Seeing the foundation of all true Ratiocination, is the constant Signification of words; which in the Doctrine following, dependeth not (as in naturall science) on the Will of the Writer, nor (as in common conversation) on vulgar use, but on the sense they carry in the Scripture; It is necessary, before I proceed any further, to determine, out of the Bible, the meaning of such words, as by their ambiguity, may render what I am to inferre upon them, obscure, or disputable.
Egiazko arrazoiketa ororen oinarria hitzen esangura iraunkorrean datzala kontuan hartuz-zeinek ondoko doktrina honen kasuan ez baitaude idazlearen nahiaren menpe, zientzia naturalean gertatzen denez, ezta ere, solas arruntean gertatzen den moduan, ohiko erabileraren menpe, baizik Idazteunean duten zentzuaren menpe-, nahitaezko dut, aurrera jarraitu baino lehen, euren anbiguotasunagatik nire dedukzioak ilun edo eztabaidagarri bihur ditzaketen hitzen esangura zehaztea, Biblian oinarrituz.