Words Must Be Taken According To The

I Observe There Is In Mr. Hooker No Affected Language; But A Grave, Comprehensive, Clear Manifestation Of Reason, And That Backed With The Authority Of The Scriptures, The Fathers And Schoolmen, And With All Law Both Sacred And Civil.

God Is No Captious Sophister, Eager To Trip Us Up Whenever We Say Amiss, But A Courteous Tutor, Ready To Amend What, In Our Weakness Or Our Ignorance, We Say Ill, And To Make The Most Of What We Say Aright.

Whatsoever Is Good; The Same Is Also Approved Of God.

Words Must Be Taken According To The Matter Whereof They Are Uttered.

Of Law There Can Be No Less Acknowledged, Than That Her Seat Is The Bosom Of God, Her Voice The Harmony Of The World: All Things In Heaven And Earth Do Her Homage, The Very Least As Feeling Her Care, And The Greatest As Not Exempted From Her Power.