A Critical History of the Old Testament: In Three Books (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Critical History of the Old Testament: In Three Books<br><br>This Divine has afirm''d that the Writers of the Holy Scriptures were injpir''d hy Go''d onely in things relating to matters of Faith or which had firme nece?izry connec''iion or relation thereto; As for the other things in thefe Boohs ''we ought not therein to acknowledge a more~ particular in[oira tion of God than in ''other Works which have heen writ hy godly perfons. But hefides that this principle is dangerous it is direc''i to the Doc''irine of the New T eftament which achn thing throughout the whole Scrip. Ture for prophetical ''and to have heen infpir''d. Wherefore I thought I ought to lay down fame principles wherehy we might ''afcrihe every thisg in the Holy Scriptures to Prophets hiperfbns infiir''d hy Go even to the alterations thenfielves Ififife onely excepted which had happened through length of time or negligence of T ranfcrzhers.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.