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Your second observation is of rash additions, which have been made in the Greek text. ¹If this be an argument of any force against the testament in Greek, it must have much more weight against your common translation, which is so full of additions both in the old testament, as I have showed, and also in the new, as hath been faithfully declared by others. Your examples are but two: the one in Saint ⟨p. 331⟩Johns Gospel Chap. 8. vers. 59. It may indeed appear that those last words of the verse, passing through the midst of them, and so departed, have been added. But this corruption may be espied, and corrected by ancient copies, and so in this respect no cause to reject or disallow the whole text in Greek. The other is the conclusion of the Lords prayer, For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory for ever and ever. Amen. This piece, as you call it, your latin hath not, our Greek copies have. That some had it not in times past, I confess: that others had it, is plain by the Syriac translator: if you suspect our copy of corruption, why may not we as probably suspect the same of yours? and we have as just cause to be offended with you for omitting this, as you with us for so glorious singing and saying of it.

Your second obseruation is of rashe additions, which haue bene made in the Greeke text. ¹If this be an argument of anie force against the testament in Greeke, it must haue much more weight against your common translation, which is so full of additions both in the old testament, as I haue shewed, and also in the new, as hath bene faithfullie declared by others. Your examples are but twoe: the one in Saint ⟨p. 331⟩Iohns Gospell Chap. 8. vers. 59. It may indeede appeere that those last words of the verse, passing through the midst of them, and so departed, haue bene added. But this corruption may be espied, and corrected by auncient copies, and so in this respecte no cause to reiecte or disallowe the wholl text in Greeke. The other is the conclusion of the Lordes prayer, For thine is the kingdome, the power, and the glorie for euer and euer. Amen. This peece, as you call it, your latine hath not, our Greeke copies haue. That some had it not in times past, I confesse: that others had it, is plaine by the Syriake translator: if you suspecte our copy of corruption, why may not weas probably suspecte the same of yours? and we haue as iust cause to be offended with you for omitting this, as you with vs for so glorious singing and saying of it.