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But let us hear their examples. The first kind whereof is, of Hebrew words retained in the Greek text, and by the same reason to be contained in all translations. But this argument turneth not all together so round as you think. For it may well be, that these words of Amen, and Alleluia &c. were well known by ⟨p. 191⟩the Apostles preaching to the Churches in that time. Wherefore the use of them then, when they were well and generally known, was more justifiable then now, when they are not so.¹ And for the word Amen, first we have the Apostle, which giveth the just weight thereof in a Greek word,² whereunto our yea answereth. Secondly the old translator useth it as an indifferent thing, either to translate it into Latin, or to let it remain, as he found it in the Greek text. Here therefore the drudgery of the Jesuits is manifest. For notwithstanding they esteem it not meet, that Amen should be translated: yet because the vulgar hath translated it, they have also thought good to follow him therein Thereby tying themselves faster unto the vulgar, then the vulgar did tie himself unto the original. Howbeit in retaining of the Hebrew words, which the original doth use, they should (for us) have passed without blame if by contrary practise of that which they profess, they had not differed ⟨p. 192⟩as much from themselves, as from us: yet deceive themselves in that they think they may keep Corbana aswell as we keep Hosanna, Raca, Belial. For Saint Luke hath translated Corbana, Gazophylacium: which is in our tongue a treasury, and termeth³ it also the place of the gifts of God. Which interpretation when none of the Apostles or Evangelists give, in the words which we have retained: it is evident, that they have not that warrant of retaining this which we have of those: much less to keep Parasceve, which they ought aswell to have translated into English the tongue which they write in, as Saint Luke (forsaking the Hebrew and Syriac words) used the word that was proper unto the tongue he wrote in. And therefore you impudently face down the trueth, when you say that Parasceve is as solemn a word for the sabaoth even, as Sabaoth is for the Jews seventh day. Neither is there more cause, to leave it un-translated, when we are not able, with like shortness of our speech, to