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Page, we find several Writers charged with Forge-ry, some right and some wrong ; but no Opiniondelivered, either as to the one Sort or the other’sbeing no bad Men. But if Catholick Christianshave a good Opinion of some Ancients , whom the'Annotator there defames, it is because they thinkthem no Forgers , but hone ft and holy Men.

Galatians foolish. We should be quite at aLost for the Pertinence of this Particular, if whatfollows next had not explain’d it, viz. their Re -speSl to St. Paul. The Index-maker archly hints,that this Respect to St. Paid was an Instance ofthe Foolishness of the Galatians . Much Sneer ofthis Kind is observable in the Index .

Gospel History will be jitfifted at Doomsday. Thishe mikes to be contained in z Thefts. i. 10. Andthe Secret of his monstrous Mistransation there,is now come out. It was merely, it seems, to fur-nifil a Handle for this Sarcasm in the Index , thatthe Gospel History would never be justified tillDoomsday.

Herod dies of the Worms. Who would not thinkby this Account, that Herod died of a natural andchronical Disease occasioned by Worms. Whereasit was a Distemper immediately inflicted upon himby an Angel of the Lord for his Arrogance andImpiety.

Interpolations of the Orthodox . The obvious Im-port of this Remark is, that the Passages referredto under it, have been designedly added by the Or­ thodox , to serve Purposes of their own against He-reticks. But sure I am that this is not true, somuch as in one single Instance. Not mote thantwo out of the whole Number, relate to any Dis-pute