I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Answ. 1 Nay, but the same Scripture hath but one entire Sense. Indeed Papists tell us, that one Scripture hath many Senses; but the Protestants hold,¹ That there is but one entire Sense of a Scripture, though divers applications of it. As for Example: The Old Testament says, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Ox, which the Apostle applies to the maintenance of the Ministers. The Sense is but one in divers parts, thus; as the mouth of the Ox is not to be muzzled, so Ministry is to be maintained. There is but one whole sense of a Scripture, though divers parts and applications of it.

Answ. 1 Nay, but the same Scripture hath but one intire Sense. Indeed Papists tel us, that one Scripture hath many Senses; but the Protestants hold,¹ That there is but one intire Sense of a Scripture, though divers applications of it. As for Example: The Old Testament saies, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the Ox, which the Apostle applies to the maintenance of the Ministers. The Sense is but one in divers parts, thus; as the mouth of the Ox is not to be muzzled, so Ministry is to be maintained. There is but one whol sense of a Scripture, though divers parts and applications of it.

1. 1Excipiendus est Michael Medina.

Answ. 2 Though the sense of the Scripture be but one entire sense, yet sometimes the Scripture is to be understood Literally, sometimes Figuratively, and Metaphorically (but always Spiritually, for when it is taken Literally, it is taken Spiritually) for says the ⟨p. 49⟩Apostle; If thy Brother offend thee, heap coals of fire upon his head. that is not to be taken Literally, but Metaphorically. So when our Saviour saith, If thine eye, or hand, or foot offend thee, pull it out, and cut it off; this is not to be understood Literally, but Metaphorically.