CHAPTER II: ACCIDENTAL CAUSES OF CORRUPTION.

GENERAL CORRUPTION. § 1. Modern re-editing--difference between the New Testament and other books--immense number of copies--ordinary causes of error--Doctrinal causes. § 2. Elimination of weakly attested readings--nature of inquiry. § 3. Smaller blemishes in MSS. unimportant except when constant. § 4. Most mistakes arose from inadvertency: many from unfortunate design pp. 10-23

ACCIDENTAL CAUSES OF CORRUPTION.
I. PURE ACCIDENT. § 1. St. John x. 29. § 2. Smaller instances, and Acts xx. 24. § 3. St. Luke ii. § 4. St. Mark xv. 6; vii. 4; vi. 22. § 5. St. Mark viii. 1; vii. 4--St. John xiii. 37 pp. 24-35