The Interpretation & Sense of Holy Scripture Pt. 2

The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith 1677/1689, chapter 1, ¶9

What is the Reformed view of what "literal sense" means since they deny the quadriga.

• not many "sense", but many consequences/corollaries
• the "literal sense" is that which the Spirit intends

How does our own exegesis compare to that of our predecessors?
Three historical developments that should be considered:

1. The rise of the "historical critical" method of exegesis
2. The dominance of "biblical theology" over "systematic theology"
3. Dispensationalism with its "historical grammatical" hermeneutic