Table of contents : Contents Preface 1. A Moment in the History of Scriptural Interpretation 2. The Argument from Internal Evidence: Herbert of Cherbury, Hobbes, Spinoza, Toland, and the Divines 3. Testimony and Other Arguments: Miracles and the Integration of Proofs 4. Scripture and Polity: Filmer, Locke, Butler, and Dryden 5. Canon and Text: The Anglican Model, the New Criticism of Richard Simon, and Dryden's Religio Laici 6. The Socinians and Locke Conclusion Appendix I. Stillingfleet Responds to Simon and Spinoza: Ms. 0.81, St. John's College, Cambridge Appendix II. A Chronological List of Primary Works of Anglican Scriptural Interpretation in the Seventeenth Century Abbreviations Notes Index