Pauses and Stops to Be Observed in Reading the Bible

Pauses and Stops to be Observed in Reading the Bible.

A Comma | (,) | a Semicolon | (;) | a Colon | (:) | a Period | (.) | an Interrogation | (?) | an Admiration | (!) | a Parenthesis | () | an Asterisme | (*) | an Obelisk | (†) | a hyphen | (-) | a Caret | (⁁) | Citation | (") | Section | (§) | an Index | (☞) | Apostrophe | (') |

1. A Comma is the most frequent Point, and of least Force; marked thus,

Example. But when the Husbandmen saw the Son, they said among themselves, this is the Heir, come let us kill him, &c.

2. A Semicolon is a Pause longer than a Comma, being a Point with a Comma under it;

Example. As he that giveth to the Poor shall not lack;

3. A Colon stops the Sentence a pretty while, and denotes full but not perfect Sense, and is marked thus:

Example. As the Way of the Lord is Strength to the Upright: but Destruction, &c.

4. A Period is a full Stop, and maketh an end of a Sentence: marked thus:

Example. Fear God. honor the King.

5. An Interrogation is used after a Question, and marked thus?

Example, Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the Flesh?

6. A Note of Exclamation, or Admiration, wondering or crying out, is marked thus!

Example. O the Depth of the Riches, both of the Wisdom and Knowledge of God!

7. A Parenthesis, is two Semicircles, including a Sentence, and must be sounded different from the rest, the Sense being perfect without it, and is marked thus ()

Example. Know you not (for I speak to them, that know the Law) how that the Law has Dominion over a Man, as long as he liveth?

8. An Asterism is when any part of a Sentence is wanting, marked thus *

9. An Obelisk, directs from the Discourse to the Margin, marked thus †

10. A Hyphen is a Note of Connexion as mis-like, safe-guard, and is marked thus -

11. A Caret, is when words are left out, as a man ⁁ of Words, and is marked thus ⁁

12. A Citation is used when an Author is Quoted, and how far they go is known, by every Line being marked thus "

13. A Section is a mark of dividing Chapters, and is marked thus §

14. An index is to note any remarkable thing from the Margin, and is marked thus ☞

15. An Apostrophe, is a small Comma, and set over where a Vowel is left out, as o're instead of over, and sav'd instead of saved, and is marked thus '