Excerpt from The Inspiration of Scripture: Its Nature and Extent Of the verb to inspire the literal meaning is, to breathe into and fill with one's breath. The ordinary meaning is, to fill and in form with the Spirit Oi one's mind. Thus a melody is said to be inspired by the musician, because it is not mere sound, but melodious sound, expressing his mind, his idea Of the beautiful. Any true word of man is thus given by inspiration Of the man, because it expresses his thought, or feeling, or desire, or will; because it is filled and informed by his mind or spirit - it is the inspiration Of the man that makes the word to be his. And if the word should be committed to writing, so as to give per manent written expression to his idea, his thought, emotion, aspiration, resolve, it still retains its character, Of being inspired of him, and becomes a scripture given by inspiration Of the man. So when a scripture is said to be theopneust, God-inspired, or given by inspiration of God, the meaning is, that the word is God's, that it is filled and informed by His Spirit, that it expresses Hz}; mind, His thought, or feeling, or desire, or will so that He speaks in the word, what the Scripture says is said by Him. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.