A Help for the Understanding of the Holy Scriptures, Part – Errata
from reading his word, becauſe there are ſome places they ſhall meet with which they ſhall find above their reach; yet becauſe of this we preſſe t…em to be the more carefull to ſearch diligently for the meaning of what they reade, to be wary of perverting the good word of God, and to that end both to pray unto Go… often that he would therein reveal the truth unto them, and to make uſe of thoſe for their help whom God hath furniſhed with gifts above others for the re…olving of ſuch doubts as they ſhall meet with in their reading.
And indeed that I might be ſerviceable to the weaker ſort of Gods people herein, hav… I yielded to publiſh the…e Annotations, which at first I gathered for the more private uſe of my ſelf and ſome others. Many I know there are that are carefull every day to redeem ſome time from their worldly imployments for the reading of the Bible, that yet …eap not that profit they might by their reading, becauſe they paſſe over many places which they underſtand not; and how uſefull it would be for them if they had ſome larger Notes of expoſition by them, then thoſe can be that are in the margin of ſome Bibles, which they might jointly reade together with the chapter they reade, we may …aſily judge by the advantage which thoſe ſhort marginall notes have yi…lded to thoſe that have made uſe of them. Now though I dare not hope to go through ſuch a work as this would be (neither my ſtrength nor years will allow me to propound ſuch an aim to my ſelf) yet I hope it will be accepted if I may but contribute ſomewhat towards it, and others may perhaps be ſtirred up to joyn their help to the ſame ſervice.
I ha…e a…ready through Gods aſsistance paſſed through the Hiſtoricall part of t…e old Testament, and would hope to go forward if the Lord would be pleaſed to remove from us that heavy judgement of the ſword, and reſtore unto us …eaceable times. But for the preſent I could onelyonly tranſcribe for the Preſſe this firſt part, upon the five books of Moſes; and beſides, I am deſirous to ſee what approbation this may find amongst thoſe whoſe judgement may be farre better then mine own, before I would adventure to ſend forth the rest.
There are onelyonly two particulars wherein I ſhall need to give ſatisfaction for what I have done. First, I have not at all meddled with the many doubts t…at have been raiſed by Interpreters concerning the different wayes of tranſlating ſome paſſages in the Originall Text, but have onelyonly endeavoured to unfold the meaning of the Text according to our laſt Tranſlation; onelyonly I have for the moſt part taken in that reading alſo which is added in the margin of our Bibles. If there be any man that stumbles at this, I deſire him to conſider that I intended this work chiefly for thoſe that onelyonly underſtand their own language, and ſuch knotty diſputes concerning the Originall must needs have mightily puzzled ſuch readers, but could never have been any way profitable for them. And this I truſt will ſatisfie him.
Again, having made uſe of many learned Expoſitours, in ſearching out the meaning of thoſe places that I have undertaken to explain, ſome may perhaps wiſh that I had ſome way inſ…rted their names, as I went along, to the end that for t…eir better ſatisfaction thoſe that queſtioned any expoſition might have had recourſe to their works, to peru…e what they had written therein. And the truth is, that had I from the beginning intended to publiſh theſe Notes it is moſt like that I ſhou…d have taken that courſe: but conſidering (as I ſaid before) that I looked chiefly to the ſatis…ing of thoſe that are not skilled in ſuch Authours, I could not think it worth the while to reviſe the whole book for the doing of this.
This is all that I have to ſay; onelyonly I ſhall deſire that thoſe that will vouchſafe to peruſe th…ſe my poore labours, would have a Bible by them, & ſtill reade the text there as they go; for elſe I dare ſay they will not find that benefit by their reading, which obſerving that courſe I hope t…ey may find.
I ſhall leave all to the good bleſsing of God, and deſire that if any good be done hereby the glory may all redound to him, w…o is able to do much good by weak means. To him I commend thee, Chriſtian Reader, and reſt,
Thine in the Lord Jeſus ARTHUR JACKSON.
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