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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 ⟨p. 344⟩unless necessitated, I shall avoid it.

Sect. 15. Nor is the Aethiopian one whit better; a novell indeavour 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 goe 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 doe 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 seene them, I could not have imagined any had been so bad: would I make it my businesse to give instances of the mistakes, Ignorance, falsifications, Errours & corruptions of these Translatours, 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 ⟨p. 344⟩unlesse necessitated, I shall avoid it.

Sect. 16. From what hath been spoken it […] abundantly appear, that if there are indeed such corruptions, mistakes, and […] crept into the Original; as some have pretended, there is no relief in the least provided for the security of Truth, by any of the Translations exhibited unto us in these late editions of the Bible; themselves being of an uncertain Original, corrupt, and indeed of no authority from themselves, but merely from their Relation to that whose credit is called in Question; for my own part as I said before, I allow them the proper use, and place; and am thankful to them by whose Care and pains we are made […] of them; but to endeavour by them to correct the Scripture, to gather various lections out of the Original as say others, for my part I abhor the thoughts of it, let others do as seem good unto them. And if ever I be necessitated to speak