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... the expressions of those writers ; and finally , that when men , ill - informed or ignorant of the true nature of scriptural language , misinterpret or pervert it , it can be no good ground of objection to the sacred books PREFACE. ...
... the expressions of those writers ; and finally , that when men , ill - informed or ignorant of the true nature of scriptural language , misinterpret or pervert it , it can be no good ground of objection to the sacred books PREFACE. ...
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... true and legitimate principles of interpretation de- pend on no individual man , no sect , no party . They are independent of all parties , else they would be of little or no value . They depend on no niceties of philosophical theo ...
... true and legitimate principles of interpretation de- pend on no individual man , no sect , no party . They are independent of all parties , else they would be of little or no value . They depend on no niceties of philosophical theo ...
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... true account of these constitutes what we call the Grammar of any language . So is it , also , in respect to Hermeneutics or the science of interpretation . The general usage of intelligent men , in respect to inter- preting the ...
... true account of these constitutes what we call the Grammar of any language . So is it , also , in respect to Hermeneutics or the science of interpretation . The general usage of intelligent men , in respect to inter- preting the ...
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... true and spiritual Messiah . So , to produce another example , if we interpret the 45th Psalm as an epithalamium or nuptial song , on the occasion of Solomon's marriage with a foreign princess , and endeavor to adapt every thing in it ...
... true and spiritual Messiah . So , to produce another example , if we interpret the 45th Psalm as an epithalamium or nuptial song , on the occasion of Solomon's marriage with a foreign princess , and endeavor to adapt every thing in it ...
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... true of other books must , in the way of analogy , be true of the Bible also . We do not expect any one fully to understand Milton's Paradise Lost , who has little or nothing of a poetical taste . We can not suppose that any one , who ...
... true of other books must , in the way of analogy , be true of the Bible also . We do not expect any one fully to understand Milton's Paradise Lost , who has little or nothing of a poetical taste . We can not suppose that any one , who ...
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