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::.-
- < tench," which made him nrft known as an author. Whilft
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
- , s> he was hindered for a confiderable time from applying to ti)e
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
- ' treated me in the beginning of all his way?," wherein he
{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
