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I do not simple not to avow — the a great greatest part
of it was supplied by me.
As to one Section of it , I will have nothing to
say to it for very obvious reasons: [I will
not sacrifice myself .] I will not betray my
friend . I will not make myself a sacrifice
all that I shall say of it , is that ,whoever
it was that wrote it , I wish it had not
been written .
Yet those who interest themselves in that Section
wish to have it understood , that ---
They thought themselves at liberty to produce
such passages parts as might be fit to confront
with that Auther's account of the whole to
shew - how We departed not from the strict & liberal signification.
They We s. corrupted not , say they , the sense : even
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scarce modified the words . If there is any
in the sense , which over and above it's incongruity
with what the Author has said of
it , is not to the taste of certain persons ,
the fault's not our's . We know that
there have been learned explanations ? but what
have we to do with the explanations ? The
explanations are of men: the text it is said,
is of God . We stick to that which is of
God.
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Amyntor de Sect III. cont. Rellig.
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