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 j 9 o A L V A R E fceincr approved by the bed writers, and read v.'it'i the greatefl; fatisfadtion. AMAMA (SixTiNusj, prnfcfTor of the H '-revv tongue in the univerlity of Franeker, was born in Friefiand, and had itudicd under Drufius. The unive'rfity of Leydcn endea- voured, by offering him a larger fahry, to draw him from the univerfity of Franeker, in order to fucceed t>penius : Arnama did not abfohitely refufe this offer, yet would not accept of it unl?fo he obtained permifTnn from his fuperiors of FricfhnJ ; which they refufed, and no doubt gave hint f'uch additional encouragement, that he h.;d no reafon to re- pent of not going to Leyden. The fir ft book; he piibliftied was a fpecimen of a grear defi;n he intended, viz, to cenfure toe Vulgate tranilation, which the council of Trent had de- clared authentic; but before he had finifhed this work, he published a criticifm upon the translation of the '* Pen::.- he was carrying on this criticifm, hewas obliged to engage in another work, which was. to coliate the Dutch translation of the Scripture with the originals and the exacleft tranflations : this Dutch tranflation had been clone from -Luther's verfion. He gave the public an account of this labour, in a wo. k which' S'* Ama- a pp Care( j at /inifterdam, intituled, " Bybelche conferentic." slrbtrus Bi-^ hls c-mpioyment of' collating lb much engaged Amama, that p. 160. cenfure of the Vulgate. However he refumed his work uport h.aiin';'; lhat hither Merfennus had endeavoured to let'u.e ins critical remarks di the fifi fix chapters ot Gtnefis: and he gave himlclf up entirely to vino i care his criticiim ; agaihft rl author. His anfwer is one of the pieces ront.un-:! in ; " Anti-'barbarus BiWi^us," which he publiflied in 162.8; ta-i other nieces are, his re.'fiTe of the Vulgate on the hiftorif 1 books of the Old Tcfb.ment, on Job, the Pialjix, and the Books of Solomon, with f"rnc particular diflertatioris, one of which is on the famous pafl'^e in the p;ovrrbs, " The Lord {hews that thole who acculVd Drufms of f.ivf);ning Arianifni were notorious c^.K.'rr:niarors. 'I he " Anti-barbarus Bibli- cus" was to have confifted of two part--, e^ch conrarning thiee books; the author, however only published the firft part. It was reprir.'i !.i a f:.-r l-.is (',-ath, and a fourth book ivjs added, containing t';c criticifm of the Vulgate upon I.'ai.ih 2nd Jeremiah. It ib impoflible to anfwer (he reafons, by which he fhews the ncceflity of confulttn^ the originals. This 1
 * < tench," which made him nrft known as an author. Whilft
 * , s> he was hindered for a confiderable time from applying to ti)e
 * ' treated me in the beginning of all his way?," wherein he