the word thus, a yong scholer. Whereas it is a peculiar word to signifie them that were lately baptized, as Catechumenus, signifieth the newly instructed in faith not yet baptized, who is also yong scholer rather then the other and many that have been old scholers, may be Neophyts by differring Baptisme. And if Phylacteries be allowed for English Mat. 23, we hope that Didrachmes also, Prepuce, Paraclet, and such like, wil easily grow to be currant and familiar. And in good sooth there is in al these such necessitie, that they can not conveniently be translated. Phil. 3.As when S. Paul saith, concisio, non circumcisio; how can we but follow his very wordes and allusion? Why we say, our Lord, not, the Lord (but in certaine cases) see the Annot. 1. Tim. 6. pag. 585.And how is it possible to expresse Evangelizo, but as we doe, Evangelize? for Evangelium being the Ghospel, what is, Evangelizo or to Evangelize, but to shew the glad tydings of the Ghospel, of the time of grace, of al Christ’s benefits? Al which signification is lost, by translating as the English Bibles doe, I bring you good tydings. Luc. 2. 10. Therfore we say Depositum, 1 Tim. 6. and, He exinanited himself, Philip. 2. and, You have reflorished, Philip. 4. and, to exhaust, Hebr. 9, 28 because we can not possibly attaine to expresse these words fully in English: and we thinke much better, that the Reader staying at the difficultie of them, should take an occasion to looke in their table, or otherwise to aske the ful meaning of them, then by putting some usual English words that expresse them not, so to deceive the Reader. Sometime also we doe it for another cause. As when we say, The advent of our Lord, and, imposing of hands, because one is a solemne time, the other a solemne action in the Catholike Church: Catholike termes proceeding from the very text of Scripture.to signifie to the people, that these & such like names come out of the very Latin text of the Scripture. So did Penance, doing penance, Chalice, Priest, Deacon, Traditions, Altar, Host, and the like (which we exactly keep as Catholike termes) proceed even from the very words of Scripture.
Moreover, we presume not in hard places to mollifie the speaches or phrases, but religiously keep them word for word, and point for point, for feare of missing, or restraining the sense of the holy Ghost to our phantasie. Certaine hard speaches and Phrases.As Eph. 6. Against the spirituals of wickednes in the celestials: and, Jo. 2.What to me and thee woman? whereof see the Annotation upon this place: and 1. Pet. 2. As infants even now borne, reasonable, milke without guile desire ye. We doe so place, reasonable, of purpose, that it may be indifferent both to infants going before, as in our Latin text; or to milke that followeth after, as in other Latin copies and in the Greek. Jo. 3. we translate, The spirit breatheth where he wil, &c. leaving it indifferent to signifie either the holy Ghost, or wind: which the Protestants translating, wind, take away the other sense more common and usual in the Ancient Fathers. The Protestants presumptuous boldnes and libertie in translating.We translate Luc. 8. 23. They were filled, not adding of our owne, with water, to mollifie the sentence, as the Protestants doe: and c. 22. This is the chalice, the new Testament &c. not, This chalice is the new Testament: &c likewise, Mar. 13. Those daies shal be such tribulation, not as the Adversaries, in those daies, both our text and theirs being otherwise: likewise Jac. 4, 6. And giveth greater grace, leauing it indifferent to the Scripture, or to the holy Ghost, both going before. Wheras the Adversaries tooto boldly & presumptuously adde, saying: The Scripture giveth, taking away the other sense, which is farre more probable. Likewise Hebr. 12, 21. we translate, So terrible was it which was seen, Moyses said &c. neither doth Greek or Latin permit us to adde, that Moyses said, as the Protestants presume to doe. So we say, Men brethren, A widow woman, A woman a sister, James of Alphæus, and the like. Sometime also we follow of purpose the Scriptures phrase: as, Mat. 5.The hel of fire, according to Greek and Latin; which we might say perhaps, the firy hel, Gehenna ignis.by the Hebrew phrase in such speaches, but not, hel fire, as commonly it is translated. Likewise Luc. 4, 36. What word is this, that in power and authoritie he commandeth the uncleane spirits? as also, Luc 2. Let us passe over, and see the word that is done. Where we might say, thing, by the Hebrew phrase; but there is a certaine majestie and more signification in these speaches, and therfore both Greek & Latin keep them, although it is no more the Greek & Latin phrase, then it is the English. And why should we be squamish at new wordes or phrases in the Scripture, which are necessarie: when we do easily admit and follow new words coyned in court and in courtly or other secular writings?
The Greek added often in the margent for many causes.We adde the Greek in the margent for divers causes. Sometime when the sense is hard, that the learned Reader may consider of it and see if he can help himself better then by our translation. As Luc 11. Nolite extolli, μὴ μετεωρίζεσθε and againe, Quod superest date eleemosynam τὰ ἐνόντα. Sometime to take away the ambiguitie of the Latin or English;
