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           Of
           the
           Perspicuity
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           Rules
           for
           Interpretation
           of
           it
           .
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           St.
           
             Martins
             in
             the
             Fields
          
           ,
           Mar.
           2.
           1695
           
           /
           6.
           
           BEING
           THE
           Third
           of
           the
           LECTURE
           For
           this
           Present
           YEAR
           ,
           Founded
           by
           the
           Honourable
           
             ROBERT
             BOYLE
          
           ,
           Esquire
           .
           By
           
             JOHN
             WILLIAMS
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Ri.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           and
           
             Tho.
             Cockerill
          
           ,
           Sen
           r
           &
           Jun
           r
           :
           At
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ;
           and
           at
           the
           
             Three
             Legs
          
           in
           the
           Poultrey
           .
           MDCXCVI
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             ACTS
             XVII
             .
             11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             These
             were
             more
             noble
             than
             those
             in
             Thessalonica
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             received
             the
             word
             with
             all
             readiness
             of
             mind
             ,
             and
             Searched
             the
             Scriptures
             daily
             ,
             whether
             those
             things
             were
             so
             .
             Therefore
             many
             of
             them
             believed
             .
          
        
         
           THESE
           Words
           are
           the
           Character
           of
           the
           Bereans
           ,
           to
           whom
           St.
           Paul
           and
           Silas
           Preached
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           being
           drove
           from
           Thessalonica
           ,
           a
           Neighbouring
           City
           of
           Macedonia
           ,
           by
           the
           Fury
           of
           the
           Unbelieving
           Jews
           ,
           that
           accused
           them
           of
           doing
           things
           
             contrary
             to
             the
             Decrees
             of
             Caesar
             ,
          
           and
           by
           this
           means
           set
           all
           that
           City
           in
           an
           uproar
           .
           But
           how
           hardly
           soever
           they
           were
           used
           there
           ,
           they
           found
           a
           better
           Treatment
           from
           the
           Bereans
           ,
           of
           whom
           St.
           Luke
           saith
           ,
           that
           
             they
             were
             more
             noble
          
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           more
           ingenuous
           ,
           
             than
             those
             in
             Thessalonica
             ,
             in
             that
             they
             received
             the
             word
             with
             all
             readiness
             of
             mind
             ,
             
             and
             Searched
             the
             Scriptures
             daily
             ,
             whether
             those
             things
             were
             so
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           In
           which
           Words
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           We
           are
           Directed
           to
           the
           Rule
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           Points
           of
           Faith
           are
           to
           be
           Determined
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           the
           Capacity
           all
           Persons
           are
           in
           to
           judge
           of
           that
           Rule
           ;
           for
           the
           Words
           are
           spoken
           indifferently
           of
           the
           Jews
           in
           Berea
           ,
           the
           Auditory
           ,
           to
           whom
           St.
           Paul
           Preached
           ;
           that
           they
           Searched
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Here
           are
           the
           Qualifications
           of
           such
           as
           would
           judge
           aright
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           Sincerity
           and
           Diligence
           :
           They
           were
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           more
           candid
           ,
           and
           they
           
             Searched
             the
             Scriptures
             daily
          
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           There
           is
           the
           way
           and
           means
           which
           are
           to
           be
           used
           in
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           the
           Rule
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           by
           comparing
           the
           Doctrine
           with
           Scriptures
           ;
           there
           they
           Searched
           ,
           
             whether
             those
             things
             were
             so
          
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           There
           is
           the
           Success
           of
           this
           course
           ,
           
             Therefore
             many
             of
             them
             believed
          
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           already
           Treated
           of
           the
           Three
           First
           of
           these
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           have
           shewed
           the
           Scriptures
           to
           be
           the
           Rule
           of
           Faith
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           the
           privilege
           of
           all
           to
           repair
           to
           that
           Rule
           for
           satisfaction
           ;
           
           and
           that
           by
           Searching
           ,
           they
           may
           arrive
           thereby
           to
           a
           
           Knowledge
           and
           understanding
           of
           that
           Rule
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           way
           of
           Interpretation
           ,
           and
           the
           Consideration
           of
           the
           course
           that
           is
           to
           be
           taken
           for
           the
           better
           understanding
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           In
           Discoursing
           upon
           which
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           shall
           premise
           some
           things
           with
           reference
           both
           to
           the
           Perspicuity
           and
           Difficulties
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           for
           it
           must
           be
           acknowledged
           that
           the
           Sacred
           Books
           have
           a
           mixture
           of
           both
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           lay
           down
           such
           Rules
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           of
           use
           for
           the
           better
           Interpretation
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           former
           I
           premise
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           When
           we
           speak
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           we
           take
           it
           for
           granted
           that
           the
           Translation
           of
           it
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           renders
           the
           true
           sense
           of
           the
           Original
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Original
           and
           Translation
           are
           to
           him
           that
           understands
           both
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           but
           one
           Book
           ;
           and
           so
           again
           to
           him
           that
           understands
           the
           Translation
           only
           ,
           it
           is
           the
           same
           as
           if
           he
           understood
           the
           Original
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           this
           is
           so
           ,
           is
           evident
           ;
           because
           all
           Translations
           (
           though
           not
           Expositions
           )
           of
           what
           Language
           ,
           Church
           ,
           or
           Age
           soever
           ,
           do
           for
           the
           most
           part
           agree
           :
           And
           if
           a
           Catena
           or
           Draught
           were
           made
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           there
           was
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Versions
           ,
           it
           would
           appear
           so
           to
           be
           ,
           beyond
           all
           Contradiction
           .
        
         
         
           So
           that
           if
           any
           Stranger
           utterly
           unacquainted
           with
           the
           Christian
           Doctrine
           ,
           or
           the
           Translations
           ,
           but
           skill'd
           in
           those
           Languages
           ,
           should
           compare
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           able
           to
           say
           that
           the
           Book
           was
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           only
           differ'd
           in
           the
           Language
           ;
           as
           the
           Ancient
           ,
           viz.
           The
           Greek
           ,
           and
           Arabick
           ,
           and
           Syriack
           ;
           or
           Modern
           ,
           
             viz.
             English
             ,
             French
             ,
             German
             ,
          
           or
           Italian
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           let
           Men
           differ
           as
           they
           will
           in
           their
           particular
           Opinions
           ,
           let
           them
           be
           Jews
           ,
           as
           were
           the
           Translators
           of
           the
           Septuagint
           ;
           Apostates
           ,
           as
           was
           Aquila
           ;
           
           Marcionites
           ,
           as
           
             Theodotion
             ;
             Ebionites
          
           ,
           as
           Symmachus
           .
           Yet
           unless
           in
           those
           points
           in
           which
           they
           industriously
           corrupt
           the
           Text
           to
           serve
           a
           cause
           ,
           and
           wilfully
           and
           apparently
           depart
           from
           the
           Original
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           general
           consent
           among
           them
           in
           the
           main
           .
        
         
           Which
           is
           a
           clear
           proof
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           the
           Scriptures
           were
           Wrote
           so
           as
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           for
           else
           how
           could
           different
           Translators
           ,
           unacquainted
           with
           the
           Language
           or
           Writings
           of
           each
           other
           ,
           so
           exactly
           hit
           upon
           the
           same
           rendition
           of
           it
           ?
        
         
           And
           indeed
           it
           would
           be
           too
           bare
           fac'd
           a
           Reflection
           upon
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           by
           whose
           Direction
           and
           Inspiration
           the
           Scripture
           was
           Wrote
           (
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           )
           to
           suppose
           that
           such
           a
           Book
           
           thus
           proceeding
           from
           so
           Divine
           a
           hand
           ;
           and
           upon
           so
           noble
           a
           Design
           as
           the
           Revelation
           of
           God's
           Will
           to
           Man
           ,
           should
           labour
           under
           such
           a
           defect
           as
           the
           Compositions
           of
           Men
           of
           common
           Understanding
           are
           not
           guilty
           of
           .
        
         
           Certainly
           it
           is
           as
           possible
           to
           Write
           so
           as
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           to
           Speak
           and
           be
           understood
           ;
           and
           since
           Writing
           is
           but
           a
           kind
           of
           Speech
           ,
           Speech
           may
           as
           well
           be
           supposed
           unintelligible
           as
           Writing
           ;
           and
           if
           it
           were
           so
           ,
           both
           the
           pleasure
           and
           benefit
           of
           Conversation
           would
           be
           prevented
           and
           lost
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           a
           presumption
           is
           it
           to
           deny
           that
           to
           God
           which
           we
           give
           to
           Men
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           we
           grant
           that
           Men
           not
           only
           can
           ,
           but
           do
           express
           their
           Thoughts
           plainly
           upon
           occasion
           by
           Writing
           ,
           that
           God
           either
           has
           not
           that
           Power
           ,
           or
           Will
           ;
           but
           where
           he
           pretends
           to
           declare
           his
           Will
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           it
           should
           ,
           as
           God
           saith
           to
           
             Job
             38.
             2.
             darken
             counsel
             by
             words
             without
             knowledge
          
           ;
           and
           Write
           so
           as
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           which
           is
           to
           Write
           to
           no
           purpose
           ,
           but
           only
           to
           fill
           the
           World
           with
           contention
           ,
           as
           if
           what
           is
           call'd
           Revelation
           were
           not
           
             to
             send
             Peace
             ,
             but
          
           in
           the
           Letter
           of
           it
           ,
           
             a
             Sword
          
           of
           strife
           among
           Mankind
           ?
        
         
         
           If
           we
           own
           God
           for
           the
           Author
           ,
           we
           must
           say
           ,
           that
           the
           Scriptures
           were
           Wrote
           that
           they
           might
           be
           understood
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           We
           may
           suppose
           further
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           time
           when
           the
           Scriptures
           were
           Written
           ,
           they
           were
           intelligible
           by
           those
           that
           were
           Cotemporaries
           with
           the
           Writers
           ,
           and
           understood
           the
           Language
           they
           were
           Written
           in
           .
           Which
           was
           a
           great
           advantage
           they
           had
           above
           all
           After-Ages
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           no
           Nation
           but
           what
           has
           peculiar
           Customs
           ,
           to
           which
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           often
           relate
           ;
           nor
           is
           there
           any
           Language
           which
           hath
           not
           Idiotisms
           and
           Phrases
           of
           their
           own
           ;
           and
           therefore
           where
           these
           are
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           or
           are
           not
           observed
           ,
           the
           sense
           is
           lost
           or
           prejudiced
           ,
           and
           perplexed
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           presently
           shew
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           We
           may
           reasonably
           conclude
           ,
           that
           what
           had
           no
           immediate
           reference
           to
           the
           persons
           then
           in
           being
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           Ages
           ,
           and
           Customs
           ,
           and
           Proprieties
           then
           in
           use
           ,
           but
           contained
           common
           matters
           ,
           and
           was
           Clothed
           in
           common
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           ,
           was
           intelligible
           to
           others
           that
           did
           not
           live
           in
           those
           Ages
           ,
           and
           generally
           as
           intelligible
           as
           to
           those
           that
           did
           .
           Such
           is
           the
           Decalogue
           ,
           which
           may
           be
           understood
           by
           us
           in
           this
           Age
           as
           well
           as
           those
           that
           were
           at
           Mount
           Sinai
           at
           the
           first
           delivering
           of
           it
           .
        
         
         
           5.
           
           The
           Scriptures
           being
           to
           continue
           to
           the
           World's
           End
           ,
           and
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           being
           written
           for
           the
           use
           of
           all
           Men
           of
           all
           Ages
           and
           Nations
           ,
           they
           must
           consequently
           be
           Intelligible
           in
           the
           main
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           being
           understood
           by
           all
           persons
           in
           all
           times
           ;
           or
           else
           they
           were
           written
           in
           vain
           :
           For
           to
           what
           purpose
           should
           they
           be
           preserved
           ,
           or
           should
           they
           oblige
           Mankind
           to
           read
           them
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           ?
        
         
           6.
           
           I
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           in
           Fact
           the
           Scriptures
           are
           plain
           in
           all
           things
           that
           are
           intended
           for
           the
           use
           of
           all
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           necessary
           for
           all
           to
           know
           ,
           in
           point
           of
           Faith
           or
           Practice
           .
        
         
           Such
           are
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           All
           the
           Principles
           of
           Natural
           Religion
           ,
           such
           as
           the
           Being
           of
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Creation
           of
           all
           things
           ;
           the
           Worship
           to
           be
           given
           to
           him
           ,
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           World
           by
           Providence
           ;
           the
           Immortality
           of
           the
           Soul
           ,
           and
           a
           State
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           in
           another
           Life
           .
        
         
           These
           every
           one
           may
           understand
           as
           he
           reads
           them
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           which
           no
           man
           can
           read
           ,
           but
           he
           must
           find
           out
           and
           understand
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Such
           is
           the
           History
           of
           Providence
           ,
           that
           is
           God's
           prospering
           the
           good
           and
           punishing
           wicked
           Nations
           ;
           his
           preserving
           a
           Church
           
           under
           all
           the
           Storms
           of
           the
           most
           violent
           Persecutions
           :
           His
           carrying
           on
           the
           train
           of
           Prophecies
           through
           all
           interruptions
           ;
           and
           accomplishing
           them
           at
           the
           time
           ,
           and
           after
           the
           manner
           long
           before
           prefixed
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           what
           are
           obvious
           to
           all
           in
           the
           reading
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           Such
           is
           matter
           of
           pure
           Revelation
           ,
           and
           especially
           that
           which
           concerns
           the
           Redemption
           of
           Mankind
           by
           Jesus
           Christ.
           As
           to
           his
           Person
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           before
           the
           Worlds
           ,
           which
           were
           made
           by
           him
           :
           That
           
             in
             the
             fulness
             of
             time
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Ancient
           Predictions
           ,
           he
           became
           Man
           ,
           and
           was
           made
           Flesh
           :
           That
           he
           wrought
           Miracles
           in
           Confirmation
           of
           his
           Mission
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           he
           Taught
           and
           Professed
           to
           receive
           from
           the
           Father
           :
           That
           he
           was
           Crucified
           and
           Died
           as
           a
           Sacrifice
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           all
           Mankind
           :
           That
           he
           rose
           again
           the
           Third
           Day
           from
           the
           Dead
           ,
           and
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           :
           That
           he
           sent
           down
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           continues
           at
           the
           Right
           Hand
           of
           God
           to
           be
           our
           Mediator
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           are
           with
           respect
           to
           that
           Mediation
           ,
           to
           offer
           up
           all
           our
           Prayers
           in
           his
           Name
           to
           the
           Father
           :
           And
           that
           he
           is
           to
           come
           at
           the
           End
           of
           the
           World
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           shall
           raise
           the
           
           Dead
           ,
           and
           Summon
           them
           all
           before
           his
           Tribunal
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           Of
           the
           like
           kind
           are
           all
           the
           Proofs
           and
           Confirmations
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Saviour
           before
           spoken
           of
           under
           another
           Character
           ;
           such
           are
           Prophecies
           and
           Miracles
           .
           Prophecies
           ,
           which
           though
           sometimes
           obscure
           in
           point
           of
           Phrase
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           those
           that
           are
           without
           difficulty
           ;
           as
           that
           of
           Josiah
           and
           Cyrus
           by
           Name
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           place
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Birth
           ,
           the
           Stock
           and
           Lineage
           ,
           the
           Tribe
           and
           Family
           he
           should
           proceed
           from
           ;
           the
           time
           he
           should
           sufferin
           &c.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           other
           Attestation
           by
           Miracles
           is
           too
           evident
           to
           be
           insisted
           upon
           .
        
         
           (
           5.
           )
           Of
           this
           sort
           are
           the
           terms
           of
           Salvation
           ;
           among
           those
           things
           which
           are
           plainly
           set
           down
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           we
           may
           find
           whatever
           relates
           to
           Faith
           and
           Manners
           of
           Life
           :
           And
           in
           these
           two
           are
           comprehended
           all
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           .
           So
           that
           whatever
           is
           not
           plainly
           set
           down
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           
           or
           evidently
           inferr'd
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           not
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           Now
           I
           am
           apt
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           no
           person
           that
           comes
           unprejudiced
           ,
           I
           mean
           not
           prepossess'd
           with
           contrary
           Principles
           ,
           or
           corrupt
           Affections
           ,
           but
           must
           needs
           own
           the
           Scripture
           to
           be
           clear
           in
           the
           
           points
           before
           rehearsed
           ,
           if
           so
           be
           he
           reads
           it
           with
           an
           ordinary
           Diligence
           and
           Care.
           
        
         
           But
           will
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           Are
           there
           not
           obscurities
           allowed
           to
           be
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           difficulties
           which
           are
           not
           to
           be
           surmounted
           ?
           And
           what
           is
           a
           clearer
           proof
           of
           this
           ,
           than
           the
           different
           Expositions
           we
           meet
           with
           ,
           and
           the
           different
           Opinions
           Men
           espouse
           ,
           and
           therefore
           espouse
           them
           because
           they
           conceive
           them
           to
           be
           the
           dictates
           of
           Holy
           Writ
           ?
        
         
           1.
           
           I
           Answer
           ,
           That
           is
           no
           Objection
           against
           it
           ;
           for
           then
           there
           can
           be
           nothing
           certain
           ,
           if
           the
           calling
           it
           in
           question
           will
           render
           it
           uncertain
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           This
           indeed
           has
           been
           an
           Argument
           set
           up
           to
           overthrow
           the
           Authority
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           some
           have
           been
           so
           impertinent
           as
           to
           make
           use
           of
           the
           various
           Constructions
           and
           Significations
           of
           Words
           ,
           to
           serve
           this
           impious
           cause
           .
        
         
           
             And
             so
             among
             other
             things
          
           ,
           
           
             one
             quotes
             that
             Saying
             of
          
           Quintilian
           ,
           There
           are
           innumerable
           kinds
           of
           words
           of
           ambiguous
           and
           various
           signification
           ;
           so
           that
           it
           seemed
           to
           some
           of
           the
           Philosophers
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           word
           that
           doth
           not
           signify
           many
           things
           .
        
         
           But
           if
           this
           be
           a
           reason
           why
           the
           Scripture
           is
           obscure
           ,
           and
           the
           sense
           not
           attainable
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           common
           with
           that
           to
           all
           Books
           whatsoever
           ,
           
           not
           excepting
           even
           that
           Book
           which
           the
           Author
           thought
           so
           well
           of
           ,
           as
           to
           publish
           for
           the
           Information
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           If
           this
           were
           of
           any
           force
           ,
           then
           it
           would
           be
           to
           no
           more
           purpose
           to
           speak
           than
           to
           write
           ;
           because
           the
           words
           we
           use
           are
           capable
           of
           different
           senses
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           what
           we
           write
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           way
           of
           arguing
           that
           proves
           too
           much
           ,
           and
           goes
           too
           far
           ,
           and
           serves
           no
           more
           than
           an
           argument
           that
           falls
           short
           ,
           and
           comes
           not
           up
           to
           the
           Case
           in
           hand
           .
        
         
           This
           would
           make
           the
           Divine
           Oracles
           like
           those
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           be
           no
           other
           than
           Aenigma's
           and
           Riddles
           ,
           as
           if
           ,
           in
           the
           New
           coined
           Phrase
           of
           the
           Members
           of
           the
           Romish
           Church
           ,
           they
           were
           but
           the
           
             Various
             figures
             of
             Ink
             upon
             a
             Book
             :
          
           Or
           served
           to
           no
           other
           use
           than
           white
           Paper
           ,
           to
           Write
           what
           you
           will
           upon
           ,
           and
           make
           what
           sense
           out
           of
           it
           that
           a
           fruitful
           Brain
           can
           invent
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Though
           there
           are
           obscurities
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           it
           falls
           upon
           such
           points
           as
           are
           not
           in
           themselves
           necessary
           ,
           and
           not
           necessary
           to
           all
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           a
           person
           may
           be
           saved
           though
           he
           dye
           ignorant
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           sence
           of
           those
           Scriptures
           which
           contain
           them
           .
           For
           there
           is
           no
           greater
           sign
           of
           their
           
           not
           being
           necessary
           ,
           than
           that
           they
           are
           not
           what
           we
           can
           understand
           ,
           or
           are
           not
           plainly
           to
           be
           found
           in
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Though
           there
           are
           obscurities
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           nothing
           in
           comparison
           to
           the
           plain
           Texts
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           which
           no
           more
           hinder
           us
           from
           understanding
           the
           plain
           ,
           than
           the
           Spots
           in
           the
           Sun
           prevent
           us
           of
           the
           Light
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           Obscurities
           are
           like
           the
           various
           Readings
           ,
           
           of
           little
           consequence
           ,
           and
           importance
           ,
           (
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           )
           and
           nothing
           comparable
           to
           what
           remains
           intire
           and
           perspicuous
           .
           They
           are
           only
           
             some
             things
             that
             are
             hard
             to
             be
             understood
             .
          
           
        
         
           But
           how
           many
           are
           the
           plain
           and
           intelligible
           ,
           and
           especially
           of
           things
           necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ?
        
         
           5.
           
           When
           ,
           I
           say
           ,
           there
           are
           Obscurities
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           fall
           upon
           less
           necessary
           points
           ,
           I
           grant
           that
           even
           those
           obscure
           parts
           are
           not
           without
           their
           use
           ;
           it
           being
           here
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           Heavens
           ,
           where
           the
           Cloudy
           Stars
           that
           scatter
           a
           faintish
           light
           through
           the
           Galaxy
           or
           Milky-way
           ,
           though
           not
           discernible
           but
           by
           a
           Telescope
           ;
           yet
           (
           if
           we
           may
           judge
           of
           what
           we
           do
           not
           know
           of
           Nature
           ,
           by
           what
           we
           do
           )
           have
           their
           use
           ,
           and
           by
           their
           Influences
           ,
           without
           doubt
           ,
           serve
           a
           Noble
           design
           .
           So
           though
           the
           Obscure
           
           Texts
           of
           Scripture
           afford
           a
           dim
           light
           in
           comparison
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           can
           at
           present
           give
           but
           a
           slender
           account
           of
           ;
           yet
           we
           our selves
           have
           sometimes
           perceived
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           come
           by
           searching
           to
           understand
           any
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           we
           understood
           not
           before
           ,
           that
           they
           prove
           of
           very
           great
           advantage
           ;
           as
           they
           serve
           to
           confirm
           the
           plain
           ,
           and
           do
           give
           light
           to
           those
           that
           were
           otherwise
           ,
           and
           were
           it
           not
           for
           the
           light
           given
           by
           these
           ,
           would
           have
           remained
           obscure
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           ,
           Almighty
           God
           has
           so
           wisely
           ordered
           it
           ,
           that
           as
           there
           are
           some
           Works
           in
           Nature
           we
           do
           understand
           ,
           and
           some
           we
           do
           not
           ;
           some
           serve
           a
           lesser
           ,
           and
           some
           a
           greater
           end
           :
           So
           has
           he
           also
           temper'd
           the
           body
           of
           Scripture
           together
           ,
           the
           difficult
           with
           the
           easy
           ,
           the
           obscure
           with
           the
           plain
           ,
           the
           less
           necessary
           with
           the
           greater
           ,
           that
           our
           industry
           may
           be
           excited
           by
           our
           endeavour
           to
           understand
           them
           ;
           and
           our
           labour
           be
           rewarded
           by
           the
           understanding
           of
           them
           :
           That
           we
           may
           Search
           as
           the
           Bereans
           here
           did
           ,
           and
           upon
           our
           Searching
           ,
           may
           ,
           as
           they
           ,
           come
           to
           believe
           and
           understand
           ,
           or
           be
           confirmed
           in
           our
           belief
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Toward
           the
           better
           understanding
           of
           which
           ,
           2.
           
           I
           shall
           direct
           to
           some
           Rules
           that
           may
           be
           of
           singular
           use
           to
           us
           in
           our
           Search
           and
           Enquiry
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           Where
           in
           the
           first
           place
           it
           is
           advisable
           ,
           that
           we
           be
           very
           conversant
           in
           the
           Sacred
           Text
           ;
           and
           as
           the
           
             Bereans
             ,
             search
             it
             daily
          
           ;
           by
           which
           means
           much
           of
           the
           obscurity
           will
           wear
           off
           ;
           and
           the
           Phrase
           ,
           and
           Style
           ,
           and
           way
           of
           arguing
           will
           be
           more
           evident
           ,
           and
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           make
           not
           only
           the
           stronger
           impression
           on
           our
           minds
           ,
           but
           be
           clear'd
           up
           also
           insensibly
           to
           us
           .
           We
           see
           how
           much
           difficulties
           are
           lessened
           by
           practice
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           learning
           the
           Alphabet
           ,
           and
           the
           first
           Principles
           of
           any
           Language
           or
           Science
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           in
           the
           beginning
           struggled
           with
           our selves
           ,
           and
           used
           a
           kind
           of
           force
           to
           bend
           our
           minds
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           degrees
           the
           difficulties
           abated
           ,
           and
           we
           became
           complete
           Masters
           of
           the
           matter
           that
           lay
           before
           us
           .
           So
           it
           is
           in
           reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           where
           by
           use
           we
           are
           wonderfully
           let
           into
           the
           meaning
           of
           them
           .
           For
           this
           reason
           it
           was
           that
           the
           Prophets
           were
           read
           in
           the
           Synagogue
           every
           Sabbath-day
           ,
           as
           is
           implied
           ,
           Act.
           13.
           27.
           
           And
           why
           also
           the
           Scriptures
           were
           read
           as
           well
           when
           not
           understood
           as
           when
           they
           were
           ;
           according
           to
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           Eunuch
           .
           
           For
           to
           what
           purpose
           would
           it
           have
           been
           for
           him
           when
           alone
           ,
           without
           an
           Interpreter
           ,
           to
           have
           read
           Isaias
           the
           Prophet
           upon
           such
           an
           obscure
           Argument
           ,
           if
           by
           reading
           it
           he
           might
           not
           have
           
           been
           some
           help
           to
           himself
           ,
           and
           by
           degrees
           have
           attained
           to
           a
           further
           understanding
           of
           it
           more
           or
           less
           ?
        
         
           And
           I
           dare
           appeal
           to
           any
           that
           have
           taken
           this
           course
           ,
           and
           have
           daily
           read
           ,
           and
           read
           them
           with
           the
           like
           impartiality
           as
           other
           Books
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           where
           they
           have
           read
           them
           with
           the
           reverence
           and
           attention
           due
           to
           Divine
           Oracles
           ,
           whether
           they
           have
           not
           found
           the
           difficulties
           lessen
           upon
           their
           hands
           .
           And
           if
           such
           as
           daily
           read
           those
           Books
           with
           these
           and
           the
           like
           Qualifications
           ,
           would
           but
           account
           with
           themselves
           for
           all
           the
           difficulties
           assoyl'd
           and
           solved
           this
           way
           ,
           without
           any
           other
           assistance
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           no
           unpleasant
           or
           unprofitable
           reflection
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Although
           it
           be
           of
           this
           advantage
           to
           read
           the
           Scriptures
           in
           course
           ,
           as
           was
           usual
           in
           publick
           in
           the
           Synagogues
           ,
           and
           in
           private
           among
           persons
           piously
           disposed
           :
           Yet
           it
           would
           add
           much
           to
           the
           rendring
           the
           abstruser
           parts
           more
           easy
           and
           intelligible
           ,
           if
           they
           began
           with
           the
           plainest
           ,
           either
           for
           Duty
           or
           Matter
           ,
           and
           then
           proceeded
           to
           the
           more
           obscure
           .
           For
           this
           is
           a
           reducing
           things
           into
           a
           strict
           and
           natural
           method
           ;
           and
           is
           like
           the
           beginning
           with
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           Book
           wrote
           in
           that
           way
           ,
           and
           so
           gradually
           proceeding
           
           as
           we
           are
           led
           along
           from
           point
           to
           point
           ,
           from
           Proposition
           to
           Proposition
           ,
           till
           we
           come
           to
           the
           end
           of
           that
           ,
           and
           the
           difficulties
           together
           .
        
         
           The
           Scripture
           I
           own
           is
           far
           from
           being
           Wrote
           after
           this
           humane
           and
           artificial
           method
           ,
           but
           in
           a
           way
           Extraordinary
           and
           Divine
           :
           and
           is
           among
           other
           reasons
           ,
           composed
           after
           the
           manner
           in
           which
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           obliged
           to
           use
           a
           befitting
           industry
           in
           searching
           into
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           certainly
           one
           part
           of
           that
           industry
           so
           to
           order
           it
           ,
           that
           as
           there
           is
           this
           difference
           plainly
           to
           be
           observed
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           so
           we
           would
           thus
           make
           an
           advantage
           of
           it
           by
           beginning
           with
           Words
           and
           things
           
             easy
             to
             be
             understood
          
           ,
           before
           we
           attempt
           to
           understand
           what
           is
           in
           a
           sphere
           for
           the
           present
           above
           our
           capacity
           ;
           
           for
           
             such
             have
             need
             of
             milk
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             strong
             meat
             ,
             which
             belongeth
             to
             them
             that
             are
             of
             full
             age
             ,
             even
             those
             who
             by
             reason
             of
             use
             have
             their
             senses
             exercised
             to
             discern
             both
             good
             and
             evil
          
           ;
           and
           I
           will
           add
           ,
           between
           things
           plain
           and
           abstruse
           ,
           more
           necessary
           and
           less
           ,
           certain
           and
           doubtful
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Another
           Rule
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           principal
           design
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           Subject
           of
           it
           ,
           whether
           as
           to
           Faith
           or
           Practice
           :
           For
           from
           thence
           doth
           arise
           what
           is
           usually
           called
           the
           
             Analogy
             of
             
             Faith
          
           ;
           and
           which
           will
           be
           a
           Standard
           upon
           all
           occasions
           to
           have
           recourse
           to
           .
           For
           what
           Sense
           is
           to
           things
           sensible
           ,
           and
           Reason
           to
           things
           meerly
           reasonable
           ,
           that
           is
           the
           Analogy
           of
           Faith
           to
           all
           Interpretations
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           whose
           Arbitration
           they
           must
           stand
           and
           fall
           :
           Of
           this
           the
           Apostle
           gives
           an
           Instance
           as
           to
           Faith
           ,
           1
           
             John
             4.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             Hereby
             know
             ye
             the
             Spirit
             of
             God
             ;
             every
             Spirit
             that
             confesseth
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             is
             of
             God.
             And
             every
             Spirit
             that
             confesseth
             not
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
             is
             not
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           And
           if
           there
           should
           be
           any
           place
           of
           Scripture
           that
           such
           Hereticks
           would
           produce
           in
           their
           favour
           ,
           we
           may
           peremptorily
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           meaning
           they
           would
           force
           upon
           it
           ,
           is
           no
           more
           the
           meaning
           of
           that
           Scripture
           ,
           than
           that
           can
           be
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           
             which
             confesseth
             not
             that
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             come
             in
             the
             flesh
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           For
           the
           better
           understanding
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           proper
           way
           to
           compare
           Scripture
           with
           Scripture
           ,
           the
           Old
           Testament
           with
           the
           New
           ,
           the
           obscure
           with
           the
           plain
           .
           For
           that
           which
           is
           obscure
           and
           difficult
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           is
           usually
           explained
           and
           made
           clear
           in
           another
           ,
           as
           St.
           Austin
           ,
           in
           the
           Book
           before
           quoted
           ,
           observes
           .
        
         
         
           Toward
           the
           more
           useful
           Application
           of
           this
           Rule
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           convenient
           to
           enquire
           from
           whence
           the
           Difficulties
           and
           Obscurities
           in
           Scripture
           do
           arise
           ;
           Whether
           from
           the
           Sublimity
           of
           the
           Matter
           ;
           the
           Proprieties
           of
           Language
           ;
           the
           Relation
           that
           one
           thing
           has
           to
           another
           ,
           as
           Types
           ;
           the
           Modes
           and
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           in
           Matters
           Prophetical
           or
           Figurative
           ;
           which
           we
           may
           be
           helped
           in
           by
           this
           way
           of
           comparison
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           have
           just
           before
           said
           ,
           
           that
           
             there
             is
             no
             greater
             sign
             of
             the
             matter
             's
             being
             unnecessay
             ,
             than
             when
             it
             is
             what
             we
             cannot
             understand
             ,
             or
             is
             not
             plainly
             to
             be
             found
             in
             Scripture
             :
          
           I
           mean
           thereby
           ,
           not
           the
           matter
           or
           thing
           spoken
           of
           ,
           but
           the
           Proposition
           :
           For
           the
           Proposition
           may
           be
           a
           plain
           and
           a
           very
           intelligible
           Proposition
           ,
           when
           the
           matter
           of
           it
           is
           inexplicable
           ,
           and
           above
           our
           understanding
           .
           As
           the
           Proposition
           ,
           
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
          
           ,
           is
           a
           plain
           Proposition
           ,
           and
           as
           easy
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           respect
           of
           its
           Sence
           and
           Meaning
           ,
           as
           that
           a
           Triangle
           is
           a
           Figure
           consisting
           of
           Three
           Angles
           ;
           but
           the
           matter
           is
           vastly
           different
           ;
           for
           who
           can
           tell
           what
           a
           Spirit
           is
           ,
           or
           can
           give
           as
           adequate
           a
           Definition
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           he
           can
           of
           a
           Triangle
           ?
           And
           yet
           the
           Proposition
           before-recited
           of
           God's
           being
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           
           is
           as
           plain
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           and
           as
           necessary
           to
           be
           believed
           ;
           as
           if
           it
           were
           in
           its
           Nature
           plain
           ,
           and
           Intelligible
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           as
           perfectly
           knew
           what
           a
           Spirit
           is
           ,
           as
           we
           know
           what
           a
           Triangle
           is
           :
           And
           therefore
           the
           Obscurities
           arising
           from
           such
           Sublimity
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           are
           not
           to
           be
           brought
           here
           to
           account
           ;
           for
           they
           can
           never
           be
           made
           plainer
           to
           us
           than
           they
           are
           ,
           till
           our
           Understandings
           are
           Elevated
           and
           raised
           up
           to
           them
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           Spirit
           alone
           that
           can
           tell
           what
           a
           Spirit
           is
           ,
           and
           't
           is
           God
           only
           knows
           himself
           .
           And
           though
           now
           we
           have
           it
           as
           plainly
           Revealed
           that
           
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
          
           ,
           as
           that
           God
           is
           ;
           yet
           we
           must
           be
           contented
           neither
           to
           have
           an
           adequate
           Notion
           of
           God
           ,
           unless
           we
           were
           as
           God
           ,
           nor
           also
           the
           like
           Notion
           of
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           till
           we
           become
           Spirits
           our selves
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           a
           sign
           of
           the
           
             matter
             's
             being
             unnecessary
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             not
             plainly
             to
             be
             found
             in
             Scripture
          
           ;
           thereby
           is
           meant
           what
           is
           plain
           to
           such
           as
           Search
           ,
           Enquire
           and
           Compare
           ,
           and
           know
           how
           to
           argue
           from
           it
           :
           And
           if
           by
           Search
           and
           Enquiry
           ,
           by
           comparing
           and
           arguing
           ,
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           plain
           ,
           I
           may
           as
           well
           so
           call
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           was
           in
           so
           many
           words
           therein
           expressed
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           a
           very
           convincing
           Argument
           of
           a
           Future
           State
           in
           the
           Scripture
           quoted
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           God
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             am
             the
             God
             of
             Abraham
             ,
          
           
           &c.
           from
           whence
           our
           Saviour
           with
           great
           strength
           infers
           ,
           
             God
             is
             not
             the
             God
             of
             the
             Dead
             but
             of
             the
             Living
          
           ;
           and
           so
           those
           that
           he
           is
           the
           God
           of
           ,
           are
           alive
           .
           But
           though
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Argument
           is
           now
           very
           evident
           ,
           by
           the
           light
           our
           Saviour
           gives
           to
           it
           ,
           yet
           I
           believe
           few
           would
           have
           observed
           it
           without
           that
           Direction
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           sure
           without
           taking
           that
           Method
           of
           comparing
           Scripture
           with
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           For
           it
           is
           by
           that
           Rule
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           We
           come
           to
           understand
           the
           Idiotisms
           and
           Proprieties
           of
           the
           Language
           in
           which
           the
           Scripture
           was
           Written
           ;
           and
           without
           attending
           to
           which
           ,
           we
           shall
           fall
           very
           much
           short
           of
           attaining
           to
           the
           sence
           of
           it
           .
           These
           Idiotisms
           are
           common
           ,
           with
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           to
           all
           Languages
           ,
           and
           so
           are
           no
           otherwise
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           than
           by
           a
           strict
           Observation
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Example
           ,
           Without
           this
           Key
           ,
           how
           irreconcileable
           would
           it
           be
           to
           other
           Texts
           ,
           to
           have
           it
           said
           ,
           
           
             God
             would
             have
             mercy
             and
             not
             sacrifice
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           our
           Saviour
           should
           require
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           
           
             not
             to
             labour
             for
             that
             meat
             which
             perisheth
          
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Apostle
           should
           forbid
           Women
           
           the
           
             adorning
             themselves
             with
             the
             outward
             adorning
             of
             plaiting
             the
             hair
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             wearing
             of
             gold
             ,
             or
             of
             putting
             on
             of
             apparel
             ?
          
           All
           of
           which
           were
           notwithstanding
           allow'd
           ,
           and
           some
           requir'd
           elsewhere
           .
           But
           now
           if
           we
           attend
           to
           the
           Genius
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           and
           compare
           one
           Scripture
           with
           the
           other
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           ,
           that
           the
           Jews
           having
           no
           Degrees
           of
           comparison
           ,
           were
           wont
           to
           express
           comparisons
           by
           Antitheses
           or
           Negatives
           ;
           and
           then
           the
           sence
           of
           the
           Negative
           Not
           ,
           is
           
             not
             so
             much
          
           ;
           as
           
             labour
             not
          
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           
             for
             the
             meat
             that
             perisheth
          
           ,
           as
           
             for
             that
             which
             endureth
             to
             everlasting
             life
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           And
           if
           this
           be
           observed
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           there
           is
           no
           contradiction
           ,
           when
           in
           one
           place
           Sacrifices
           are
           requir'd
           ,
           and
           in
           another
           ,
           that
           
             God
             would
             have
             mercy
             and
             not
             sacrifice
          
           ;
           when
           in
           one
           place
           ,
           it
           is
           commanded
           to
           
             work
             with
             their
             own
             hands
          
           ;
           
           and
           in
           another
           ,
           
             labour
             not
             for
             the
             meat
             that
             perisheth
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           By
           this
           way
           of
           comparison
           we
           come
           to
           understand
           the
           Figurative
           Phraseology
           or
           manner
           of
           Expression
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           such
           are
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           in
           a
           proper
           and
           literal
           ,
           but
           allusive
           sence
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           Instance
           ;
           God
           is
           in
           Scripture
           said
           to
           have
           Eyes
           and
           Hands
           ,
           Ears
           and
           Bowels
           ,
           
           which
           are
           terms
           belonging
           to
           a
           Natural
           and
           Human
           Body
           :
           And
           also
           to
           Laugh
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           Angry
           ,
           and
           to
           Repent
           ,
           which
           are
           passions
           belonging
           to
           Mankind
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           read
           also
           ,
           that
           
             God
             is
             a
             Spirit
          
           ,
           and
           so
           hath
           not
           a
           Body
           ,
           nor
           any
           of
           the
           parts
           belonging
           to
           it
           :
           And
           that
           he
           
             is
             not
             as
             man
             that
             he
             should
             repent
          
           ;
           and
           neither
           is
           nor
           can
           be
           subject
           to
           those
           Infirmities
           and
           Passions
           which
           belong
           to
           us
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           such
           Bodily
           or
           Mental
           Affections
           and
           Properties
           are
           imputed
           in
           words
           to
           him
           ,
           it
           is
           in
           a
           figurative
           and
           improper
           sence
           ,
           and
           which
           are
           spoken
           of
           him
           after
           the
           manner
           of
           Men
           ,
           and
           in
           condescension
           to
           our
           Infirmity
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           able
           to
           conceive
           of
           him
           as
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           what
           he
           is
           in
           himself
           .
           So
           that
           it
           would
           be
           a
           gross
           piece
           of
           folly
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           such
           Figurative
           Expressions
           (
           as
           Theodoret
           saith
           of
           Audaeus
           )
           to
           conceive
           of
           God
           as
           a
           Corporeal
           Being
           ;
           
           which
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           he
           is
           not
           a
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           so
           to
           make
           the
           Scripture
           inconsistent
           with
           it self
           .
        
         
           Another
           instance
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           is
           the
           Assertion
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
          
           ;
           which
           being
           a
           Sacramental
           as
           well
           as
           Figurative
           Phrase
           of
           Speech
           ,
           recourse
           must
           be
           had
           to
           the
           like
           Institutions
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           to
           what
           has
           the
           
           nearest
           resemblance
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           Passover
           ,
           the
           Jewish
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           ,
           as
           I
           may
           so
           say
           ,
           their
           Lord's
           Supper
           .
           Now
           when
           we
           read
           in
           the
           Law
           ,
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             's
             Passover
          
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           roasted
           and
           
             eat
             the
             Passover
          
           ,
           we
           easily
           conceive
           that
           by
           it
           they
           meant
           not
           the
           Angel's
           passing
           over
           the
           Houses
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           Israel
           (
           which
           gave
           occasion
           to
           the
           Phrase
           )
           ;
           but
           the
           Lamb
           ,
           which
           was
           the
           Memorial
           and
           the
           Representation
           of
           it
           .
           So
           when
           in
           Correspondence
           hereto
           ,
           we
           read
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ,
           he
           said
           of
           the
           Bread
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
          
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           broke
           the
           Bread
           ,
           and
           they
           eat
           of
           it
           ;
           we
           can
           reasonably
           no
           more
           understand
           that
           his
           Natural
           Body
           was
           then
           actually
           broken
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           did
           eat
           his
           very
           Body
           ,
           than
           we
           can
           understand
           ,
           that
           when
           the
           Jews
           roasted
           and
           eat
           the
           Passover
           ,
           they
           roasted
           and
           eat
           the
           Angel
           that
           passed
           over
           the
           Houses
           where
           the
           Blood
           was
           sprinkled
           .
           And
           therefore
           what
           was
           improperly
           and
           figuratively
           spoken
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           was
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           spoken
           of
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           alike
           to
           be
           understood
           .
        
         
           Indeed
           such
           Figures
           and
           Modes
           of
           Speech
           ,
           are
           as
           soon
           understood
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           as
           plain
           and
           literal
           Propositions
           .
        
         
         
           As
           when
           our
           Saviour
           is
           called
           a
           Lamb
           ,
           a
           Door
           ,
           a
           Shepherd
           ,
           a
           Vine
           ,
           he
           was
           no
           more
           really
           such
           ,
           nor
           are
           such
           Phrases
           any
           more
           literally
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           than
           that
           Herod
           was
           a
           Fox
           ,
           and
           the
           Pharisees
           Vipers
           ,
           because
           they
           were
           so
           called
           by
           our
           Saviour
           :
           And
           therefore
           as
           our
           Saviour's
           Auditors
           as
           soon
           understood
           him
           ,
           when
           he
           spoke
           after
           this
           Figurative
           ,
           as
           if
           in
           the
           plainest
           and
           literal
           Phrase
           of
           it
           ;
           so
           one
           would
           think
           they
           should
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           be
           as
           certain
           they
           did
           understand
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           when
           he
           said
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             Body
          
           ,
           not
           of
           a
           proper
           human
           Body
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           way
           of
           Representation
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           and
           those
           places
           to
           which
           this
           had
           an
           immediate
           reference
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           By
           this
           way
           of
           comparison
           we
           come
           to
           understand
           the
           Typical
           Phrase
           of
           Scripture
           ;
           which
           of
           it self
           is
           ,
           like
           the
           Types
           ,
           obscure
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           great
           Conformity
           between
           the
           Old
           Testament
           and
           the
           New
           ,
           and
           especially
           as
           to
           what
           is
           the
           main
           Subject
           of
           the
           Mosaical
           Law
           ,
           
           the
           Types
           ,
           Ceremonies
           ,
           and
           Rites
           of
           it
           :
           And
           where
           there
           is
           this
           Correspondence
           and
           Conformity
           ,
           we
           must
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           one
           ,
           borrow
           light
           from
           the
           other
           .
           And
           therefore
           when
           the
           like
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           
           are
           us'd
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           as
           are
           in
           the
           Old
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           supposed
           that
           we
           are
           well
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Old
           ;
           or
           that
           we
           must
           have
           recourse
           to
           that
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           New
           :
           Of
           this
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           is
           an
           Instance
           ,
           the
           Phraseology
           of
           which
           is
           mostly
           Legal
           and
           Ritual
           ;
           and
           so
           we
           must
           be
           acquainted
           with
           those
           Rites
           ,
           or
           the
           Modes
           of
           speaking
           ,
           to
           understand
           it
           .
           I
           shall
           here
           content
           my self
           with
           a
           particular
           or
           two
           of
           this
           sort
           .
           
           It
           is
           a
           known
           case
           ,
           and
           very
           usual
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           in
           the
           Levitical
           or
           Prophetical
           part
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           call
           
             a
             Sin-offering
          
           by
           the
           name
           Sin
           ,
           
           or
           in
           the
           Translation
           of
           the
           Septuagint
           ,
           
             for
             Sin.
          
           
        
         
           Now
           this
           is
           an
           Elliptical
           way
           of
           Expression
           ,
           very
           customary
           in
           those
           and
           other
           Languages
           ;
           but
           what
           is
           customary
           and
           significant
           in
           one
           ,
           yet
           if
           Translated
           into
           another
           ,
           oft-times
           looks
           absurdly
           ;
           and
           so
           it
           is
           necessary
           in
           such
           a
           Translation
           to
           supply
           it
           by
           what
           was
           before
           understood
           ,
           but
           not
           expressed
           ;
           as
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Cases
           abovesaid
           .
           Thus
           for
           instance
           ,
           Hebr.
           9.
           28.
           
           'T
           is
           said
           our
           Saviour
           
             Christ
             was
             once
             offer'd
             to
             bear
             the
             Sins
             of
             many
             ;
             and
             unto
             them
             that
             look
             for
             him
             ,
             shall
             he
             appear
             the
             second
             time
             without
             Sin
             unto
             Salvation
             .
          
           But
           thus
           he
           appear'd
           the
           first
           time
           ,
           he
           was
           then
           without
           Sin
           ;
           and
           therefore
           here
           
           according
           to
           the
           Subject
           the
           Apostle
           is
           discoursing
           upon
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           be
           supplied
           after
           this
           manner
           ,
           
             without
             a
             Sin-offering
          
           .
           So
           it
           is
           ,
           Hebr.
           10.
           8.
           and
           2
           Cor.
           5.
           21.
           
           So
           we
           have
           it
           according
           to
           the
           latter
           Phrase
           of
           the
           Septuagint
           ,
           
             Rom.
             8.
             3.
             
             God
             sending
             his
             own
             Son
             in
             the
             likeness
             of
             sinful
             flesh
             ,
             and
             for
             Sin
             condemned
             Sin
             in
             the
             flesh
             .
          
           
           
             For
             Sin
          
           ,
           is
           a
           Phrase
           rough
           and
           abrupt
           ;
           but
           if
           we
           add
           to
           it
           
             by
             a
             Sacrifice
             for
             Sin
          
           ,
           it
           is
           very
           agreeable
           and
           intelligible
           .
        
         
           Now
           when
           there
           is
           this
           Mystical
           Relation
           ,
           and
           the
           Gospel
           has
           a
           respect
           in
           its
           Phrase
           and
           manner
           of
           speaking
           ,
           to
           the
           Types
           and
           Ceremonies
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           the
           Antitype
           is
           to
           be
           explained
           by
           the
           Type
           ,
           the
           New
           by
           the
           Old.
           
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           By
           this
           way
           of
           comparison
           ,
           we
           become
           acquainted
           with
           the
           Prophetical
           way
           of
           Writing
           ,
           and
           may
           understand
           what
           without
           it
           would
           be
           obscure
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           just
           before
           observed
           the
           Relation
           that
           is
           between
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           we
           would
           understand
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           it
           is
           fit
           to
           repair
           to
           the
           Law
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Phrase
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           would
           understand
           the
           Law
           in
           its
           noblest
           sence
           ,
           we
           must
           repair
           to
           the
           Gospel
           .
           And
           from
           this
           Relation
           between
           these
           Two
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Prophecies
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           especially
           as
           to
           the
           Future
           
           State
           of
           the
           Church
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           are
           clothed
           in
           the
           Phrase
           of
           the
           Mosaical
           Institutions
           and
           Rites
           .
           Thus
           the
           Success
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           Enlargement
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           ,
           is
           described
           under
           such
           Characters
           .
           Isai.
           2.
           2.
           3.
           
           
             It
             shall
             come
             to
             pass
             in
             the
             last
             days
             ,
             that
             the
             Mountain
             of
             the
             Lord's
             House
             shall
             be
             established
             in
             the
             top
             of
             the
             Mountains
             ,
             and
             all
             Nations
             shall
             flow
             unto
             it
             .
          
           Isai.
           66.
           23.
           
           
             It
             shall
             come
             to
             pass
             from
             one
             New-moon
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             from
             one
             Sabbath
             to
             another
             ,
             all
             flesh
             shall
             come
             to
             Worship
             before
             me
          
           at
           Jerusalem
           ,
           v.
           20.
           which
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           Phrases
           were
           no
           more
           literally
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           ,
           than
           that
           we
           shall
           
             eat
             Bread
             in
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           But
           now
           as
           the
           Happiness
           of
           the
           Future
           State
           is
           often
           described
           by
           such
           Phrases
           as
           belong
           to
           this
           present
           state
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           that
           which
           they
           are
           literally
           applied
           to
           :
           So
           the
           Prophecies
           concerning
           the
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           are
           frequently
           exemplified
           under
           such
           Resemblances
           and
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           as
           suited
           the
           People
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           for
           whose
           immediate
           use
           they
           were
           wrote
           ;
           and
           notwithstanding
           which
           ,
           neither
           they
           nor
           others
           could
           possibly
           be
           led
           into
           such
           a
           mistake
           ,
           as
           to
           think
           that
           such
           should
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           the
           Messias
           be
           ,
           as
           those
           Expressions
           verbally
           signified
           ;
           when
           it
           was
           evident
           
           from
           the
           Prophecies
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           that
           that
           Legal
           State
           was
           to
           be
           abolished
           ,
           and
           also
           that
           several
           of
           the
           things
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           them
           were
           unpracticable
           .
           As
           for
           example
           ;
           when
           it
           was
           said
           ,
           that
           
             from
             one
             New-moon
             to
             another
             ,
             and
             from
             one
             Sabbath
             to
             another
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           Monthly
           and
           Weekly
           ,
           all
           Nations
           should
           come
           up
           to
           Worship
           the
           Lord
           at
           Jerusalem
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           in
           the
           Explication
           of
           such
           Phrases
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           consider
           what
           they
           exactly
           signify
           in
           their
           first
           and
           original
           use
           ,
           but
           to
           what
           purpose
           they
           serve
           and
           are
           applied
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           we
           do
           ,
           we
           shall
           lightly
           as
           soon
           understand
           the
           
             New
             heaven
             and
             the
             New
             earth
             ,
          
           which
           St.
           Peter
           speaks
           of
           ,
           2
           Pet.
           3.
           13.
           as
           
             the
             Heaven
             and
             the
             Earth
          
           in
           the
           First
           Chapter
           of
           Genesi●
           :
           And
           as
           well
           shall
           we
           understand
           Babylon
           and
           Euphrates
           in
           the
           Mystical
           sence
           of
           the
           Apocalypse
           ,
           as
           we
           do
           in
           the
           Historical
           Books
           of
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           But
           above
           all
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           doth
           so
           lay
           open
           the
           Secrets
           and
           Mysteries
           of
           Prophecy
           ,
           as
           the
           Event
           ;
           for
           by
           that
           means
           ,
           where
           it
           is
           fulfilled
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           clear
           as
           if
           it
           had
           been
           Historically
           related
           .
           And
           as
           if
           we
           look
           back
           from
           the
           Event
           to
           the
           Prediction
           ,
           we
           the
           better
           understand
           that
           Prediction
           ,
           which
           without
           the
           Knowledge
           and
           Observation
           of
           the
           Event
           we
           could
           not
           
           perhaps
           have
           understood
           :
           So
           by
           comparing
           what
           yet
           remains
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           ,
           with
           what
           has
           been
           already
           fulfilled
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           useful
           key
           for
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           one
           by
           the
           other
           ;
           the
           obscure
           by
           the
           plain
           ,
           and
           what
           we
           do
           not
           know
           the
           meaning
           of
           ,
           by
           what
           we
           do
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           we
           may
           understand
           the
           Prophetical
           Schemes
           of
           Speech
           ,
           concerning
           the
           destruction
           of
           a
           Nation
           ,
           by
           comparing
           one
           of
           the
           Testaments
           with
           the
           other
           ;
           or
           what
           is
           to
           be
           fulfilled
           with
           what
           has
           been
           fulfilled
           .
           So
           when
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           we
           find
           it
           Prophetically
           threatned
           of
           
             Babylon
             ,
             Idumea
             ,
             Egypt
             ,
             &c.
          
           that
           the
           
             Stars
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             the
             Constellations
             thereof
             shall
             not
             give
             their
             light
          
           —
           that
           
             all
             the
             Host
             of
             Heaven
             shall
             be
             dissolved
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             fall
             down
             as
             the
             Leaf
             of
             a
             Vine
          
           —
           And
           when
           that
           we
           read
           in
           Daniel
           ,
           the
           little
           Horn
           
             cast
             down
             some
             of
             the
             Host
             and
             of
             the
             Stars
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             stamped
             upon
             them
          
           :
           
           We
           have
           a
           key
           to
           unlock
           the
           Mysterious
           Expressions
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           .
           As
           when
           't
           is
           said
           (
           if
           it
           be
           to
           be
           understood
           of
           the
           destruction
           of
           Judea
           )
           that
           
             the
             Sun
             shall
             be
             darkned
             ,
             and
             the
             Moon
             shall
             not
             give
             her
             light
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Stars
             shall
             fall
             from
             Heaven
          
           ;
           and
           that
           
             a
             third
             part
             of
             the
             Sun
             ,
          
           
           
             Moon
             ,
             and
             Stars
             shall
             be
             darkned
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           it
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           after
           the
           same
           manner
           as
           the
           other
           .
           Now
           by
           a
           reflection
           upon
           the
           state
           of
           those
           Nations
           abovesaid
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           we
           find
           all
           intended
           in
           those
           Mystical
           Expressions
           was
           ,
           That
           these
           Nations
           should
           be
           utterly
           destroyed
           ,
           and
           all
           Orders
           and
           Degrees
           of
           men
           ,
           
           represented
           by
           the
           Sun
           ,
           Moon
           and
           Stars
           ,
           should
           be
           dissolved
           :
           And
           therefore
           accordingly
           are
           we
           in
           the
           Prophetical
           passages
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           to
           understand
           those
           Phrases
           and
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           the
           like
           way
           .
        
         
           It
           would
           be
           endless
           to
           prosecute
           this
           Argument
           as
           far
           as
           it
           will
           bear
           ;
           for
           then
           I
           might
           go
           through
           the
           134
           Rules
           of
           
             Franciscus
             Ruizius
          
           ;
           
           but
           what
           I
           have
           here
           laid
           down
           is
           sufficient
           to
           help
           and
           direct
           us
           ,
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           in
           the
           Interpretation
           of
           such
           Forms
           of
           Speech
           ,
           which
           often
           render
           the
           sense
           of
           Scripture
           difficult
           .
           But
           God
           be
           thanked
           ,
           there
           is
           little
           of
           this
           in
           comparison
           of
           what
           is
           plain
           and
           easy
           ,
           and
           in
           which
           the
           main
           of
           a
           Christian's
           Duty
           is
           concerned
           .
           This
           the
           experience
           of
           every
           one
           that
           is
           at
           all
           conversant
           in
           those
           sacred
           Books
           ,
           will
           confirm
           ,
           to
           the
           silencing
           of
           all
           Cavils
           ,
           which
           some
           men
           of
           Wit
           ,
           and
           
           others
           of
           Design
           ,
           may
           pretend
           to
           the
           contrary
           .
        
         
           For
           I
           dare
           confidently
           say
           ,
           That
           no
           one
           can
           plead
           ignorance
           against
           his
           Duty
           ,
           or
           that
           he
           failed
           in
           it
           ,
           because
           the
           sacred
           Pages
           are
           not
           to
           be
           understood
           .
           What!
           will
           such
           dare
           to
           refer
           their
           cause
           to
           the
           Judgment-day
           ,
           and
           be
           willing
           to
           be
           determined
           to
           Life
           or
           Death
           ,
           to
           Salvation
           or
           Damnation
           ,
           as
           they
           can
           make
           this
           good
           ?
           Will
           they
           put
           Eternity
           upon
           this
           issue
           ,
           and
           insist
           upon
           it
           ,
           That
           they
           could
           not
           know
           what
           they
           were
           to
           believe
           or
           do
           ,
           because
           the
           Scriptures
           that
           should
           have
           informed
           and
           directed
           them
           ,
           were
           obscure
           ,
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           unintelligible
           ?
           If
           they
           will
           not
           offer
           this
           by
           way
           of
           relief
           or
           mitigation
           ,
           then
           't
           is
           plain
           that
           all
           the
           cry
           of
           Obscurities
           ,
           and
           Difficulties
           ,
           and
           Uncertainties
           ,
           are
           but
           pitiful
           shifts
           ,
           and
           sorry
           pretences
           .
           There
           are
           plain
           places
           and
           Books
           enough
           and
           enough
           ,
           to
           silence
           all
           such
           presumptuous
           and
           arrogant
           Cavillers
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           will
           believe
           our
           own
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           credit
           our
           own
           Understandings
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           is
           plain
           in
           all
           that
           is
           necessary
           for
           us
           to
           know
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           do
           according
           to
           what
           that
           teaches
           ,
           and
           we
           may
           learn
           from
           it
           ,
           we
           shall
           
           never
           be
           wanting
           in
           all
           necessary
           qualifications
           for
           that
           Everlasting
           happiness
           which
           is
           therein
           revealed
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           promoting
           of
           which
           it
           was
           written
           .
           
             Which
             God
             grant
             to
             us
             all
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord.
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           ERRATA
           .
        
         
           PAge
           5.
           
           Line
           19.
           r.
           
             he
             should
          
           .
           p.
           9.
           l.
           19.
           del
           .
           
             of
             Life
          
           .
           p.
           13.
           l.
           5.
           
             after
             them
          
           .
           del
           .
           (
           .
           )
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66404-e190
           
             John
             5.
             
             ●9
             .
          
           
             V.
             Just.
             Mart.
             Dial.
             cum
             Tryph.
             &
             Tertul.
             contr
             .
             Jud.
             c.
             9.
             
          
           
             Aug.
             de
             Doct.
             Christ.
             l.
             2.
             
          
           
             Philos.
             Scipturae
             Interp.
             C.
             3.
             n.
             16.
             &
             n.
             25.
             &c.
             4.
             
          
           
             Serm.
             Fourtb
             and
             Sixth
             of
             the
             last
             Year
             .
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.
             16.
             
          
           
             Act.
             8.
             30
             ,
             31.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             5.
             12.
             14.
             
          
           
             P.
             12.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             22.
             32.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             6.
             6.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             9.
             13.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             6.
             27.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             3.
             13.
             
          
           
             1
             Thes.
             4.
             11.
             
          
           
             Haeret.
             Fabul
             .
             l.
             4.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             1
             Cor.
             10
             ,
             11.
             
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             Lev.
             4.
             3
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             53.
             10.
             
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
          
           
             Isai.
             13.
             10.
             34.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ezek.
             32.
             7.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             8.
             10.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             29.
             12.
             
          
           
             Revel
             .
             8.
             12.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             37.
             9.
             
          
           
             Regulae
             Intelligendi
             Scripturas
             Sacras
             .
             Par.
             1550.