Of the Word of God, and of Prophets
When there is mention of the “word of God,” or of “man,” it doth not signify a part of speech, such as grammarians call a noun or a verb, or any simple voice, without a contexture with other words to make it significative; but a perfect speech or discourse, whereby the speaker “affirmeth,” “denieth,” “commandeth,” “promiseth,” “threateneth,” “wisheth,” or “interrogateth.” In which sense it is not vocabulum , that signifies a “word”; but sermo (in Greek λόγος ), that is, some “speech,” “discourse,” or “saying.”