A15061:433
An answer to a certain book, writtenAn answere to a certeine booke, written
An answer to a certain book, written by Master William Rainolds student of divinity in the English college at Rhemes, and entitled, A refutation of sundry reprehensions, cavils, etc. by William Whitaker ...An answere to a certeine booke, written by Maister William Rainolds student of diuinitie in the English colledge at Rhemes, and entituled, A refutation of sundrie reprehensions, cauils, etc. by William Whitaker ...
Printed at London : For Thomas Chard, 1585
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.
Leaving the Greek, you return again to the Hebrew,1 against which you have devised pretty reasons, to prove there is no hold in it against contentious heretics. The blasphemy of which assertion,2 I doubt not every reasonable man at the first will espy and abhor. For seeing it pleased the Lord, of all tongues of men under heaven to choose that tongue, wherein to write his word & oracles, that his Church might have a most perfect and certain rule of religion, shall this Papist come and control the wisdom of God for so doing, and say that of the Hebrew little hold can be taken to bind a contentious heretic? Thus it appeareth, that although we ⟨p. 357⟩had the very same Autographall and authentical copies, which Moses and the other Prophets did write with their own hands, yet would this Seminary papist and his fellows make less account of them then of their translation, as being less able to bind heretics then it.
Leauing the Greek, you returne againe to the Hebrew,1 against which you haue deuised pretie reasons, to prooue there is no holde in it against contentious heretikes. The blasphemie of which assertion,2 I dout not euerie reasonable man at the first will espie and abhorre. For seeing it pleased the Lord, of all tongues of men vnder heauen to chuse that tongue, wherein to write his word & oracles, that his Church might haue a most perfecte and certaine rule of religion, shall this Papist come and controll the wisdome of God for so doing, and say that of the Hebrew litle holde can be taken to binde a contentious heretike? Thus it appeereth, that although we ⟨p. 357⟩had the verie same Autographall and authenticall copies, which Moses and the other Prophets did write with their owne handes, yet would this Seminary papist and his fellowes make lesse account of them then of their translation, as being lesse hable to binde heretikes then it.