Richard Watson
Published: 2017-03-14
Total Pages: 546
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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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.