...I hold it," he presently proceeds, " for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the...alchymy doth or would do the substance of metals, making of any thing what it listeth, and bringing in the end all truth to nothing Of all the ancients,"...

...influential, and the most inveterate heretic in Protestant Christendom. LECTURE YI. CImtal Subscription. " There is nothing more dangerous than this licentious...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...

...Hooker declares, "I hold it for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that when a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." What then are we to do with the prophecies to which I have referred ? The literal meaning , is evident....

...most influential, and the most inveterate heretic in Protestant Christendom. LECTURE VI. Clerical " There is nothing more dangerous than this licentious...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...

...proportion of error, if that sentiment of Hooker, respecting the exposition of Scripture, be correct, " where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." It was its practical import and comfort — not any deep or abstract reading connected with it —...

...loosed from this bond on the Sabbath-day ?" nothing more than Eastern metaphor was alluded to? No. "Where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." I quote the following truthful and pertinent remarks,* which will serve as well to remind you again...

...it," says Hooker, "for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where a litoral construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst ; " and tin' observation of Luther upon this subject is, that " no trope or metaphor should be recognised...

...for a most infallible rule in expositions of Scripture, that where a literal construction will staud, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst....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...

...Eclesiastical Polity, says, " I hold it as an infallible rule of exposition of the sacred Scriptures, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." And Professor Stuart, a very learned American theologian, says, " It is one of the plainest and most...

...are the following : — HOOKER. — "I hold for a most infallible rule in expositions of Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the wont. There is nothing more dangerous than this licentious and deluding art, which changeth the meaning...