A90280:262
Of the divine original, authority, self-evidencing light, and power of the Scriptures. With an…Of the divine originall, authority, self-evidencing light, and povver of the Scriptures. With an…
Of the divine original, authority, self-evidencing light, and power of the Scriptures. With an answer to that enquiry, how we know the Scriptures to be the Word of God. Also a vindication of the purity and integrity of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Old and New Testament; in some considerations on the prolegomena, & appendix to the late Biblia polyglotta. Whereunto are subjoined some exercitations about the nature and perfection of the Scripture, the right of interpretation, internal Light, revelation, &c. / By John Owen: D.D.Of the divine originall, authority, self-evidencing light, and povver of the Scriptures. With an answer to that enquiry, how we know the Scriptures to be the Word of God. Also a vindication of the purity and integrity of the Hebrew and Greek texts of the Old and New Testament; in some considerations on the prolegomena, & appendix to the late Biblia polyglotta. Whereunto are subjoyned some exercitations about the nature and perfection of the Scripture, the right of interpretation, internall Light, revelation, &c. / By Iohn Owen: D.D.
Oxford: printed by Henry Hall for Tho, 1659
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Sect. 4. As then I shall not speak any thing to derogate from the worth of their Labour who have gathered all these various Readings into one body or volume, so I presume I may take liberty without offence to say, I should more esteem of theirs, who would endeavour to search and trace out these pretenders, to their several originals, and rejecting the spurious brood that hath now spawned its self over the face of so much paper, that ought ⟨p. 193⟩by no means to be brought into competition with the common Reading, would reduce them to such a necessary number, whose consideration might be of some other use, then merely to create a Temptation to the Reader, that nothing is left sound and entire in the word of God.
Sect. 4. As then I shall not speak any thing to derogate from the worth of their Labour who have gathered all these various Readings into one body or volume, so I presume I may take liberty without offence to say, I should more esteeme of theirs, who would indeavour to search and trace out these pretenders, to their severall originalls, and rejecting the spurious brood that hath now spawned its selfe over the face of so much paper, that ought ⟨p. 193⟩by no means to be brought into competitiō with the cōmon Reading, would reduce them to such a necessary number, whose consideration might be of some other use, then merely to create a Temptation to the Reader, that nothing is left sound and entire in the word of God.
However now Satan seems to have exerted the utmost of his malice, men of former Ages the utmost of their negligence, of these latter Ages of their diligence, the Result of all which, we have in the present collection in this Appendix, with them that rightly ponder things there ariseth nothing at all to the prejudice of our Assertion, as may possibly, God assisting, be further manifested hereafter in the particular consideration of some, or all of these divers Readings therein exhibited unto us. Those which are of importance, have been already considered by others; especially Glassius; Tract. 1. lib. 1.