InwhatmannerGodspaketoAdam，andEve，andCain，andNoahisnotexpressed；norhowhespaketoAbraham，tillsuchtimeashecameoutofhisowncountrytoSicheminthelandofCanaan，andthenGodissaidtohaveappearedtohim。*SothereisonewaywherebyGodmadeHispresencemanifest；thatis，byanapparition，orvision。Andagain，thewordoftheLordcametoAbrahaminavision“；*2thatistosay，somewhat，asasignofGod’spresence，appearedasGod’smessengertospeaktohim。Again，theLordappearedtoAbrahambyanapparitionofthreeangels；*3andtoAbimelechinadream；*4toLotbyanapparitionoftwoangels；*5andtoHagarbytheapparitionofoneangel；*6andtoAbrahamagainbytheapparitionofavoicefromheaven；*7andtoIsaacinthenight*8thatis，inhissleep，orbydream；andtoJacobinadream；*9thatistosayasarethewordsofthetext，“Jacobdreamedthathesawaladder，“etc。Andinavisionofangels；*10andtoMosesintheapparitionofaflameoffireoutofthemidstofabush；*11andafterthetimeofMoses，wherethemannerhowGodspakeimmediatelytomanintheOldTestamentisexpressed，Hespakealwaysbyavision，orbyadream；astoGideon，Samuel，Eliah，Elisha，Isaiah，Ezekiel，andtherestoftheprophets；andoftenintheNewTestament，astoJoseph，toSt。
Peter，toSt。Paul，andtoSt。JohntheEvangelistintheApocalypse。
OnlytoMosesHespakeinamoreextraordinarymannerinMountSinai，andintheTabernacle；andtothehighpriestintheTabernacle，andinthesanctumsanctorumoftheTemple。ButMoses，andafterhimthehighpriests，wereprophetsofamoreeminentplaceanddegreeinGod’sfavour；andGodHimselfinexpresswordsdeclareththattootherprophetsHespakeindreamsandvisions，buttoHisservantMosesinsuchmannerasamanspeakethtohisfriend。Thewordsarethese：“Iftherebeaprophetamongyou，ItheLordwillmakeMyselfknowntohiminavision，andwillspeakuntohiminadream。MyservantMosesisnotso，whoisfaithfulinallmyhouse；
withhimIwillspeakmouthtomouth，evenapparently，notindarkspeeches；andthesimilitudeoftheLordshallhebehold。“*And，“TheLordspaketoMosesfacetoface，asamanspeakethtohisfriend。“*2AndyetthisspeakingofGodtoMoseswasbymediationofanangel，orangels，asappearsexpressly，Acts7。35and53，andGalatians，3。19，andwasthereforeavision，thoughamoreclearvisionthanwasgiventootherprophets。Andconformablehereunto，whereGodsaith，“Ifthereariseamongstyouaprophet，ordreamerofdreams，“*3thelatterwordisbuttheinterpretationoftheformer。And，“Yoursonsandyourdaughtersshallprophesy；youroldmenshalldreamdreams，andyouryoungmenshallseevisions“：*4
whereagain，thewordprophesyisexpoundedbydreamandvision。AndinthesamemanneritwasthatGodspaketoSolomon，promisinghimwisdom，riches，andhonour；forthetextsaith，“AndSolomonawoke，andbeholditwasadream“：*5sothatgenerallytheprophetsextraordinaryintheOldTestamenttooknoticeofthewordofGodnootherwisethanfromtheirdreamsorvisionsthatistosay，fromtheimaginationswhichtheyhadintheirsleeporinanecstasy：whichimaginationsineverytrueprophetweresupernatural，butinfalseprophetswereeithernaturalorfeigned。