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<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OLD</strong> CHURCHES OF WIRRAL<br />

was found that Bibles were made to do<br />

duty for more than one house, the<br />

inquisitor was granted a warrant " to require<br />

the sicht of their Bible, gif they ony<br />

have, to be marked with their own name<br />

for eschewing of fraudful dealing in that<br />

behalf." Yet in spite of this pressure<br />

many people " incurrit the payne of the<br />

act " rather than purchase one.<br />

The title of the Genevan Bible is as<br />

follows :—<br />

I<br />

contepneb in I tfie olb anb ^etoe |<br />

Wtatamtnt \ Cransilateb accor<br />

bing<br />

to tfjc Ctirue anb ^ttkt, anb conferreb<br />

toitf) ti)e btat trans(lation£( tn btber£(<br />

Wiit\) language£i I<br />

anno i tationff bpon<br />

moutt profitable<br />

all tttt tarb<br />

places;, anb otder ti|ing£; of great |<br />

importance asi map appear in tfje<br />

CpifStle to tfie reaber |<br />

Jfcare not, sitanb sftil. anb be^olbe |<br />

tf)e sialuacion of tfie Horb, tti^ict) tie toil<br />

fifjetoe to pou tfjisi bap."<br />

These "annotations" ultimately became<br />

the cause of great controversy.<br />

They were certainly very prejudiced, as<br />

might be expected in a Calvinistic public-<br />

ation of that age ;<br />

for example Revelation<br />

ix. 3 (locusts that came out of the bottom-<br />

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