 | 1828 - 590 pages
...Ecclesiastical Polity, says, " I hold it for a most infallihle rule, in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the...commonly the worst. There is nothing more dangerous and deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words, as alchemy doth, or would do, the suhstance... | |
 | Richard Mant - Apologetics - 1812 - 572 pages
..." where a literal conftruction will ftand, the " fartheft from the letter is commonly the " worft. There is nothing more dangerous " than this licentious...meaning of words, as alchymy " doth, or would do, the fubftance of metals ; " maketh of any thing what it lifteth ; and " bringeth in the end all truth to... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 568 pages
...hold,' observes the admirable Hooker, ' for a 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 any thing what it listeth, and bringeth... | |
 | 1815 - 538 pages
...hold,' says the admirable Hooker, ' for a most infallible rule in the exposition of Sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the...farthest from the letter is commonly the worst There U nothing more dangerous than this licentious and deluding art; which ctiangeth the meaning or words,... | |
 | English literature - 1816 - 700 pages
...for a most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction win stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the...changeth the meaning of words, as alchymy doth or \vonM do the substance of metals: maketh of any thing what it listeth; and bringcth in the end all... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1816 - 886 pages
...it for a most infallible rule in expositions of Sacred Scripture, that, where a literal construetion will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly...deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words as Aldiymip doth, or would do, the substance of -metals ; maketh of any thing what it listeth ; and bringeth,... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1816 - 686 pages
...the kingdom of heaven. I hold it for & most infallible rule in expositions of sacred Scripture, th;it where a literal construction will stand, the farthest...commonly the worst. There is nothing more dangerous than ihi- licentious and deluding art, which changcth the meaning of words, as alchymy doth or would do... | |
 | 1816 - 658 pages
...a condition of salvation. Hooker lays it down as ' an infallible rule in expositions of Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the ( farthest from the letter is commonly the worst.' He will not admit of the possibility of a doubt as to the literal meaning of the passage on which the... | |
 | Richard Mant (bp. of Down, Connor and Dromore.) - 1816 - 570 pages
..." where a literal conftruction will ftand, the " fartheft from the letter is commonly the " worft. There is nothing more dangerous " than this licentious and deluding art, which " changing the meaning of words, as alchymy " doth, or would do, the fubftance of metals ; " maketh... | |
 | Richard Mant - Sermons, English - 1816 - 572 pages
...that " where a literal conftru&ion will ftand, the " fartheft from the letter is commonly the " worft. There is nothing more dangerous " than this licentious and deluding art, which " changing the meaning of words, as alchymy " doth, or would do, the fubftance of metals ; " maketh... | |
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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. 
