mon reading and construction to be correct, the following rendering will, it is believed, express the true sense of the text, as nearly as it can be expressed in our language:

Every writing (that is, of the Old Testament, the sea yeaμpara, the Holy Scriptures, mentioned in the preceding verse) was composed under those influences which are from God, and is profitable, &c.

If this mode of reading and constructing the verse is correct, it may be regarded as a general proposition, not to be understood strictly and universally; since it is at least doubtful, whether the apostle would have ascribed the Song of Solomon in any sense to divine influence.

But the text may be otherwise understood and thus rendered:

Every writing, composed under those influences which are from God, is profitable, &c.

The account which has been given of the terms, Spirit, Holy Spirit, and Spirit of God, will serve to explain other passages, which are usually quoted in defence of the doctrine of the inspiration of the whole of the Old and New Testaments.

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