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.

MART. 6. As when we reade this name Iesus in Scrip∣ture common to our Sauiour and to other men, we translate it alwaies alike, Iesus, but when it is b 1.1 IESVS Christ, & when some other Iesus, c 1.2 we knowe by other circumstances. Likewise presuppose Baptisme in the Scripture were called a sacrament: yet the Protestantes themselues would not, nor could thereby conclude, that it were one of their two Sacraments. Yet I trow they would not auoyde to translate it by the worde sacrament, if they found it so called: euen so wee finding Matrimonie so called, do so translate it, neither concluding thereby that it is one of the Seuen, nor yet suppressing the name, which no doubt gaue some occasion to the Church and the holy doctors to esteem it as one of the Seuen. They contrariwise, as though it were neuer so called, suppresse the name altogether, calling it a se∣crete, to put it out of all question, that it is no Sacrament: which they would not haue done, if the Scripture had sayde of Baptisme or the Eucharist, This is a great Sacrament. So partiall they are to their owne opinions.

FVLK. 6. Except you thought you had to doe with verie ignorant persons, or else esteemed too much of your lately professed diuinitie, you would neuer comber the reader with such childish trifles of the name of Ie∣sus, of the bare name of sacrament which could not

proue baptisme or the Lords supper to be sacramentes &c. and what we would do if wee found them so called, &c. I haue alreadie told you what we haue done, where not onely the sacraments, but all other pretious Iewels of Christs church committed to the dispensation of his ministers are called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, and translated secretes without any abasement of the dignitie of them, or with out any intent to suppresse any of the honor and reue∣rence which is due vnto them. Wherefore vsing y^e word secret in this text, wee had no purpose to derogate any thing from the worthines of matrimonie, much lesse from the spiritual mysterie which the Apostle offereth to be considered by it in Christ & his Church.

Notes

• b 1.1

  Inde. v. 5.
• c 1.2

  Act. 7. v. 45. Colos. 4. v. 11.