CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

First, We say the Word of God made known unto us, is thus an instrument; and this bringeth in the necessity of Officers in the Church, who by their Gifts and Ministry are to interpret and publish the Word of God to us. For if the Scriptures ⟨p. 469⟩be kept in the Original Tongue, they are unknown to most people, and so are like a Candle under a Bushel, or like a Fountain sealed up. God therefore who hath appointed his Word as a Rule, hath also given gifts to men, that there may be such, who shall divide this Word aright, and give his children fit meat in their due season; So that if a man ignorant of the Tongues, should have a Bible in Hebrew and Greek, What good could he get by it, till translated and interpreted? This is like a veil upon the Scripture, and therefore doth as much hinder our understanding, as if we had a veil upon our hearts: Hence it hath been the good Providence of God, to raise up such able and willing men, who have been ready to translate the Scripture into all kind of Languages, that so every Nation might have it in their known Tongue. We say therefore the Word of God made known to us is thus powerful.

First, We say the Word of God made known unto us, is thus an instrument; and this bringeth in the necessity of Officers in the Church, who by their Gifts and Ministry are to interpret and publish the Word of God to us. For if the Scriptures ⟨p. 469⟩be kept in the Originall Tongue, they are unknown to most people, and so are like a Candle under a Bushell, or like a Fountain sealed up. God therefore who hath appointed his Word as a Rule, hath also given gifts to men, that there may be such, who shall divide this Word aright, and give his children fit meat in their due season; So that if a man ignorant of the Tongues, should have a Bible in Hebrew and Greek, What good could he get by it, till translated and interpreted? This is like a veil upon the Scripture, and therefore doth as much hinder our understanding, as if we had a veil upon our hearts: Hence it hath been the good Providence of God, to raise up such able and willing men, who have been ready to translate the Scripture into all kinde of Languages, that so every Nation might have it in their known Tongue. We say therefore the Word of God made known to us is thus powerfull.