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were their head Quarters. But they went thitherand returned thence, just as their wicked Purposesrequired. In short, tpvxawi here signifies nomore than xaWwm'gw, the Abode or Restdence >not a Dungeon or a Cage.

SECT. II.

False Renderings arbitrarily made , andin Defiance of slain Words in theOriginal .

I. Mat. i. i.

H E Greek literally rendered, stands thus*

X An Account of the Descent of Jesus Christ *But the new Version lays, the History of theLife of Jesus Christ.

II. Mat. vi. 3 o. How much more stall he clothe

you , O ye of little Faith!

Gr. o AijpTnq-oj, 0 ye distrustful Men , lays thenew Interpreter, Luc. Au. 28. But here, he givesthe Expression a very different Turn. How muchmore , fays he, stall he provide for you , if youhave any Degree of Faith!

III. Mat. xxi. 20. Uoli How sud-

denly is the Fig-tree dried up I

But the new Version makes the Disciples ask avery absurd Question, in Language that cannot bereconciled with the Greeks viz. How came theFig-tree to wither away so suddenly 1