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The Epiftle Dedicatory.
(— Jftroke is caittd by the Hebrtcians^ and. is
put to jo n ttrOy
gether, Makkaph ts the name hy which this
and Jometimes three words together
^ as appears hy the follovinj Example :
Gnal pnalgei-majim, CD^Q^U^S""^!;, ftQ
Hanferd Knollis, Rud. Heb. Gram, pag. 8.
and Ludov. de Dieu, Gram. Hebr. dre.
but never to fignifie xvords omitted^ as they
f refend, It^s often ufed in Englifb words ^ in
the fame fence, 4/, Prieft-hood, Man- hood.
Birth-right, Four-footed Beads. Eailer-day,
Whit-Sunday, Gommon-Prayer, andmatiy
other words wJjerein' it^s ufed, not tofignifie
my thln^ left out\ hut to unite them together.
But hoive'uer^ this is an acknowkd^ment
of thetr leaving out thofe words I
have charged them with, out of the Original
Text : And the reafon is obvious^ becaufe it
fbouldfetm to be mttre^ to make good his Affertion^
although it was otherwife in the Word
of God, But whdgave them Authority to deal .
thus deceitfully with the Divine Oracle's ? And
indeedy this Excufe ferves only to aggravate,
their Offtnce,
/ do not therefore any. longer wonder to find
them fometimes make fo bold; as form of them
do with humane Authors^ to mif re^y^fent them,
when thty date to deal thus hy the holy Scripture.
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