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

But Secondly, and more practically: If you would so understand the Scripture, that you may take heed thereunto, as to a Light shining in your dark state: then,

First: You must go to God for the Spirit; for without it, ye cannot understand the Mind of God in the Scripture:¹ No man knows the Mind of Paul, but by the Spirit of Paul; nor the Mind of Peter, but by the Spirit of Peter; no man knows the Mind of Christ, but by the Spirit of Christ: stand therefore under Gospel Dispensations, where the Spirit breaths. So says the Apostle, Received ye the Spirit by the Law, or by the hea•ing of Faith? And seeing God hath promised to give this Spirit unto them that ask it, go unto God for the same.

First: You must go to God for the Spirit; for without it, ye cannot understand the Mind of God in the Scripture:¹ No man knows the Mind of Paul, but by the Spirit of Paul; nor the Mind of Peter, but by the Spirit of Peter; no man knows the Mind of Christ, but by the Spirit of Christ: stand therefore under Gospel Dispensations, where the Spirit breaths. So saies the Apostle, Received ye the Spirit by the Law, or by the hea•ing of Faith? And seeing God hath promised to give this Spirit unto them that ask it, go unto God for the same.

1. 1Quo spiritu Scripturae factae sunt eo spiritu legendae, nunquam ingredieris in sensum Pauli, nisi spiritum Pauli imbiberis. Omnia dona a Deo Patre luminum. Christi munus est aperire Scripturas, Luc. 24. Spiritus sanctus author simul et Explicator Scripturae.