1. The first rule is—reading the words of the Hebrew bible, not according to the points placed under them, but according to other points substituted in their stead, as is done by Peter, Acts iii. 3; by Stephen, Acts vii. 43, and by Paul, 1 Cor. xv. 54; 2 Cor. viii. 16, and Heb. iii. 10; ix. 21; xii. 6.
2. The second rule is—changing the letters, whether those letters be of the same organ (as the Hebrew grammarians speak,) or not, as is done by Paul, Rom. ix. 33; 1 Cor. xi. 9; Heb. viii. 9, and x. 6; and by Stephen, Acts vii. 43.
3. The third is—changing both letters and points, as is done by Paul, Acts xiii. 41, and 2 Cor. viii. 15.
4. The fourth is—adding some letters, and taking away others.
5. The fifth is—transposing words and letters.
6. The sixth is—dividing one word into two.
7. The seventh is—adding other words to those in the text, in order to make the sense more clear, and to accommodate it to the subject they we upon.
8. The eighth is—changing the order of words.
9. The ninth is—changing the order of words, and adding other words.
10. The tenth is—changing the order of words, adding words, and retrenching words, which, (says he) is a method often used by Paul. Of the application of all these rules, he gives examples taken from the New Testament.