long sought after, viz., the ten
ways# used, he says, by the Jewish doctors in citing scripture. And
here they are:--

1. The first rule is--"reading the words of the Hebrew bible, not
according to the points placed under them, but according to other
points substituted in their stead," as is done by Peter, Acts iii. 3; by
Stephen, Acts vii. 43, and by Paul, 1 Cor. xv. 54; 2 Cor. viii. 16,
and Heb. iii. 10; ix. 21; xii. 6.

2. The second rule is--"changing the letters, whether those letters
be of the same organ (as the Hebrew grammarians speak,) or not,"
as is done by Paul, Rom. ix. 33; 1 Cor. xi. 9; Heb. viii. 9, and x. 6;
and by Stephen, Acts vii. 43.

3. The third is--"changing both letters and points," as is done by
Paul, Acts xiii. 41, and 2 Cor. viii. 15.

4. The fourth is--"adding some letters, and taking away others."

5. The fifth is--"transposing words and letters."

6. The sixth is--"dividing one word into two."

7. The seventh is--"adding other words to those in the text, in
order to make the sense more clear, and to accommodate it to the
subject they we upon."

8. The eighth is--"changing the order of words."

9. The ninth is--"changing the order of words, and adding other
words."

10. The tenth is--"changing the order of words, adding words,
and retrenching words," which, (says he) is a method often used
by Paul. Of the application of all these rules, he gives examples
taken from the New Testament.

It is not necessary to make many observations upon these rules,
they speak for themselves most significantly; for what is there that
cannot be proved from the Old Testament, or any other book, yea,
from Euclid's Elements! or even an old almanac! by the help of
"altering words and sentences; adding; retrenching; and
transposing, and cutting words in two," as is stated above by a
learned and good man, and sincere Christian who found out, and
brought forward, these rules, as the best means of getting the
authors of the New Testament out of a difficulty, which had long
shocked and grieved their best friends.

CHAPTER VI.

EXAMINATION OF THE MEANING OF THE PHRASE "THIS
WAS DONE THAT IT MIGHT BE FULFILLED."

It may be objected from divers learned authors, who have been
very sensible of the difficulties stated in the preceding chapters,
and have, sensible of the difficulties stated in the preceding
chapters, therefore, taken other ground than their predecessors, in
order to defend themselves t