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For who can deny that our word Priest is corrupted of Presbyter? Our Ancestors the Saxons first used Preoster, which by a farther contraction came Preste, and Priest. The high and low Dutch have Priester, the French Prestre, Italian Prete, but the Spaniard onely speaks full Presbytero. But, to come more near the point, our men in using the word Minister, for a distinctive name in stead of Priest, incurre four Solecisms: |
For who can deny that our word Priest is corrupted of Presbyter? Our Ancestors the Saxons First used Preoster, which by a farther contraction Come Pressed, and Priest. The high and low Dutch have Priest, the French Priest, Italian Priest, but the Spaniard only speaks full Presbytero. But, to come more near the point, our men in using the word Minister, for a distinctive name in stead of Priest, incur four Solecisms: |
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