CHAP. XVIII. Wherein Mr. Woodbridges Exposition of the New Covenant, (mentioned Jere. 31.33. and in other pla∣ces) is further examined.
THe Tenor of the New Covenant, in the Prophet (whose words are punctually cited by the Apostle, Heb. 8.) runs thus, This is the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel; after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my Law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they shall be my people; and, &c. But now Mr. W. renders it thus, [This is the Covenant which I will make with the House of Israel; when I shall write my Laws in their hearts, I will be their God, &c. or, This is the Cove∣nant, which I will make, saith the Lord, that giveth his Laws into their mindes, and writeth them in their hearts, &c.] I know not what can be called wresting of the Scripture, if this be not: If men may take the liberty, to chop and change, to adde or diminish from the Word, at their pleasure, nothing can certainly be concluded thence; nay, the Scripture might be made a shelter for the foulest Errors. It savors not of a spirit, that trembles at the Word, and believes that threatning, Revel. 22.18. to make so bold with the Oracles of God. The word [when] is neither in, nor agreeable to the Hebrew, or Greek Text, though he would make his Reader believe, that it is in both. The Verbs in the first clause, are not in the Present, but Future tense, as in the rest which follow. Besides his Paraphrase, chargeth the Holy Ghost, with a