He wrote: “I had perceived by experience how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth, except the scripture were plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue, that they might see the process, order, and meaning of the text. ”
فقد كتب :‏ « ادركت من خلال التجربة انه من المستحيل ان يثبت عامة الشعب في اي حق ،‏ إلّا اذا كانت الاسفار المقدسة متوفرة بلغتهم الام ،‏ بحيث يمكنهم ادراك روح النص ،‏ ترتيبه الزمني ،‏ ومغزاه » .‏