Archive image from page 193 of The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni19rees Year: 1819 INSPIRATION. be ncccff:ry in this cafe. 4. In writing tlie hiflorical parts of the Old Teftament, or matters of fadt relating to them- folves and others, it is only neceflary, that wliat is there delivered as matter of faft (hould be truly performed, as it is faid to liave been done ; but it is not ncccfTary that they {hould be related in that order of time in which they were yet are raifod to an extraordinary
Archive image from page 193 of The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature cyclopaediaoruni19rees Year: 1819 INSPIRATION. be ncccff:ry in this cafe. 4. In writing tlie hiflorical parts of the Old Teftament, or matters of fadt relating to them- folves and others, it is only neceflary, that wliat is there delivered as matter of faft (hould be truly performed, as it is faid to liave been done ; but it is not ncccfTary that they {hould be related in that order of time in which they were yet are raifod to an extraordinary degree, fo that the com- pofer Ihall, upon the whole, have more of the true fublime, or pathetic, than natural genius could have given ; and m- fpiratioa of /hgiiUoti when the ufe of the faculties is fupcrfeded, and God does, as it were, fpeak diredly to the mind, making fuch dilcovcries to it as it could not otherwiic 1 r ir .w , 4r r ,, f ,, ⢠have obtamed, and diftating the very words m which luch performed unlefs alfo that be affirmed of them : for this difcoverics are to be communicated, if thev are defigned as a mud be luilicient to aHure us of the truth of wlmt they thus men-i-e to others. It is generally allowed tliat the New delivered. Moreover, in vvnlmg the difcourles contained in TolWnt was written by a fupcriutendent infpiration : thefe books it is not neceffary that the very w-ords fliould - - . ~ . , -n luggelled or recorded, in which they were luit Ipoken, but only that the true intent and meaning of them {hould be related, thmigh in diverfity of words ; though the promife made to the apollles by our Lord, that the holy fpirit fhould bring to their remembrance all things which he had faid for v/ithout this the difcourfes and doctrines of ould not have been faithfully recorded by the evan- geliils and apolHcs ; nor could they have affumed the authority of Ipeaking the words of Chrilt, and evinced the aftual exercife of miraculous «l powers ⢠an
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