A53737:583
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux
A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux wherein the principles of the Roman church, as to moderation, unity and truth are examined and sundry important controversies concerning the rule of faith, papal supremacy, the mass, images, &c. discussed / by John Owen.
London: printed for Ph. Stephens, 1664
A Vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat Lux. › Chapter 22
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.
The Scriptures both of the Old and New Testament also being originally written in Languages unknown vulgarly unto them; they had them translated into their own common tongue for the generality of the People, and used that Translation in their Public Service. The same was the practice of the Syrians and all other Nations of old, that had a language in common use peculiar to themselves All your Plea ariseth from the practice of some who through ignorance or negligence provided not for the good ⟨p. 546⟩and necessity of the Churches of Christ, when through the changes and confusions that happened in the world, the Greek and Latin tongues ceased to be vulgar, which how many thousand years ago it was, you may calculate at your next leisure. This is that, which in them we blame, and in you much more because you will follow them after you have been so frequently admonished of your miscarriage therein; for you add to your sin by making, that which was neglect in them, wilful choice in you, commanding that not to be done, which they only omitted to do.
The Scriptures both of the Old and New Testament also being originally written in Languages unknown vulgarly unto them; they had them translated into their own common tongue for the generality of the People, and used that Translation in their Publick Service. The same was the practice of the Syrians and all other Nations of old, that had a language in common use peculiar to themselves All your Plea ariseth from the practice of some who through ignorance or negligence provided not for the good ⟨p. 546⟩and necessity of the Churches of Christ, when through the changes and confusions that happened in the world, the Greek and Latin tongues ceased to be vulgar, which how many thousand years ago it was, you may calculate at your next leisure. This is that, which in them we blame, and in you much more because you will follow them after you have been so frequently admonished of your miscarriage therein; for you add to your sin by making, that which was neglect in them, wilful choice in you, commanding that not to be done, which they only omitted to do.