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ly pretended one of this Sort, is Mabillon’s Lectio?nary, which after all is not strictly a MS, of theNew Lefiament, nor written in Latin but in a mix-ed Language, called Lentonick- French, or Gallo-‘Leutonick.

In a Word, the disputed stallage of I fohn v. 7,has so many Marks of Genuineness that if it hadnot contained a Doctrine, to which the Disputersof this World have always shown the utmost Aver-sion. , its Authority had never been called in Que-stion. An undoubted Proof of which is this, thatmany Texts of Scripture, according to theirpresent Reading, are worse supported than this,and yet receive no Moles atioti from Criticks. Andof all others the Editor should be the last to objectto the disputed stallage, as defeSlive , in Point ofLefimony , who admits some Lections into hisnew Text, upon the Credit of single Vouchers, andothers against all Authority whatever.

CHAP. IV.

Concerning the Editor ’s copious Alphabeticcal Index, and the many false and ma-licious References therein contained.

M OST Editors of ancient Books with Notes,, have drawn up two separate Indexes ; oneof the Things comprized in the Original, and an-other referring to Matters spoken of in the Notes.But our Author has only one of this Sort, which

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