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Hitherto hath appeared with what conscience and spirit you have translated and expounded sundry places of the new Testament wresting & writhing most violently the text of holy scripture to confirmation of your Popish errors and absurdities.¹ Wherein I doubt not, but whosoever shall consider with himself advisedly your manner of collection, your argument, your application of scripture, and shall examine a little how your conclusion followeth upon your proofs with out all coherence or consequence of reason, must needs greatly mislike your whole Religion, that is builded upon so weak, so tickle, so ruinous a foundation. For unless it be granted that of every thing may be concluded any thing, and that the word of God may be made appliable to all purposes, opinions, and doctrines, it is impossible that these and such like arguments of yours, as you have in your annotations gathered upon the words of scripture, should have in them such strength and trueth, as Divinity and religion requireth. But further when your blasphemous ⟨p. 403⟩audacity in controlling the word of God shall be perceived, it must of necessity breed in all such as fear God, and reverence his word, a far greater alienation of mind from you, and from all your damnable doctrine. Examples of such blasphemies some I alleged, whereof now Master Rainolds in his last Chapter entreateth, and with his accustomed boldness of defending any thing laboureth to justify the same.

HEtherto hath appeered with what conscience and spirit you haue translated and expounded sundrie places of the new Testament wresting & writhing moste violently the text of holie scripture to confirmation of your Popish errours and absurdities.¹ Wherein I doubt not, but whosoeuer shall consider with himselfe aduisedlie your manner of collection, your argument, your application of scripture, and shall examine a litle how your conclusion followeth vpon your proofes with out all coherence or consequence of reason, must needes greatlie mislike your wholl Religion, that is builded vpon so weake, so tickle, so ruinous a foundation. For vnles it be graunted that of euery thing may be concluded any thing, and that the word of God may be made appliable to all purposes, opinions, and doctrines, it is impossible that these and such like arguments of yours, as you haue in your annotations gathered vpon the wordes of scripture, should haue in them such strength and trueth, as Diuinitie and religion requireth. But further when your blasphemous