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. 23. In our Englishe translation, Iehoua is very seldome vsed in other speache, no wise man vseth it oftner, than there is good cause why. And when there is cause, we haue no superstition in pronouncing it, as we are not curious in accēting it. Although, perhaps you quarrel at our accent, because you can not discerne be∣tweene time and time. The middle syllable wee knowe to be long, whether it be to be eleuated wee make no question, wee know where the accent is in the Hebrue, but we thinke not that all accents be sharpe, and eleuate that syllable in which they are. It is a great matter, that you demaunde the reason why ioygned to Adonai, it is to bee redde Elohim, you should rather demaunde why it is otherwise pointed, when it is ioygned with Adonai, for being pointed as it is, I see not why it shoulde not bee read according to the vowels, Adonai Iehouih. Ma∣ny other questions might bee moued, about the names of God, in pronouncing or writing of which we know the Iewes were reuerente, euen to superstition: and therefore in bookes that shoulde come in all mennes handes, made other alterations, than you speake of, and yet retayned in other authenticall copies, the true letters and pointes. If any desire vaine gloriously to vt∣ter his skill in the tongues, when hee should edifie the people, of all them that be wise and learned, he is misli∣ked for so doing.