 | George Nathaniel Henry Peters - 1884 - 732 Seiten
...in expositions of the Sacred Scriptures, that where a literal construction will stand, the furthest from the letter is commonly the worst. There is nothing...dangerous than this licentious and deluding art, which changes the meaning of words, as alchymy doth, or would do, the substance of metals, making of anything... | |
 | Bp. John Franklin Spalding, Bishop John Franklin Spalding - 1891 - 232 Seiten
...of Sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter la commonly the worst. There is nothing more dangerous...deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words as alchemy doth or would do tbe substance of metals, making of anything what it listeth and bringing in... | |
 | Thomas Rosling Howlett - 1896 - 316 Seiten
...infallible rule in the interpretation of Sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand,the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst. There...deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words as alchemy doth or would do the substance of metals, making of anything what it listeth, and bringeth... | |
 | 1828 - 590 Seiten
...worst. There is nothing more dangerous and deluding art, which changetb the meaning of words, as alchemy doth, or would do, the substance of metals; maketh of any thing what it listeth, and bringeth in the end all truth to nothing." POETRY. LINES, Written to a Friend on hearing... | |
 | Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson - 1915 - 832 Seiten
...vindication of the Catholic interpretation of them, and the three arguments by which he supports it (1) Where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst ; (2) of »11 the ancients, there is not one that can be named that did ever understand it except of... | |
 | 1838 - 304 Seiten
...hold it," says Hooker, " for a most infallible rule, in expositions of Sacred Scripture, that, when a literal construction will stand, the farthest from...dangerous than this licentious and deluding art, which changes the meaning of words just as alchemy does, or would do, the substance of metals, making, of... | |
 | 1842 - 442 Seiten
...spiritual." He next cites a passage from Hooker (book v., sec. 59), in which that judicious man says, that " where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." Now, to say nothing of the cautious reservation, " where a literal construction will stand,' there... | |
 | 1842 - 874 Seiten
...infidelity," &c. He next cites a passage from Hooker (hook v., sec. 59), in which that judicious man says, that " where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst." Now, to say nothing of the cautious reservation, " where a literal construction will stand,' there... | |
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of sacred Scripture, that where a literal construction will stand, the farthest from the letter is commonly the worst. There is nothing more dangerous than this licentious and deluding art, which changeth the meaning of words, as alchymy doth or would... 
