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

Fifthly: If you do desire so to understand the Scripture, as it may be a Light to all your paths; then be sure that you put nothing else in Commission with it for your Rule. 'Tis with the Scripture in this respect, as with God, Christ, and the Spirit; If you come to God for help, yet if you join another God in Commission with him, he will not give down his help: so if you join any thing with Christ in the matter of Mediation, though you come to him, he will not give in the comfort of his Mediation to you: so for the Spirit, though you come unto him for comfort, being the Comforter; yet if you join any thing else in Commission with the Spirit, it will not give down his Comfort. And so here; though you come, and tend, and wait upon God in the Scripture; yet if there be any thing else which you do make your Joint-Rule with the Scripture, any Light within you, or Precept of Man without you, it will not give down its Light to you, but you will be left in the dark. Do you desire therefore, to understand and know the true sense and meaning of the Scripture? then take heed that you join no other thing in Commission with it, as to the matter of your Rule. And thus I have done with the first thing that we must do in taking heed to the Scripture; we must take heed to know, and understand the same.

Fiftly: If you do desire so to understand the Scripture, as it may be a Light to al your paths; then be sure that you put nothing else in Commission with it for your Rule. 'Tis with the Scripture in this respect, as with God, Christ, and the Spirit; If you come to God for help, yet if you joyn another God in Commission with him, he wil not give down his help: so if you joyn any thing with Christ in the matter of Mediation, though you come to him, he wil not give in the comfort of his Mediation to you: so for the Spirit, though you come unto him for comfort, being the Comforter; yet if you joyn any thing else in Commission with the Spirit, it wil not give down his Comfort. And so here; though you come, and tend, and wait upon God in the Scripture; yet if there be any thing else which you do make your Joynt-Rule with the Scripture, any Light within you, or Precept of Man without you, it wil not give down its Light to you, but you wil be left in the dark. Do you desire therefore, to understand and know the true sense and meaning of the Scripture? then take heed that you joyn no other thing in Commission with it, as to the matter of your Rule. And thus I have done with the first thing that we must do in taking heed to the Scripture; we must take heed to know, and understand the same.