 | William Carus Wilson - 1845 - 598 pages
...says the chief of English theologians, "that where a literal construction will stand, the furthest from the letter is commonly the worst. There is nothing more dangerous than this licentious and deluding act, which changeth the meaning of words, as alchemy doth or would do of the substance of metals, making... | |
 | Alexander Watson - 1845 - 612 pages
...meaning began to be doubted, " I hold it for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst."1 This rule, I am assured, will commend itself at once to the understanding of all reasonable... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1847 - 368 pages
...for a most infallible rule in expositions of Sacred Scripture, that where a literal interpretation will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst. There is nothing more dangerous than the licentious and deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words as alchymy doth or would do the... | |
 | William Wollaston Pym - 1847 - 476 pages
...men of God ; and this takes place the more as our rule of scriptural interpretation is understood, " that, where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." That they shall become universally received by the Church, we have no right or reason to expect, but... | |
 | 1847 - 586 pages
...Quoting from Hooker, he says : " I hold it for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." Proceeding on this principle, the author, after a very excellent preface, (with the exception of a... | |
 | George Peck - 1848 - 492 pages
...Hooker says : — " I hold it for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that when a literal construction will stand, the farthest from...deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words, as * Examination of the Doctrine of Perfection, pp. 69, 70. alchymy doth or would do the substance of... | |
 | 1854 - 482 pages
...Richard Hooker : — " I hold it for a most infallible rule in expositions of the Sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the...the worst. There is nothing more dangerous than this subtle and deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words, as alchemy doth or would do the substance... | |
 | Charles Stovel - 1848 - 320 pages
...§ For Hooker well says, ' I hold for it a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst.' " || * Tract 67, p. 19. f Ibid. p. 24. J Ibid. p. 25. § Ibid. p. 28. || Ibid. p. 29. In conformity... | |
 | 1849 - 768 pages
...appellation of ihejudiciout Hooker; " I hold it fora most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that, where a literal construction will stand, the...deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words, as alchemy doth or would do the substance of metals; maketh of anything what it listeth, and bringeth... | |
 | Benjamin Harrison - 1849 - 494 pages
...judicious Hooker, we must " hold it for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that, where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst 9 ," we must at the same time admit,—and in perfect consistency with the principle thus laid down,—that... | |
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I hold it for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst. 
