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for Divine things: —

1. What we are to understand by a Divine revelation.

2. For the several kinds of Divine revelations. That they were various the apostle to the Hebrews tells us (chap. Hebrews 1:1).And, therefore, in the third place, to show you what advantages this standing revelation of the Scripture hath above private revelations made to particular persons, and frequently repeated and renewed in several ages —

1. It is a more certain way of conveyance of things, and more secure and free from imposture.

2. It is a more general and universal way of conveyance, which is evident from the common experience of the world, who have pitched upon this way of writing things in books, as that which doth most easily convey the knowledge and notice of things to the generality of men.

3. It is a more uniform way of conveyance — that is, things that are once written and propagated that way lay equally open to all, and come in a manner with equal credit to all, it being not morally possible that a common book that passeth through all hands, and which is of vast importance and concernment, should be liable to any material corruption without a general conspiracy and agreement, which cannot be but that it must be generally known.

4. It is a more lasting way of conveyance.

5. It is a more human way of conveyance, which requires less of miracle and supernatural interposition for the preservation of it. I come now to the fourth thing I proposed to be considered — namely, that there is sufficient evidence of the Divinity of the Scriptures.Now for the Scriptures of the New Testament, I desire but these two things to be granted to me at first —

1. That all were written by those persons whose names they bear.

2. That those who wrote those books were men of integrity, and did not wilfully falsify in anything. I should come now to the fifth and last thing — namely, that it is unreasonable to expect that God should do more for our conviction than to afford us a standing revelation of His mind and will, such as the books of the holy Scriptures are.

(Archbishop Tillotson.)

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KJV: There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

WEB: "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.