Sin theoni en christoni the answer to the preface of the Rhemish Testament. By…Syn theōi en christōi the ansvvere to the preface of the Rhemish Testament. By…

But let us come to the particular places, supposed to be corrupted. Wherein let the reader observe, first that to discredit numbers of the Greek Copies, reading as we do, they bring but th'authority of one only Doctor. For although in the third place they allege the corruption, from the Tripartite story and Socrates: yet it being known, that the tripartite story gathereth that which he writeth out of Socrates: under two authors there is but one authority. Which ⟨p. 138⟩may also be said of the second places, where th' authors alleged are not eye witnesses, but hang all of the report of th' old translator. And if in Gods law, the witness of one man is not sufficient to take away a mans life: much less may one mans witness take away the life and authority of Gods word, which (without that witness) should undoubtedly be so taken. And if we should weigh th' old translator with such weights; we might with far more right, dash out a great part of your translator, in th' old Testament: Even so much as he differeth and dissenteth¹ in from the 70. interpreters. For there is a great consent of th' old fathers, that the interpretation of the 70. interpreters in greek was written by the same spirit wherewith the Prophets wrote in Hebrew. Secondly it is to be observed that in proving the Greek copies in three places to be corrupted, by the Greek heretics: they allege for two of those places Latin writers and Latin translators, such as were used in the Latin ⟨p. 139⟩Church: so that if the testimonies prove any thing of the corruption of th' original; it proveth it more against the Latin, then against the Greek Church. For notwithstanding that Marcion were Greek born: yet was not his heresy begotten in Greece, but in Rome, after that his father (being a Bishop) had for his lewd behaviour cast him out of the Church, in his native country. And seeing Rome taketh upon her, to be the pillar of truth, and the Lords library: whatsoever can be proved of the corruption of th' original, shall by their own doctrine return to the further discredit of the Latin, then of the Greek Church. Now touching the first example of Marcions corruption: you do belie Tertullian, and that in two sorts. For first Tertullian sayeth not, that the truth is as it is in the vulgar. For Tertullian himself readeth otherwise then the vulgar, after this sort.