Question Answered concerning Reading the Scriptures aright

by Isaac Penington

  • Type Treatise
  • Genre theology
  • Tradition Quaker (Early Friends)
  • Original language English

Authorship Traditional — the long-standing attribution, not questioned in the sources consulted.

Length About 4,200 words, under an hour.

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For the researcher
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Difficulty
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An answer to the question how a man may know whether he reads the Scriptures to his benefit or his hurt.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 1 of 5
  • Scriptural 4 of 5
  • Experiential 2 of 5
  • Sociological 0 of 5
  • Historical 0 of 5

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An answer to the question how a man may know whether he reads the Scriptures to his benefit or to his hurt.

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  • A Question Answered concerning Reading the Scriptures aright (Quaker Heritage Press)
    The Quaker Heritage Press online text, from volume 4 of their edition of Penington's Works, transcribed from the fourth edition of 1863 without modernizing its language; only some punctuation and the form of Scripture references were changed. Their print edition's page numbers are marked in the text. Free to read in the browser.
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  • PDF A Question Answered concerning Reading the Scriptures aright (Internet Archive (Works, 1863, vol. 4)) PD
    1863
    Volume 4 of the fourth edition of the Works (four volumes, 1863), where this piece is printed among others. A Google scan of a library copy on the Internet Archive.
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