A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux

never translated [Greek or Hebrew] Sacrifice, or to Sacrifice by [Greek or Hebrew] or [Greek or Hebrew], nor intimate any Sacrifice anywhere by that word. And you may if you please now learn by the Instance of Samuel, that what men perform in the worship of God according to his command, they may be said therein to Minister unto or before the Lord in. (4.) The note of your own Cajetan upon the place is worth your Consideration, non explicatur species Ministerii, sed ex to qu•d di••rant (prophetae & doctores) insinuatur […] Domino, docendo & prophetando; […] Ministry is spoken of is not explained, but […] they were Prophets and Teachers (that […] in it) it is insinuated that they ministered […] Lord by teaching and prophesying. What have […] phets and Teachers to do with Sacrifice? if as […] ⟨p. 468⟩they administered unto the Lord, they did it by prophesying and teaching which were accompanied by prayer. Here is no mention of Sacrifice nor work for Priests, so that the context excludes your sense. The same is the interpretation of Erasmus. (5.) Your vulgar Latin reads the words, administrantibus Domino, as they were ministering unto the Lord, excluding their notion of Sacrificing. And (6.) The Syriac transposeth the words and interprets the Sacrifice intended in them [Greek or Hebrew] and when they were fasting and praying unto the Lord. Praying (together with prophesying and preaching) was their Ministry, not Sacrificing. To the same purpose all ancient Translations, not one giving countenance unto your fancy. So well have you the plain words of the sacred Text for you. (7.) Are you not ashamed to boast that you have all Antiquity for your sense and meaning? Produce any one ancient Author, if you can, that gives the least countenance unto it. This boasting is uncomely because untrue. Bellarmine out of whom you took your Plea from this place, and your quotation of Erasmus in your Fiat, cannot produce the suffrage of any one of the Ancients for your interpretation of the words, no more can any of your Commentators. The Homilies of Chrysostom on that passage are lost. Oecumenius is quite blank against you; so is Cajetan, Erasmus, and Vatablus of your own: and do you not now see what is become of your boasting?

never translated 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Sacrifice, or to Sacrifice by 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 or , nor intimate any Sacrifice anywhere by that word. And you may if you please now learn by the Instance of Samuel, that what men perform in the worship of God according to his command, they may be said therein to Minister unto or before the Lord in. (4.) The note of your own Cajetan upon the place is worth your Consideration, non explicatur species Ministerii, sed ex to qud dirant (prophetae & doctores) insinuatur Domino, docendo & prophetando; Ministery is spoken of is not explained, but they were Prophets and Teachers (that in it) it is insinuated that they ministred Lord by teaching and prophesying. What have phets and Teachers to do with Sacrifice? if as