A90280:264
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. 5. It is evident that the design of this Appendix was to gather together every thing of this sort, that might ⟨p. 194⟩by any means be afforded; At the Present, that the Reader may not be too much startled at the fruit of their diligence, whose work and labour it was, I shall only remark concerning it some few things that on a general view of it occur unto me.
Sect. 5. It is evident that the designe of this Appendix was to gather together every thing of this sort, that might ⟨p. 194⟩by any meanes be afforded; At the Present, that the Reader may not be too much startled at the fruit of their diligence, whose work and labour it was, I shall only remarke concerning it some few things that on a generall view of it occurre unto me.
Sect. 6. 1. Then here is professedly no choice made, nor judgment used in discerning, which may indeed be called various Lections; but all differences whatever that could be found in any copies, printed or written, are equally given out. Hence many differences that had been formerly rejected by learned men for open corruptions, are here tendered us again. The very first observation in the Treatise next printed unto this collection in the Appendix it self, rejects one of the varieties, as a corruption. So have some others of them been by Arias Montanus, Camero, and many more. It is not every variety or difference in a copy that should presently be cried up for a various Reading. A man might with as good colour ⟨p. 195⟩and pretence take all the printed copies he could get, of various editions, and gathering out the errata Typographica, print them for various Lections, as give us many, I shall say the most of these in this Appendix, under that name. It may be said indeed, that the Composers of this Appendix found it not incumbent on them, to make any judgment of the Readings, which de facto they found in the copies they perused, but merely to represent what they so found, leaving the judgment of them unto others; I say also it may be so; and therefore as I do not reflect on them, nor their diligence, so I hope they nor others, will not be offended, that I give this notice of what Judgment remains yet to be made concerning them.