White Horse (Willmott) n. 16

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16. THE BOOKS WHICH CONSTITUTE THE WORD. The books of the Word are all those which contain an internal sense. Those, on the contrary, which do not contain an internal sense, are not the Word. The books of the Word in the Old Testament are:- THE FIVE BOOKS OF MOSES, THE BOOK OF JOSHUA, THE BOOK OF JUDGES, THE TWO BOOKS OF SAMUEL, THE TWO BOOKS OF KINGS, THE PSALMS OF DAVID, the Prophets ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, THE LAMENTATIONS, EZEKIEL, DANIEL, HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK, ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI. In the New Testament, the four Evangelists:-MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN, and the REVELATION. The rest do not contain an internal sense, (n. 10325). The book of Job is an ancient book in which, indeed, there is an internal sense, but not in a connected order, (n. 3540, 9942).


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