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were imployed by Ptolomy King of Egypt, how | were imployed by Ptolomy King of Egypt, how | ||
they were shutt up into so many distinct cells, & | they were shutt up into so many distinct cells, & | ||
when they had | when they had finisht ye interpretation of the | ||
whole, & came together to compare their copies | whole, & came together to compare their copies | ||
they were found exactly to agree together. | they were found exactly to agree together. | ||
(unintelligible) hersay(?} ye former of whose is sufficiently shown | (unintelligible) hersay(?} ye former of whose is sufficiently shown | ||
already by learned men to be but a priory device of | already by learned men to be but a priory device of | ||
ye first Christians to bring ye | ye first Christians to bring ye Heathens into a vene- | ||
ration of their religion, wch som: Prophetcyes | ration of their religion, wch som: Prophetcyes | ||
of their own had said so much of; And the | of their own had said so much of; And the | ||
latter was but another devise of ye Hellenistical | latter was but another devise of ye Hellenistical | ||
Jews to raise ye esteem of ye Sephragical version. | Jews to raise ye esteem of ye Sephragical version. | ||
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How many stories have past unquestion'd about ye Sybelline books & Oracles & their prophesyes of ye birth & Kingdom of Christ. And how firmly doe many of this time believe ye story of ye Seventy Interpreters of ye Old Testament into Greek, that were imployed by Ptolomy King of Egypt, how they were shutt up into so many distinct cells, & when they had finisht ye interpretation of the whole, & came together to compare their copies they were found exactly to agree together. (unintelligible) hersay(?} ye former of whose is sufficiently shown already by learned men to be but a priory device of ye first Christians to bring ye Heathens into a vene- ration of their religion, wch som: Prophetcyes of their own had said so much of; And the latter was but another devise of ye Hellenistical Jews to raise ye esteem of ye Sephragical version.