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. 19. Al this while here is nothing for the En∣glish word Priest, in that respect we auoid it in trāslatiō, nor against the worde Elder, which we vse, by which we meane 〈…〉〈…〉 other thing, than the Scripture doth giue vs to vn〈…〉〈…〉d by the worde 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. As for the distin∣ction of Episcopus, & Presbyter which came in afterward, you your selfe confessed as we heard of late, that it is not obserued in the Scriptures, but the same men are called Episcopi, which before were called Presbyteri. And accor∣ding to that distinctiō, you can allow but one Bishop of one citie at once: yet the Scripture in diuerse places spea∣keth of many Bishops of one citie, as Act. 20. the Bishops of Ephesus called before Presbyteri, Elders, also he salu∣teth the Bishops and Deacons of Philippi, Phil. 1. where your note saith, that, In the Apostles time, there were not obserued alwaies distinct names of either function of B. & Priest. Would you haue vs to translate the Scripture with distinction of names which the holy ghost maketh not, nor your vulgar Latin obserueth, nor you your selfe for shame can obserue? And if we should haue transla∣ted for Elders, Priests, that distinction taken vp after the Apostles times, or the writing of the Scripture, had bene neuer the more confirmed.