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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
And though the words of Scripture be sometimes applied Mystically, yet you must know that there ⟨p. 50⟩is nothing Mystical in one Scripture,1 but is Literally set down in another Scripture; let any man show me any Truth set down Mystically in one place, but I will show it literally expressed in another. Some would have all the Scripture to be understood mystically: But doth any man tell you this and that Scripture is not literally, but mystically to be understood? then let him show you where the same Truth is set down literally in another place, else you may not believe him: and if you walk by this Rule, and Rules, you shall walk safely here, and in some good measure be helped to the true sense and meaning of the Scripture in this case.
And though the words of Scripture be somtimes applied Mystically, yet you must know that there ⟨p. 50⟩is nothing Mystical in one Scripture,1 but is Literally set down in another Scripture; let any man shew me any Truth set down Mystically in one place, but I wil shew it literally expressed in another. Some would have al the Scripture to be understood mystically: But doth any man tel you this and that Scripture is not literally, but mystically to be understood? then let him shew you where the same Truth is set down literally in another place, else you may not beleeve him: and if you walk by this Rule, and Rules, you shal walk safely here, and in some good measure be helped to the true sense and meanng of the Scripture in this case.
- 1Q•is autem non impudentissime nitatur aliquid quod in Allegoria positum est, per se interpretari nisi et manifesta habeat Testimonia quorum lumine illustrentur obscura. Austin. Epist 48. ad Vincent. Donat. Si animus est allegori•m t•• ere vide inprimis, ut interpretationis ejus quam meditatis sententia alibi in Scripturis clare et absque tropo expresso inveniatur atque detracto velamine analogiae fidei respondeat. Flac. Illyric. pars altera Tract. 1. de raione cognoscendi Scripturas Observ. 2