a due use of the ordinary means, may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them” (1.7). God has made enough of His word so crystal clear that only blind and blatant disbelief will not understand. He has made enough of His word so deep that even the most faithful must depend on His enlightenment rather than on their intellect. There is no book like the Bible—clear enough to speak to the layperson yet challenging enough to keep the scholar humble. Neither layperson nor scholar should ever tire
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