Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

The first revelation to ⟨p. 59⟩the Prophets and Apostles, being purely immediate and extraordinary, makes authentical Scripture. The second revelation to believers, being but ordinary, doth not make Scripture, but only capacitate their minds to take in the manifestations of the spirit therein. These things premised, I must renew my question: Say, O Enthusiast! what is thy revelation? is it a pure immediate internal locution? is it extraordinary and carried by the spirit above all humane frailty? may it be added to the Canon and become Scripture? I suppose thou canst not, darest not say so; but if thou dost, read and tremble at the sealing up of the Canon, Rev. 22.18. If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues written in this book, and if any man shall take away from them, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city. These words are as a flaming sword at the end of the Bible, to keep thee from presuming to put any thing thereunto: Say then modestly, is not thy revelation ordinary? did not the holy spirit come to thee in the chariot of the Scripture? and why then doest thou slight and undervalue it? why doest thou call it a dead letter, a fleshly elementith thing, and the like? God hath spoken once, yea, twice, (if I may so allude) once in the Old Testament, and again in the New, expect not to hear his voice or spirit any where else but there; if thou doest, thou puttest a cheat upon thy self, and instead of a revelation, embracest a mere fancy.

The first revelation to ⟨p. 59⟩the Prophets and Apostles, being purely immediate and extraordinary, makes authentical Scripture. The second revelation to believers, being but ordinary, doth not make Scripture, but only capacitate their minds to take in the manifestations of the spirit therein. These things premised, I must renew my question: Say, O Enthusiast! what is thy revelation? is it a pure immediate internal locution? is it extraordinary and carried by the spirit above all humane frailty? may it be added to the Canon and become Scripture? I suppose thou canst not, darest not say so; but if thou dost, read and tremble at the sealing up of the Canon, Rev. 22.18