H br.s.iz. and 6.1. Kings 6. often and C7apt.8.6. I Chain ofPrinciples.' EXERCITATION 3. oracles of God vocal, or written. Books ofScri- pturefo called in five refpec`s, viz In regard of their declaring and foretelling, their being eon- fulted,.prized andpreferved. 4. i. N the epiftie to the Hebrews there twophrafes The f prin- ciples o f the oracles of God, And the prin- ciples ofthe doctrine ofChrifl import one and the fame thing, implyingalío that Scripture Records arethe onely Store. houle and Confervatory of Chriftian Religion. I fhall therefore fromhence take occafion to Thew, That books of Scripture are oracles ofGod, why they are fo called', and wherein they excel' other oracles. For the fi.ríf. There weretwo forts of Oracles belonging to God, Tocal and Zbritten. The vocal were thofe answers he gave from be- tween the Cheruhims on the top of the Mercy-feat which covered the Ark, by reafon whereof theHoly of Holies, where that Ark flood, was ilyled the Oracle..
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