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But the new Version says nothing of Water, butonly Except a Man be renewed by the Spiritual| Baptism , &c. which is the very Language otthe QuakerS ) for whose Service the present Ren-j dition was most probably made.
! II. Atts xxii. 1 6 . Jrife , fays Ananias to Taut,be baptized ., and wajh away thy Sins>calling on the Name of the Lord.
Gr. 1V cvoycp K v fy. From
whence it is natural to conclude, that washing orthe outward Part of Baptism is necessary to theRemission of our Sins. But the new Version a-scribes this Effect entirely to Prayer. Be bapti-I zed and cleansed from your Sins by invoking theI Name of the Lord. But the Greek for thismust have been, ov 'r&T hn-x.*Xeius-^i 'n! it-o^gs. K vfy.
III. 1 Cor. xi. 28. Let a Man , fays St. Paul ' ex-amine himself , and so (or rather andthen ) let him eat of that Bread anddrink of that Cup.
It is chiefly on the Strength of this Passage, thatour Church requires of them who come to theLords Supper , that they previously examine them-I selves, that they may not eat and drink theredvcd-ias. But the New Version, Ver. 27. joinsdvcc^oos with Kvfx, and renders those Words,•without Respect to the Lord and in the 29th V.drcL^lcos singly is translated, difrefpeUfully. Butthat aWf/ffls in both Places signifies the want ofdue Dispositions, is plain from the 28th Ver. whereI the Apostle prescribes Selfexamination previously; to eating, (fe. But pur Translator prevents thisConsequence by rendering thus. Let a Man