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

If you would understand the true sense and meaning of a controverted scripture; then look well into the Coherence, the Scope, and the Context thereof: For as the He••ew Rabbin says well,¹ There is no Objection can arise upon t e Text, but there is an Answer in the sides thereo•: For example; the Papists urge that place o• James, 2. for justification by Works; whereas if we look diligently into the Coherence, & the scope thereof, we shall find that the Apostle •peaks of the work of Faith in opposition to the Profession of Faith; for says he, ver. 14. W••t will it profit, my brethren▪ if a man say, he have fai h, and have […]? will it save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and in want, verse 15. and one of you say, depart in peace, and be warmed and filled; if you give him not what is good for the Body, what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it have not works, is dead. A man may say, he hath Faith; but the Devils say, and believe there is one God: Was not Abraham justified by Works when he offered Isaac? that Faith that justified Abraham, was not a bare profession of Faith, but 'twas a working Faith; the profession of Faith alone doth not justify, but it is a Faith which consists in a Work, it is a working Faith: this is the scope of the place then, as appears by the Coherence. If a Scripture therefore, do lie under Controversy, take you the Bible, and look well unto the Scope, and the Coherence of the Text controverted.

If you would understand the true sense and meaning of a controverted •cripture; then look wel into the Coherence, the Scope, and the Context thereof: For as the He••ew Rabbin saies wel,¹ There is no Objection can arise upon t e Text, but there is an Answer in the sides thereo•: For example; the Papists urge that place o