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dered, Pretend to be God . For nothing wasBlasphemy with them, but what affected the Onetrue God . But the Translator was loth his Rea-ders should see that the Jews apprehended ourLord to claim a real or consubstantial Divinity.

VIII. Acts xiii. 8. Endeavouring to seduce the

‘Proconsul from the Faith.

The Proconsul, as appears from the 7th Ver.'was not then converted to the Christian Faith,and therefore could not be seduced from it.

IX. Pom. vi. 4. Therefore we are buried withhim by being plunged into a Sort of Death.

What blundering Explication is here ? Heshould rather have said by being plunged into aSort of Grave, viz. the Waters of Baptism.

X. Rom. xii. 2. Rut be ye transformed by the

renewing of your Minds , that you. mayperceive what God requires of you isgood and acceptable and perfect.

As if the natural, unrenewed Man coulddoubt whether what God required was good, C 7C.The old Version of this Paslage is better Sense,and better Translation.

XI. 1 Cor. i. 8. That ye may be unaccused inthe Day of our Lord Jesus Christ .

How perverse a Rendering is this ? Since allhave sinned, all must be accused, though all willnot be condemned. The Meaning of dnyxhrnvshere is ‘Blameless .

XII.