Animadversions on a treatise entitled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…Animadversions on a treatise intituled Fiat lux, or, A guide in differences of religion,…

What means he by the Bible's own Sacred phrase, opposed to a profane and common one. Would not any man think, that he intended the Originals wherein it was written? but I dare say, if any one will ask him privately, he will give them another account; and let them know, that it is a Translation, which he adorns with those Titles; so, that upon the matter, he tells us, that seeing the Bible cannot be without all the inconveniences mentioned, it's good for us to lay aside the Originals, and make use only of a Translation; or at least prefer a Translation before them. What shall we do with those men that speak such Swords and Daggers, and are well neither full nor fasting, that like the Scripture, neither with a Translation, nor without it? Moreover, I fear, he knows not well, what he means, by its own Sacred phrase, and a profane common one; Is it the Syllables and words of this or that language, that he intends? How comes one, to be Sacred, ⟨p. 341⟩another profane and common? The languages wherein the Scriptures were originally written, have been put to as bad uses, as any under Heaven; nor is any Language profane or common so, as that the Worship of God performed in it, should not be accepted with him, That there is a frequent loss of Propriety and amplitude of meaning in Translations, we grant. That the Scriptures by Translations, if good, true, and significant, according to the capacity and expressiveness of the Languages whereinto they are translated, are divested of the Majesty, Holiness, and Spirit, is most untrue. The Majesty, Holiness, and Spirit of the Scriptures, lies not in words and Syllables, but in the Truths themselves expressed in them: and whilst these are incorruptedly declared in any language, the Majesty of the Word is continued. It is much, that men preferring a Translation before the Originals, should be otherwise minded; especially, that Translation being, in some parts, but the Translation of a Translation, and that the most corrupt in those parts, which I know extant. And this with many fine words, ⟨p. 342⟩pretty Allusions, and Similitudes, is the sum of what is pleaded by our Author, to persuade men to forgo the greatest privilege, which from Heaven they are made partakers of, & the most necessary radical duty that in their whole lives is incumbent on them.

What means he by the Bible's own Sacred phrase, opposed to a prophane and common one. Would not any man think, that he intended the Originals wherein it was written? but I dare say, if any one will ask him privately, he will give them another account; and let them know, that it is a Translation, which he adorns with those Titles; so, that upon the matter, he tells us, that seeing the Bible cannot be without all the inconveniences mentioned, it's good for us to lay aside the Originals, and make use only of a Translation; or at least preferre a Translation before them. What shall we do with those men that speak such Swords and Daggers, and are well neither full nor fasting, that like the Scripture, neither with a Translation, nor without it? Moreover, I fear, he knows not well, what he means, by its own Sacred phrase, and a prophane common one; Is it the Syllables and words of this or that language, that he intends? How comes one, to be Sacred,