Of the word of the Lord. The circumstance of the person sending, the efficient, and author, as of other prophecies, so of this; he comes not unsent, he spoke not of himself, he came not without the Lord, but from him. So he affirmeth, and truly, to get more reverence, credit, and authority with them.Continue reading “Richard Stock, 1651, on Inspiration and the Self-Interpreting Nature of Holy Scripture Contained in his Commentary of Malachi”
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INTRODUCTION TO THE POST-CRITICAL THEOLOGICAL MILIEU
“The current zeitgeist [spirit of the time] is not so much a philosophy as it is the cultural milieu, the background for all philosophies and perspectives in existence. Life is no longer understood as dependent on a transcendent ruler of time and history. There is no infinite reference point…. Personal destiny is seen is beginningContinue reading “INTRODUCTION TO THE POST-CRITICAL THEOLOGICAL MILIEU”
Research Update
In August of 2011 for about a week, my son Peter and I, sequestered ourselves among the 450,000 volumes then housed in the Calvin College library in Grand Rapids, MI, mining the extensive collection for books dealing with pre-critical exegesis and commentary. We completed our research accumulating thousands of pages of notable and obscure authorsContinue reading “Research Update”
Henry Ainsworth, 1609, on Translating the Scripture into English
God’s word may be set over into English, for the most part word for word without absurdity. Where our language will not bear the strict propriety of the original phrases, we are warranted by the Apostles allegations of Scripture in another tongue, to use such words as the language will afford, to express other withal.Continue reading “Henry Ainsworth, 1609, on Translating the Scripture into English”
Henry Ainsworth, 1609, on Translations being the Word of God
Translation is that in writing, which interpretation is in speaking: namely the expressing of another’s mind or understanding. The Scriptures first written in Hebrew, and secondarily in English, do set forth one and the same word and mind of God unto us, through which different letters and sounds, as Emmanuel is interpreted and translated, GodContinue reading “Henry Ainsworth, 1609, on Translations being the Word of God”
William Bucanus, 1659, Professor of Divinity in the University of Lausanne, on 1 John 5:7 and the final and fullest revelation of the name of God.
Common Place I. Of the Trinity Have you more pregnant proofs out the New Testament? In the Baptism of Christ, Matt. 3:16, and John 1:322, the voice of the Father is heard from heaven, This is my beloved Son. In the same place there stands the Son by the river Jordan, the Holy Ghost descendsContinue reading “William Bucanus, 1659, Professor of Divinity in the University of Lausanne, on 1 John 5:7 and the final and fullest revelation of the name of God.”
William Bucanus, 1659, Professor of Divinity in the University of Lausanne, on Scripture’s Self-attesting Witness
Common Place IIII. Of the Holy Scripture What is the Scripture called? The Scripture, putting one name for another is used for the writings of the Prophets and Apostles, which the company of the faithful doth religiously use for the instruction in godliness. And it is called holy, because, being delivered of God, it containethContinue reading “William Bucanus, 1659, Professor of Divinity in the University of Lausanne, on Scripture’s Self-attesting Witness”
Ursinus (1587) on the Testimony of the Holy Spirit and the Purity of Holy Scripture
But least any man think, that by arguments, which us reason by a natural light to be found, without the singular grace of the Spirit this may be wrought in the minds of the wicked, as either to obey the truth, or to leave off to reproach it, first he must remember that the argumentsContinue reading “Ursinus (1587) on the Testimony of the Holy Spirit and the Purity of Holy Scripture”
Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, on Scripture as the immortal seed of the Church
As for that, which some men say, that the Church is more ancienter than the Scriptures, and therefore of greater authority, it is too trifling. For the word of God is the everlasting wisdom of God himself. Neither was the knowledge of it then manifested unto the Church, when it was committed to writing, butContinue reading “Zacharias Ursinus, 1587, on Scripture as the immortal seed of the Church”
Henry Venn, 1763, on the Futility of External Evidence to Move the Will to Accept the Authority of Holy Scripture
Whenever we open the sacred book of God, we should lift up our hearts to him, to teach us the true meaning of what we are going to read. This is necessary, because those doctrines, which are its very glory, offend our natural pride, and its precepts contradict our dearest lusts. To receive the one,Continue reading “Henry Venn, 1763, on the Futility of External Evidence to Move the Will to Accept the Authority of Holy Scripture”
Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr., Musings in Bibliology 