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A45342	Vindiciæ literarum, the schools guarded, or, The excellency and vsefulnesse of humane learning in subordination to divinity, and preparation to the ministry as also, rules for the expounding of the Holy Scriptures : with a synopsis of the most materiall tropes and figures contained in the sacred scriptures : whereunto is added, an examination of John Websters delusive Examen of academies / by Thomas Hall ... ; in the end is annexed an elaborate defence of logick by a learned pen.	Hall, Thomas, 1610-1665.	1655 (1655)	Wing H442; ESTC R19229	111,014	276

commanded his Disciples to doe it 36. 'T is usuall in Scripture to put the abstract for the concret to set forth the excellency of a thing Thus God tels Abraham that he shall not only be blessed sed erit ipsissima benedictio Gen. 12.2 i affluens omni benedictione non tam benedictus quàm ipsa benedictio dicitur So the Sanctum Sanctorum dicitur ab Heb●aeis sanctitas sanctitaetum i eximiè sanctum So Christ is called 1 Cor. 1.30 not righteous but Righteousnesse Sanctification c. i summus saptentissimus justificator sanctificator noster So 1 Cor. 15.50 and circumcision for the persons circumcised Rom. 4.9 Phil. 3.3 So abomination oft put for abominable Pro. 3.32 and 11.1 and 15 8.9 37 The conjunctive particle And doth not alwaies di●tinguish ●ivers things but is oft used by way of explanation as Mat. 3.11 he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost and with fire i with the Holy Ghost which shall be like fire to purge out your drosse Iohn 3.5 except a man be born again of water and the spirit i with spirituall water or the spirit which is like water to cleanse cool and refresh us Spiritum aquam pro eodem posuit frequens loquendi mos est in Scriptura cum de spiritu fit mentio ad exprimendam ejus vim aquae vel ignis nomen adjungi Calvin 38. Where one and the same word is used in divers senses in divers places of Scripture the circumstances of the Text must judge and declare in what sense it is to be taken there 39. Whatsoever is truly and soundly collected from Scripture by good consequence is Scripture as though it were expressely written e. g. the word Trinity Sacrament Thou shalt baptize Infants are not literally and syllabically in Scripture yet since by good consequence they may be gathered from thence it is equivalent as if in so many letters they were written there Mat. 22.32 33. else disputations Sermons and books consonant to Scripture should not be credited See this more fully cleared in my Font-Guarded p 34 35. and Mr Sidenham against Anabapt p. 6 7 c. 40. Contemne not the judgement of those learned Godly Orthodox lights which God hath raised up in this latter age of the world whose names are pretious in the Church of God for their Piety and Fidelity in his work as Calvin Beza Bucer Bullinger Peter Martyr Wolphius Marlorate Musculus Zanchy Perkins Paraeus Piscator Rivet c. many green heads out of pride and selfe-conceitednesse contemne these famous lights and trust to their own wit and so run themselves on many rocks it 's good for young men especially at their first setting forth to make use of the labors of godly and Orthodox Divines not that I would have any to pin their faith on any mans sleeve be he never so godly or learned onely I would not have men rashly without good ground and strong reason to dissent from the common iudgement and received opinion of those whom the Church of God hath found faithfull in expounding Scripture 41. When the Scripture affirms a thing earnestly as being a matter of great concernment it useth to double the asseveration as Iohn 1.51 and 3.3 c. no Evangelist but Iohn useth this double affirmation and he useth it nineteen times in his Gospell this he did the rather to strengthen our beliefe and to shew how sparing he was of an oath and for the greater certainety of the thing As Pharaoh's dream was doubled to shew the certainty of it Gen 41.32 In Scripture there is a threefold Amen 1. Assenting Deut. 27.26 and 1 Cor. 14.16 2. Assuring Mat. 5.18 3. Assevering so here Amen when prefixed is a certaine and earnest asseveration when affixed at the end of our Prayers c. it notes our assent and assurance q. d. Quae ego dic● sunt Amen Amen i vera vera hoc est verissima certissima omni alia veritate veriora omni alia certitudine certiora à Lap. in Iohn 3.3 42. Suppositions in Scripture are no Positions when the speech is only Hypotheticall it concludes nothing for a conditionall proposition doth not simply affirme and therefore conclusions gathered from it as if it were affirmative will not hold e. g. Ezek. 18.24 If a righteous man turne from his righteousnesse Hence the Arminians conclude that a righteous man may fall from grace but 1. This is but a supposition and so concludes not 2. The Text doth not speak of Evangelicall righteousnesse but of a legall civill morall righteousnesse which may bee lost So Ezek. 14.14 i● Noah Iob and Daniel should pray for them c. it doth not therefore follow that the Saints departed doe pray for living Saints Mat. 11.21 22. if ●he mighty works which were wrought in thee had been done in Tyre and Sidon they had repented c. it doth not therefore follow that there was some inclination in Tyre and Sidon to repentance as Luke 19.37 if these should hold their peace the stones would speak it will not follow that therefore there was some inclination in the stones to speak 43. When the Scripture doubles any thing 1. In denouncing judgements it notes the certainty celerity and frequency of them as Gen. 2.17 dying thou shalt dye i thou shalt surely dye So Gen. 3.16 2. In promising mercies it notes reality and earnestnesse Isaiah 40.1 Ezek. 37.5 6. Isaiah 55.1 come come come Hab. 2.3 Hos. 2.19 thrice I will betroth thee the iteration implies affection intention and reality 3. In prophesies it notes the speedinesse and certainty of them Gen. 41.32 Exod. 3.7 Heb. 10.37 4. In Prayer it notes the servency and earnest desire of him that praies Iames 5.17 he prayed in prayer i he prayed earnestly many pray but they doe not pray in prayer Mat. 7.21 5. In Narrations and Repetitions they serve either for confirmation to assure us that the matter is true and worthy to be noted or else for explication the latter clause exegetically expounding the former as Deut. 11.22 usually it is emphatically as Ier. 18.18 come let us devise devises i let us be earnest and active to plot Ieremie's ruine So Iohn 9.4 I must work the works of him that sent me there is an emphasis in the expression and it notes Christs strong intention on the worke of God Ita conduplicat Paulus quaedam ad majorem emphasin maxime in gradibus comparationis idque ut plurimum excessum significet ut ad Phil. 1.23 multò magis meliùs i longè meliùs à Lap. So Eccl. 1.2 6. Sometimes it signifies distribution 1 Chro. 16. a gate and a gate i every gate and 2 Chro. 19 5. Levit. 17.3 a City and a City i every City Ezek. 14.4 man man i every man Levit. 18.6 Psal. 122.4 7. It notes variety or diversity as Pro. 20.20 a waight and a waight i divers waights an heart and an heart i a

so it can if it will Heathenize I 'm sure it may well spare such Mouths If God Permit them long we may cry● Ichabod For such wild Preachers whatsoe'r they say Will Preach true Preaching and even Christ away Th. Elshmor Centuria Sacra About one hundred Rules for the Expounding and clearer understanding of the Holy Scriptures To which are added a Synopsis or Compendium of all the most materiall Tropes and Figures contained in the Scriptures Psal. 119.96 I have seen an end of all perfection but thy Law is exceeding large Mat. 5.18 Heaven and Earth shall passe away but not one jot or tittle of Gods word shall passe away Iotaunum apex unus non cadet de Scriptura nihil ergo contemnendum aut parvi faciendum in Sacris literis Illyricus Adore plenitudinem Scripturarum Tertullian LONDON Printed by W. H. for Nathaniel Webb and William Grantham at the sign of the Bear in S Pauls Church yard near the little North door 1654. To the Candid and Courteous Reader Reader WHen I had perused the Theologicall Rules of Mr Wilson which came but lately to my hands by reason of their scarcity they being Printed 1615. I conceived it might be an acceptable service to the Publick to Reprint them with some additionall Rules especially now when errours abound so much through ignorance of such Rules But when I perceived by the Printers that the Presse at this time when Trading is so dead would not beare the volume I was constrained to take another course and to set forth my owne Rules single by themselves yet have I given the succum sanguinem the Marrow of Mr Wilson's Rules there is not a rule of his that is very materiall but thou hast it virtually though not literally here These Rules I have been gathering many years for my owne private use here thou hast them enlarged with references for brevities sake to such as handle any Rule more fully To them is added an Alphabeticall Table which will be very usefull for the finding out of any thing that is materiall I have also added many Tropes and Figures with explanations of the quotations where need required c. Now the blessing of God go with it and give it favour in the eyes of his people the Lord make it mighty and succesfull for the destruction of sin and Satans Kingdome and for the advancement of the Kingdom of his dear son this is and shall be the prayers of him who is From my Study in Kings●orton Sept. 12. 1653 Thy servant in and for the Lord. Th. Hall Rules to be observed for the right Interpretation of Scripture FIrst They that would understand the meaning of Gods spirit must be men of spirituall minds 1 Cor. 2.15 the spirituall man i the regenerate man judgeth all things i he is not only certaine of the truth which himselfe holds but he can also judge and clearly discerne the errors that are held by others They have received an Unction from the holy one 1 they have the holy spirit of God and this benefit they have by him that they know all things 1 Ioh● 2 26 27. not simply all things that are knowable but all things that are necessary to salvation and herein the poorest Idiot being a sound Christian goeth beyond the profoundest Clerks that are not sanctified for he hath his own heart instead of a Commentary ●o help him in the understanding of the most needfull points in Scripture He then that would interpret Scripture must come with a Scripture-frame of Spirit he must have a holy and heavenly heart sutable to the holinesse and Heavenlinesse that is in the word The Scriptures spiritualnesse cals for a heart filled with Scripture spiritualnesse to set forth its excellencies for as no man can rightly sing Davids Psalmes without Davids spirit so no man can rightly expound the Word of God without the spirit of God Carnall sensuall hearts and such divine spirituall work will never agree A vessell that 's full of poyson cannot receive pure wa●er or if it could yet the Vessell would ●aint it Sincerum est nisi vas quodcunque insundis acessi● Hor. 'T is the nature of the Word to be facile and comfortable to such as are of a semblable disposition to it Micah 2.7 but dark harsh and hard to the wicked unregenerate unmortified men Sin in the affection will quickly breed error and darknesse in the understanding Pride Covetousnesse c. blind the judgement Iohn 5.44 Luke 16.14 We must be renewed in the spirit of our minds before ever we can prove what is that good and perfect will of God Rom. 12.2 for the secrets of the Lord are revealed to none but such as feare him Psal. 25.12 14. Pro. 1.7 and 9.10 2 Rule He that would know the mind of God in Scripture must earnestly beg for the direction and assistance of the spirit of God that so he may be taught of God to know and doe his will Nature is blind here 1 Cor. 2.14 the naturall man perceives not the things of God he may peradventure know the History but not the Mystery hee may read the words but shall never savingly know the mind of Christ without his spirit 't is this Eye-salve which must make us see and lead us into all truth We must therefore take Davids course goe unto God by Prayer and beseech him to inlighten thy understanding that thou mayest see into those deep mysteries and wonders of his Law Psal. 119.18 He that would have this wisdome must aske it of God for the Scripture can never be rightly interpreted without the assistance and teaching of that spirit by whom they were inspired that wrote them No Scripture is of private interpretation 2 Pet. 1.20 that is private which is meerly of man as ver 21. private is not here opposed to publike but to divine or to the holy Ghost Now our interpretations comming from the spirit are falsely called private because 't is that spirit teacheth us which teacheth all the faithfull This is the chiefest work and as it were the foundation of all the rest without which all other meanes are vaine therefore begin and end with Prayer Now though a man be Godly and have the spirit yet he must use the means which God hath ordeined for the right understanding of Scripture for God will be found onely in his own way 3. The Originall languages must be studied they have many speciall Ididioms proprieties phrases and elegancies which cannot be fully expressed in our own o● any other language and therefore 't is necessary that we understand them in some competent measure that so in our doubts we may have recourse to the fountain it selfe from whence the waters drink most sweetly The ignorance of Greek and Hebrew hath been the cause of many errors in the Ancients and especially amongst Monks and Fryars Till we understand the words we can never find out the sense