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A Course of Lectures Delivered to Candidates for Holy Orders, Comprising a Summary of the Whole System of Theology, Natural and Revealed. to
A Course of Lectures Delivered to Candidates for Holy Orders Comprising a Summary of the Whole System of Theology Natural and Revealed to Author:John Randolph Title: A Course of Lectures Delivered to Candidates for Holy Orders, Comprising a Summary of the Whole System of Theology, Natural and Revealed. to Which Is Prefixed an Inaugural Address General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1869 Original Publisher: Rivingtons Subjects: Theology Religion / Christianity / Anglican... more » Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / History Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Christianity / Denominations Religion / Theology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Quickness of parts will not here stand us in stead, yet there is required a particular kind of acumen or sagacity, which is by no means the property of a dull mind, but it is such as we must be content to submit to careful inquiry and to long practice. It cannot act without a clear view of the probabilities on each side ; nor can it be taught how to act, except it be corrected and improved by frequent exercise so as to become a habit. I know of no branch of learning that requires more preparation. Therefore the being conversant in the emendations of eminent Critics, such as Scaliger, Bentley, Casaubon, and the rules of emendation used by them, should be esteemed a part of preparatory or elementary learning to those who would become critics in the text of ancient authors. But though all corrective criticism requires great discretion and a most consummate judgment, yet no other in the same degree with the Scriptural. In other cases, if we are pretentious in our corrections, we sport with the writings of some great author, here with the revealed Word of God. And yet it is very necessary to bring the text to the greatest purity possible. We should come th...« less