Inspiration – Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr., Musings in Bibliology

C. G. Lamothe, 1695, on The Holy Scriptures Inspired

The first proof of the Inspiration of the Sacred Books of the New Testament, drawn from the manner after which the Ancients speak of it. Tis known how the Christians speak at this day of the Holy Scripture of the New Testament. According to their style tis called The Scripture, by way of Excellency; theContinue reading “C. G. Lamothe, 1695, on The Holy Scriptures Inspired”

Nathaniel Ingelo, 1659, on Divine Inspiration in Peter 1:20-21

That the Scriptures are also strict injunctions of Divine Authority concerning our duties. The reason of our faith and obedience to the Scriptures, is into their Divine Authority, which as it is the greatest of all, so upon less we may not depend…God is infallible in his understanding, faithful in his declarations, and so highlyContinue reading “Nathaniel Ingelo, 1659, on Divine Inspiration in Peter 1:20-21”

Nathaniel Ingelo, 1659, on the Credibility of Holy Scripture

That the Scriptures are a proposal of all these truths to our understandings in a way of most fair and full credibility, and that appears in these three things. The way of proposal is most credible. The things propounded are in themselves evidently true. The expressions in which they are laid down, are plain, andContinue reading “Nathaniel Ingelo, 1659, on the Credibility of Holy Scripture”

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”

Charles Drillincourt, 1658, on Scripture’s Self-Interpretation

Papist: That the Word of God contained in the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testaments, is not the rule of all Verity, since you yourself confess that you hold many things which are not found in the Divine Books. Protestant: You have already made this objection, and I think I have sufficiently answeredContinue reading “Charles Drillincourt, 1658, on Scripture’s Self-Interpretation”

Thomas Hall, 1658, 2 Timothy 3:16 on God’s very words inscripturated

Before I proceed any further, it will be necessary to remove a block or two out of the way. Bellarmine himself confesseth that this is one of the chiefest places that we have to prove the Scriptures perfection: and therefore both he and Estius have invented all the ways they can to invade the forceContinue reading “Thomas Hall, 1658, 2 Timothy 3:16 on God’s very words inscripturated”

Thomas Hall, 1658, on 2 Timothy 3:16 and Scripture’s Inspiration

The Apostle, better to encourage Timothy to study the Holy Scriptures, goeth on the prove that they are able to make one wise unto salvation, and that by drawn from a full and sufficient enumeration of those things which are necessary to salvation, where he commends the Holy Scriptures upon, a threefold account: 1. ForContinue reading “Thomas Hall, 1658, on 2 Timothy 3:16 and Scripture’s Inspiration”

John Owen, 1658, on the Inspiration and Preservation of the Hebrew and Greek Texts of the Old and New Testaments

Sect. 6. Now the several assertions or propositions contained in this position, are to me such important Truths, that I shall not be blamed in the least by my own Spirit, Nor I hope by any others, in contending for them, judging them fundamental parts of the faith once delivered unto the saints, and thoughContinue reading “John Owen, 1658, on the Inspiration and Preservation of the Hebrew and Greek Texts of the Old and New Testaments”