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XX. Heb. Xl. 6. God is the Re warder of thosewho make their Addresses to him.

Gr. Of those who seek him, i. e. of thosewho faithfully serve and obey him: But seekingthe Lord in Prayer only, without Obedience, willnever procure Rewards from him.

XXL Heb. xi. 17. He offered up his Dar-ling Son.

Gr. His only begotten Son. Abraham hadmore Sons, but not by Sarah. Isaac in this Re-spect, and also, as sole Heir of the Promises, wasAbrahams only begotten. But the Interpreter hadan End to serve by this lax Rendering of yyv 0-ysvns r^r, which will appear in its Place.

XXII. 2 Pet. iii. 15. According to the Informa-mation he receiv d.

Greek. According to the Wisdom given tohim, i. e. by Inspiration. St. Paid is the Per-son here spoken of.

To Instance in all the bad Translations of thisKind would be endless. One Thing only I musthave leave to observe, that in all the Passages lastmentioned, our authorized Version truly representsthe Sense of the original. I now hasten to thesixth and last, and worst Imperfection of theWork in Hand, viz.

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