A free disputation against pretended liberty of conscience tending to resolve doubts moved

M. Goodwins argument makes as much against Christ, and the Apostles, as against us, for they could never in all their Sermons and writings so frequently, bottom and found the faith on [Greek or Hebrew] as it is written in the Prophets, as David saith, as Isaiah saith, and Hosea, as Daniel saith, as Moses and Samuel, and all the Prophets bear witness, if they had had no other certainty, that the writings of the Prophets, that came to their hands, was the very word of God, but the credit, learning and authority of men, as Mr. Goodwin saith, for sure Christ and the Apostles, and Evangelists, had not the authentic and first copies of Moses and the Prophets, but only copies written by men, who might mistake, Printers and Translators not being then, more then now, immediately inspired Prophets, but fallibly men, and obnoxious to failings, mistakes and ignorance of ancient Hebraisms, and force of words; and if ye remove an unerring providence, who doubts but men might add a [Greek or Hebrew] or subtract, and so vitiate the fountain sense? and omit points, change consonants, which in the Hebrew and Greek, both might quite alter the sense: nor can any say, Christ and the Apostles being infallible, could well cite the Prophets, without a mistake, though the copies might have been vitiate and corrupt. 2. Because the very citing of these Testimonies by Christ and his Apostles, made ⟨p. 367⟩them Scripture, and so of infallible authority; but our citing of them, (since both, Printers and Translators are not immediately inspired, and we also might err) cannot adopt them into Canonical and authentic Scripture, such as was first written by the immediately inspired Prophets.

M. Goodwins argument makes as much against Christ, and the Apostles, as against us, for they could never in all their Sermons and writings so frequently, bottome and found the faith on 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 as it is written in the Prophets, as David saith, as Isaiah saith, and Hosea, as Daniel saith, as Moses and Samuel, and all the Prophets beare witnesse, if they had had no other certainty, that the writings of the Prophets, that came to their hands, was the very word of God, but the credit, learning and authority of men, as Mr. Goodwin saith, for sure Christ and the Apostles, and Evangel•sts, had not the authentick and first copies of Moses and the Prophets, but only copies written by men, who might mistake, Printers and Translators not being then, more then now, immediately inspired Prophets, but fallibly men, and obnoxious to failings, mistakes and ignorance of ancient Hebraismes, and force of words; and if ye remove an unrring providence, who doubts but men might adde a or substract, and so vitiate the fountaine sense? and omit points, change consonants, which in the Hebrew and Greek, both might quite alter the sense: nor can any say, Christ and the Apostles being infallible, could well cite the Prophets, without a mistake, though the copies might have been vitiate and corrupt. 2. Because the very citing of these Testimonies by Christ and his Apostles, made