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This absurd Chapter M. R. ¹beginneth with Castalion, translating long sentences out of the preface of his Bible to King Edward the Sixth: wherein how untruly it is objected unto him, that he thinketh the Messiah promised in the law, not to be come as yet, and that he would have every man left to his own private judgement, I will not loose time to declare. Let Castalion say and write what he list, and let M. ⟨p. 346⟩R. allege at his pleasure store of testimonies out of such authors, who can deny him liberty so to do, or who can think him worthy answer therein, when he hath so done? As Saint Jerome being urged with Tertullians opinion, answered, De Tertulliano nihilamplius dico, quàm Ecclesia hominem non fuisse: That he was not a man of the Church, so will answer no more about Castalion, but that he was a man not sound in some points of the Catholic faith and religion of Christ, as by his dealings and writings hath appeared: and therefore we make no great account of him, nor have regard what assertions he held, what counsel he gave, what can be rehearsed out of his works. Al this was vainly brought in and no less vain is it, that you talk of neglecting all antiquity, & suspending our religion upon the only testament translated after the new guise, where (you say) is found more variety, then there are colours in the rainbow. Do we neglect antiquity, or you rather? For which is more ancient (Master Rainolds) the Hebrew and Greek, or the Latin? and do not you suspend your religion upon the testament translated, that have no ⟨p. 347⟩scripture in your Church, but only a translation, of which I may truly say, that greater imperfections, and moe corruptions are found therein, then in all our English translations together can be espied? we depend not upon any translation, English, or Latin, or of other language, no otherwise then the same agreeth with the original text: but your whole Church indeed is hanged upon the latin translation only, which how bad it is, hath partly been showed already, and if need require, shall much more be discovered. That you ask which Hebrew, which Greek I mean, are you so ignorant not to know the Hebrew Bible, and greek testament? How many Hebrews, how many greeks have you, unless you mean certain editions of the greek testament, wherein is found small variety of any moment.