A90280:369
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. 6. 2. Waving the consideration of our refuge in these cases, namely the good providence and care of God in the preservation of his word, let the Authors of this Insinuation prove the assertion; namely that there was ever in the world any other Copy of the Bible, differing in any one word from those that we now enjoy; let them produce one Testimony, one Author of credit, Jew or Christian, that can, or doth, or ever did, speak one word to this purpose. Let them direct us to any relic, any monument, any ⟨p. 318⟩kind of Remembrance of them, and not put us off with weak conjectures, upon the signification of one or two words, and it shall be of weight with us? Is it meet that a matter of so huge importance, called into Question by none but themselves should be cast and determined by their conjectures? do they think that men will part with the possession of Truth upon so easy terms? that they will be cast from their inheritance by divination? but they will say is it not evident that the old Translators did make use of other Copies, in that we see how they have translated many Words, and places, so as it was not possible they should have done, had they rendered our Copy according to what we now read; But will indeed this be pleaded? may it not be extended to all places, as well as to any? and may not men plead so for every variation made by the Seventy from the Original; they had other Copies then any now are extant; better all old Translations should be consumed out of the Earth, then such a figment should be admitted. That there ⟨p. 319⟩are innumerable other Reasons to be assigned of the Variations from the Original; as the Translators own inadvertency, negligence, Ignorance, (for the wisest see not all,) desire to expound and clear the sense, &, as it was likely, of altering & varying many things from the Original, with the innumerable corruptions & Interpolations that have befallen that Translation, indifferently well witnessed unto by the various lections exhibited in the Appendix, it were easy to manifest;
Sect. 6. 2. Waveing the consideration of our refuge in these cases, namely the good providence and care of God in the preservation of his word, let the Authours of this Insinuation prove the assertion; namely that there was ever in the world any other Copy of the Bible, differing in any one word from those that we now enjoy; let them produce one Testimony, one Authour of credit, Jew or Christian, that can, or doth, or ever did, speak one word to this purpose. Let them direct us to any relick, any monument, any