This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1741 edition. Excerpt: ... knew Nothing of; that this Wisdom and Method of Discourse or Reasoning was reveal'd to him and the other Apostles by God, who alone knew his own spiritual Meaning; and that the natural Man receives not the spiritual Sense of Things, for they are foolishness unto him and cannot be known by him, because ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1741 edition. Excerpt: ... knew Nothing of; that this Wisdom and Method of Discourse or Reasoning was reveal'd to him and the other Apostles by God, who alone knew his own spiritual Meaning; and that the natural Man receives not the spiritual Sense of Things, for they are foolishness unto him and cannot be known by him, because they are not to be discern d by the common Rules of'Wisdom or Philosophy, or Disputing, but are to be discern d only by a Man, who has the secret, spiritual, or mystical Meaning of Things, or the Rules, by which to find it out, imparted (q) to him by God. In fine, is there the least Ground from the literal Sense in Genesis, to suppose (r) Abraham's two Sons, Isaac and Ishmael, signify'd the two Covenants? Does not St. Paul himself call such Interpretation allegorical? And can such a secret, spiritual Meaning of so plain a Piece of History, have any other Foundation than divine discernment? And what Foundation is there for St. Paul's arguing from the Old Testament, that Jesus mould (s) rife the third Day, but by an Allegory of Jon As's being three Days and three Nights in the Whale's Belly? Which Arguments could be no Argument adHomincm to the Jews, because, as Dr. Whit By (/) observes, they raaintain'd their Law to be eternal, and had not the least Imagination of two_ Covenants. So that I look upon all other Methods of Reasoning used by Philosophers, except that Manner of Reasoning used by the Apostles, and particularly by St. Paul, to be wholly discarded, and the allegorical Reasoning to be set up by them, as the true and only Reasoning proper to bring all Men to the Faith of Christ; and the Gentiles were to be wholly beat out of the literal Way of arguing, and to argue as became Jews. And the Event of preaching the Gospel has been suited...
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