Figurative and mystical Interpretation of Scrip- ture. Its proper Use explained and illustrated. Parables, Types, and Allegories. Cautions Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testa- Preservation of Scripture-Truth a sacred Charge committed to the Church. Inquiry how far it has hitherto fulfilled that Trust, i Con- duct of the Church of England in this respect. Her Principles of Scripture-Interprétation. Her Purity and Moderation. Iirportance of main- 1 TIMOTHY iii. 15. Which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the Truth. EXTRACT FROM THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE LATE REV. JOHN BAMPTON, CANON OF SALISBURY. “I give and bequeath my Lands and « Estates to the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars “of the University of Oxford for ever, to have and “ to hold all and fingular the said Lands or Estates upon trust, and to the intents and purposes herein“ after mentioned ; that is to say, I will and appoint " that the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ox“ ford for the time being shall take and receive all “the rents, issues, and profits thereof, and (after all " taxes, reparations, and necessary deductions made) " that he pay all the remainder to the endowment “of eight Divinity Lecture Sermons, to be esta“blished for ever in the said University, and to be performed in the manner following: “I direct and appoint, that, upon the first Tuesday in Easter Term, a Lecturer be yearly chosen b “ by the Heads of Colleges only, and by no others, “ in the room adjoining to the Printing-House, “ between the hours of ten in the morning and “ two in the afternoon, to preach eight Divinity “ Lecture Sermons, the year following, at St. Mary's in Oxford, between the commencement or of the last month in Lent Term, and the end of “ the third week in Act Term. (6 56 66 “ Also I direct and appoint, that the eight Di vinity Lecture Sermons shall be preached upon “ either of the following Subjects—to confirm and 66 establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all “ heretics and schismatics — upon the divine au thority of the holy Scriptures—upon the autho rity of the writings of the primitive Fathers, as “ to the faith and practice of the primitive Church -upon the Divinity of our Lord and Saviour “ Jesus Christ -- upon the Divinity of the Holy “ Ghost-upon the Articles of the Christian Faith, as comprehended in the Apostles' and Nicene « Creeds. 66 66 “ Also I direct, that thirty copies of the eight “ Divinity Lecture Sermons shall be always printed, “ within two months after they are preached, and “ one copy shall be given to the Chancellor of the University, and one copy to the Head of every “ College, and one copy to the Mayor of the city " of Oxford, and one copy to be put into the Bod“ leian Library; and the expence of printing them “ shall be paid out of the revenue of the Land or “ Eftates given for establishing the Divinity LęcCANON BAMPTON'S) WILL. xi “ ture Sermons; and the Preacher shall not be paid, “ nor be entitled to the revenue, before they are printed. 66 “ Also I direct and appoint, that no person shall “ be qualified to preach the Divinity Lecture Ser mons, unless he hath taken the degree of Master “ of Arts at least, in one of the two Universities “ of Oxford or Cambridge ; and that the same per“son shall never preach the Divinity Lecture Ser6 mons twice.” |