A Collection of Theological Tracts, Vol. 2 of 6 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from A Collection of Theological Tracts, Vol. 2 of 6

Some of the places, where the word Scripture is ufed in the fingular number for the books of the Old Teftament, are thefe. 2 Tim. Iii. 16. Iii/cripturc is given by tbc injpiratim qf God. And Luke iv. 21. John ii. 22. Afis i. 16. Viii. 32. 35. Rom. Iv. 3. Gal. Iii. 8. James ii. 18. 23. 1 Pet. Ii. 6. 2 Pet. I. 20. Scriptures, in the plural number, in Me following, and many other laces. Matth. Xxi. Xxii. 29. Xxvi. 54. Luke xxiv. 27. 32. 45. Ohn v. 39. Ads xvii. A. M.xviii. 24.

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Excerpt from A Collection of Theological Tracts, Vol. 2 of 6

The word, primarily, denotes book. But now is given to the writin of Prophets and Apoflles b way of eminence. This collection is 1 Book, or Bible, the book of ks, as fuperior in excellence to all oti' books. The word {eems to be ufed in this fenfe by Cbryfi/lom in a p: fa alreadyfl? Cited,l 4 I-therefore exhort all of you to procure to yo: saves Bible If you' have nothing elfe, take care to have t New Tefiament, particularly, the Acts of the Apofiles, and the GI pels, for your coufiant infirut90rs. And ytrome fays, That (b)! Scriptures being all writ by one Spirit, are called one book. We lil wife law. For rlya palfage of Auguflm, where. He informs us, That I fome call all the canonical fcriptures one book, on account of th wonderful harmonic, and unity of defign throughout. And I th faid: It is likely, that this way of {peaking gradually brought int general ufe of the word Bible, for th? Whole collection of the fcriptur or the books of the Old and New Teflament.

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