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suppose it to have been transplanted into theCopies of St. Matthew's Gospel. But hereFirsts If the Copies of St. Matthew had beeninterpolated from the pubiick Offices, it is highlyprobable that the same Prayer in St. Lukewould also have received the like Addition, atleast in some Copies; whereas no Footsteps ofany such Interpolation appear in any MS. of thatGospel, nor in any Version or Father whatever.Secondly , The Doxology which follows theLord’s Prayer in the antient Liturgies is not inone Form, but very various; whereas in all theCopies of St. Matthew it is one and the fame.But Interpolations generally differ in the severalCopies, insomuch that great Varieties are withthe Criticks a Note of Interpolation j so that theDoxology would scarce possibly have been thusuniform, if it had been taken from Offices that af-forded such remarkable Variety. "Thirdly , In theLatin as well as Greek Liturgies, the Lord’s Prayer had its Response, as we learn from St. Ambrosede Sacramentis , L. 6. c. tilt. If therefore the GreekChristians in the early Ages had added their Li-turgick Forms to the Lord’s Prayer , the Latinsin all Probability had taken the Hint and donethe fame • but this we are sure they never did.Upon the Whole, the Evidence for the Genu-ineness of this Doxology is much stronger thanwhat is alledged for its being an Interpolation,for which Reason the Omission of it in the newText is a Fault.

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