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The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated…
The English nonconformity as under King Charles II and King James II truly stated and argued by Richard Baxter ; who earnestly beseecheth rulers and clergy not to divide and destroy the land and cast their own souls on the dreadful guilt and punishment of national perjury ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1689
Chapter 18: Point XV. Of Assenting to Mistranslations, and Subscribing that they are not contrary t…
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.
L. ARE not the Epistles and Gospels used according to the last Translation?
M. Yes, in the new Books they are, but the Psalms are not.
L. What great mistranslations are there?
M. Sometimes a whole Verse or more is left out, and sometimes the Translation is quite contrary to the Text. As Psal. 105. 28. [They rebelled against his word] instead of [They rebelled not against his word] And in the Book (which this justifieth) are many in the Epistles and Gospels; I have cited them at large elsewhere.
L. How cometh there to be so many faults in the old Translation?