1695 Baptist Catechism · 1695

Q5. May all Men make use of the Holy Scriptures?

All Men are not only permitted, but commanded and exhorted, to read, hear, and understand the Holy Scriptures.
Answer · 1695 Baptist Catechism

Scripture proofs

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    John 5:39

    Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.

    Deuteronomy 17:18-19

    And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:

    Revelation 1:3

    Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

    Acts 8:30

    And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

Proof texts as given in the original; verse text from the King James Version.