Itwasre-echoedthroughEngland,Germany,France,andAmerica,and,ifpossible,yetmorehighlydeveloped。InEnglandTheophilusGalesethimselftoprovethatnotonlyallthelanguages,butallthelearningoftheworld,hadbeendrawnfromtheHebrewrecords。
ThisorthodoxdoctrinewasalsofullyvindicatedinHolland。
Sixyearsbeforethecloseoftheseventeenthcentury,Morinus,DoctorofTheology,ProfessorofOrientalLanguages,andpastoratAmsterdam,publishedhisgreatworkonPrimaevalLanguage。
ItsfrontispiecedepictstheconfusionoftonguesatBabel,and,asapendanttothis,thepentecostalgiftoftonguestotheapostles。Inthesuccessivechaptersofthefirstbookheprovesthatlanguagecouldnothavecomeintoexistencesaveasadirectgiftfromheaven;thatthereisaprimitivelanguage,themotherofalltherest;thatthisprimitivelanguagestillexistsinitspristinepurity;thatthislanguageistheHebrew。ThesecondbookisdevotedtoprovingthattheHebrewlettersweredivinelyreceived,havebeenpreservedintact,andarethesourceofallotheralphabets。Butinthethirdbookhefeelsobligedtoallow,inthefaceofthecontrarydogmaheld,ashesays,by“notafewmosteminentmenpiouslysolicitousfortheauthorityofthesacredtext。”thattheHebrewpunctuationwas,afterall,notofDivineinspiration,butalateinventionoftherabbis。
France,also,washeldtoallappearanceincompletesubjectiontotheorthodoxideauptotheendofthecentury。In1697