduantage to your doctrine of good workes.

In the same epistle Chapter. 5. vers. 32. you translate this is a great sacrament, to make men think that the scriptures affirm marriage to be a sacrament of the Church: whereas if you had truly translated it according to the Greek, This is a great mystery, the occasion of that surmise had been removed. In the epist. to the Pihl. Chap. 1. v. 27. the greek word, which signifieth a sign, or token, or proof, is in your latin vulgar translated a cause: and this translation do you keep, the rather thereby to induce your readers to believe, that as the malicious dealing of wicked adversaries against the godly may truly be said to be the cause of their perdition, so likewise the patience of the godly is a cause of their salvation: whereas the Apostle only sayeth in this place, that the raging of the enemies against the Church is a manifest argument of their condemnation, and the constant suffering of the godly is a certain ⟨p. 232⟩sign and testimony of their salvation, who seeth not herein what cause you had to like better of the latin translation, then of the original text?

In the same epistle Chapter. 5. vers. 32. you translate this is a great sacrament, to make men think that the scriptures affirme mariage to be a sacrament of the Church: whereas if you had truelie translated it according to the Greeke, This is a great mysterie, the occasion of that surmise had bene remoued. In the epist. to the Pihl. Chap. 1. v. 27. the greeke word, which signifieth a signe, or token, or proofe, is in your latine vulgare translated a cause: and this translation do you keepe, the rather thereby to induce your readers to beleeue, that as the malitious dealing of wicked aduersaries against the godlie maie truelie be said to be the cause of their perdition, so likewise the patience of the godlie is a cause of their saluation: whereas the Apostle onelie saieth in this place, that the raging of the enemies against the Church is a manifest argument of their condemnation, and the constant suffering of the godly is a certaine