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II. Matt. xi. 23. And thou Capernaum, whichart exalted to Heaven , Jhall he broughtdown to Hell .

This evident Antithesis is quite spoii’d in thenew Translation, which says, and thou Caper-vaum, which art exalted to Heaven, sliall bebrought to DesiruSlion. Either both Parts shouldhave remained figurative, or both been madeliteral.

III. Luke xi. 39.

Our Lord finely opposes the Sollicitiide of the‘Pharisees for the Cleanness of the Outside ofCups and Dishes to their little Care for the mo-ral Purity of their own Insides: All which isintolerably marr’d in the new Translation. YouPharisees wont leave any Filth upon the Out-side of a Cup or a Platter, while your Conjci--ences are abandoned to Rapine and Sensuality.,

IV. j Rom. xi. 28.

The Apostle, describing how the Jews thenstood in Gods Account, lays, Kara jAv to ’E vay-yiXiov A’ tsi-tas j0c,Ta 0 tIxj'j ex. A oylw ayctTry

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theses . First, Between j^ra to ’EvctyfeMov and30tT» tIw lx.Koybjj. Secondly , Betweenand uyctTT.noi. Thirdly , Between A’ andSid Pus <mTE£^5. But the new Version drops themall, neither keeping up to the Sense nor theWords of the Apostle. It runs thus: Tho’ theyare violently prejudic’d against the Gospel uponyour Account, yet they are Objects of Favour

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