A90280:387
Of the divine original, authority, self-evidencing light, and power of the Scriptures. With an…Of the divine originall, authority, self-evidencing light, and povver of the Scriptures. With an…
Of the divine original, authority, self-evidencing light, and power of the Scriptures. With an answer to that enquiry, how we know the Scriptures to be the Word of God. Also a vindication of the purity and integrity of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Old and New Testament; in some considerations on the prolegomena, & appendix to the late Biblia polyglotta. Whereunto are subjoined some exercitations about the nature and perfection of the Scripture, the right of interpretation, internal Light, revelation, &c. / By John Owen: D.D.Of the divine originall, authority, self-evidencing light, and povver of the Scriptures. With an answer to that enquiry, how we know the Scriptures to be the Word of God. Also a vindication of the purity and integrity of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Old and New Testament; in some considerations on the prolegomena, & appendix to the late Biblia polyglotta. Whereunto are subjoyned some exercitations about the nature and perfection of the Scripture, the right of interpretation, internall Light, revelation, &c. / By Iohn Owen: D.D.
Oxford: printed by Henry Hall for Tho, 1659
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Sect. 13. The 70 is that which must bear the weight of the whole. And good Reason it is indeed, that it should answer for the most of the rest; they being evidently taken out of it, and so they are oftentimes worse, yet they are now better than that is. But here again all things are exceedingly uncertain, nothing almost is manifest concerning it, but that it is woefully corrupt; ⟨p. 336⟩Its rise is uncertain; some call the whole story of that Translation into question as though there had never been any such persons in rerum naturâ, the Circumstances that are reported about them & their works, are certainly fabulous; That they should be sent for upon the advise of Demetrius Phalereus, who was dead before, that they should be put into 72 Cells or private Chambers; that there should be 12 of each tribe, fit for that work, are all of them incredible. See Scal. ad Euseb. fol. 123. Wouwer Syntag. cap. 11.
Sect. 13. The 70 is that which must beare the weight of the whole. And good Reason it is indeed, that it should answer for the most of the rest; they being evidently taken out of it, and so they are oftentimes worse, yet they are now better thē that is. But here againe all things are exceedingly uncertaine, nothing almost is manifest concerning it, but that it is woefully corrupt; ⟨p. 336⟩Its rise is uncertain; some cal the whole story of that Translation into question as though there had never been any such persons in rerum naturâ, the Circumstances that are reported about thē & their works, are certainly fabulous; That they should be sent for upon the advise of Demetrius Phalereus, who was dead before, that they should be put into 72 Cells or private Chambers; that there should be 12 of each tribe, fit for that worke, are all of them incredible. See Scal. ad Euseb. fol. 123. Wouwer Syntag. cap. 11.
Some of the Jews say that they made the Translation out of a corrupt Chaldee Paraphrase, and to me this seems not unlikely. Josephus, Austin, Philo, Hierome, Zonaras affirm that they translated the Law or Pentateuch only; Josephus affirms this expressly, [Greek or Hebrew] (saith he) [Greek or Hebrew]: Proem. ad Antiquit: and this is a received Opinion: whence we have the rest