A defense of the sincere and true translations of the holie Scriptures into the English tong against the manifolde cauils, friuolous quarels, and impudent slaunders of Gregorie Martin, one of the readers of popish diuinitie in the trayterous Seminarie of Rhemes. By William Fvlke D. in Diuinitie, and M. of Pembroke haule in Cambridge. Wherevnto is added a briefe confutation of all such quarrels & cauils, as haue bene of late vttered by diuerse papistes in their English pamphlets, against the writings of the saide William Fvlke.

FVLK. 14. Maister Whitaker taketh not vpon him to sit in iudgement of all the Doctors, although he may note some errour or other, in euery one of them, whose writings of any substance, doe remaine with vs. But after all this brabling about poenitentiā agere, you come home, and confesse, that it must not alwayes be translated, do∣ing of penance: because God him selfe after your vul∣gar translation, is sayd, agere poenitentiam, which with the Septuaginta, is 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. No man could better haue con∣futed your vaine quarreling▪ than you haue done your selfe: for by this it is manifest, that the vulgar Interpre∣ter, did not meane by agere poenitentiam, any more, than we doe by repentance. And therefore the best, and the most simple translation is, to vse the wordes repent, and repentance. And the Greeke word, as Tertullian telleth you, signifieth changing of mind, which may be without acknowledging of errour. Although it can not vet be properly said of God, that he changeth his mind, when he is sayd to repent. As likewise it is not necessary, that they which be in hel, should amend their liues, when it is said they repent. Neither doe we translate the worde simply, amendment of life, but shewe that amendement of life must necessarily follow in them that truely repent, as the Scripture teacheth vs.