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Sect. 14. For the Translations of the new Testament that are here afforded us, little need be spoken; of the Antiquity, usefulness, and means of bringing the Syriac into Europe, an account hath been given by many, and we willingly acquiesce in it: the Ethiopian and Persian are novel things, of little use or value, yea I suppose it may safely be said they are the worst and most corrupt that are extant in the world; The Persian was not translated out of the Greek, as is confessed by the learned Annotator upon it: Praesens locus satis arguit, Persam Graecum codicem haud consuluisse; in Luc. 10. & 41. Yea in how many things he goes off from the Greek, Syriac, Arabic, yea goes directly contrary to the truth; is both acknowledged by its Publisher, and is manifest from the thing it self; I know no use of it, but only to show that such ⟨p. 343⟩a useless thing is in the world.

Sect. 14. For the Translations of the new Testament that are here afforded us, little need be spoken; of the Antiquity, usefullnesse, and meanes of bringing the Syriack into Europe, an account hath been given by many, and we willingly acquiesce in it: the Aethiopian and Persian are novell things, of little use or value, yea I suppose it may safely be sayd they are the worst and most corrupt that are extant in the world; The Persian was not translated out of the Greek, as is confessed by the learned Annotator upon it: Praesens locus satis arguit, Persam Graecum codicem haud consuluisse; in Luc. 10. & 41. Yea in how many things he goes off from the Greeke, Syriack, Arabick, yea goes directly contrary to the truth; is both acknowledged by its Publisher, and is manifest from the thing it selfe; I know no use of it, but only to shew that such ⟨p. 343⟩a uselesse thing is in the world.

Sect. 15. Nor is the Ethiopian one whit better; a novel endeavour of an illiterate person: he tells us that John when he wrote the Revelation was Arch-Bishop, of Constantia, or Constantinople, &c: It is to no purpose to go over the like observations that might be made on these Translations; if any man hath a mind to be led out of the way, he may do well to attend unto them. Whether some of them be in use now in the world I know not, I am sure it is well if they be not; had I not seen them, I could not have imagined any had been so bad: would I make it my business to give instances of the mistakes, Ignorance, falsifications, Errors & corruptions of these Translators, who ere they were (Jews or Christians) for I am not without some ground of thinking that Jews have had their hands in them for money) my discourse, as I said before, would swell into a Volume, and