Chapter 4

Notes

1. 1

   Vulgate, Dan. xiii. 32. [See Apocrypha, Hist. of Susanna, v. 32.]

2. 2

   [Observe it must (1.) be based on Apostolic grounds; (2.) must not be a novelty, but derived from a time “to which the memory of men runneth not contrary.”]

3. 3

   [I slightly amend the translation to bring out the force of an objection to which our author gives a Montanistic reply.]

4. 4

   Luke xii. 27.

5. 5

   Phil. iii. 15.

6. 6

   [See luminous remarks in Kaye, pp. 371–373.]

7. 7

   [This teacher, i.e., right reason, under the guidance of the Holy Ghost.  He is here foisting in a plea for the “New Prophecy,” apparently, and this is one of the most decided instances in the treatise.]