(1) prayer (p467) – Mt 7, ask etc.; James 1:5
(2) know the original languages (p468)
(3) consider which words are proper and which figurative and
modified (p470)
(4) consider the scope, end, matter, circumstances (persons,
place, time), antecedents and consequences of each passage (p470) – context –
the series and connection of the text (p471)
(5) one place must be compared and collated with another,
the obscurer with the plainer (p471)
(6) not only similar passages are to be compared with
similar, but also dissimilar passages are to be compared together (p472)
(7) all our expositions should accord with the analogy of
faith, the constant sense of the general tenor of the clear passages of
scripture, creed, Lord’s Prayer, Decalogue, catechism (p472)
(8) ask those who are more skilled and read learned books
(p473)
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