Concerning the words in the Hebrew and Greek, that are commonly alledged to prove these things, they have been wrested and drawn to uphold these Tenents by those Translators that had imbibed these Opinions, and so instead of following the true and genuine signification of the words, they haled them to make good a preconceived Opinion, and did not simply and plainly render them as they ought to have been. Which hath been observed by divers, especially by _Wierus_, who got the learned _Masius_ (a great Hebrician) to interpret them, of which he hath given a full account, which was followed by Mr. _Scot_. As also Mr. _Ady_, who hath perfectly rendred them according to the Translation of _Junius_ and _Tremellius_, and likewise Mr. _Wagstaff_ hath prettily opened the most of them. So that our attempt here might seem to be superfluous and unnecessary, and may be condemned of arrogance and vain confidence. To which we reply, That it is far from us to compare our selves with those Learned men that were Masters of the Hebrew and Greek Tongues, being in comparison but a Smatterer in those Languages, yet have in our younger years both studied and taught them to others, and as far as we undertake, we hope we need not fear the censure of the most rigid Critick; intending to note some things that others have omitted, and to handle them to the full, which others have but done briefly. And this we shall prosecute in this order. [Sidenote: Deut. 18. 10.] 1. We shall take the words in the same order as they are recited in _Deuteronomy_, and the first mentioned is in these words: _There shall not be found among you that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire_. Now here we shall not enter upon that great Dispute, whether they really burned and sacrificed by burning their children unto Moloch, or that they only dedicated them to that Idol, by making them pass through the fire; but examine the reasons, why those that practised this kind of Idolatry are ranked amongst the Diviners or Witches, and were to have the same punishment, seeing it is no where mentioned, that these used any kind of Divination at all, and these we conceive to be the chief. [Sidenote: _Reas. 1._] [Sidenote: Vers. 14, 15.]