2. I would know whether he that draws propositions from a parabolical text, may not be allowed the same liberty others take in preaching upon any other Scriptures (that may not he tropical or parabolical) provided he keeps to the true analogy of faith? And pray do not some ministers preach from one or another text of Scripture almost all the whole Gospel, and in doing so are they certain the Sacred Author, I mean the Holy Ghost, directly intended or comprehended in those texts (as his main scope
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