Restoration Movement Hermeneutics

Now to apply to one individual what is said to all individuals and classes of individuals, would, methinks, appear egregious folly. And would it not be as absurd to say, that every man is obliged to practice every duty and religious precept enjoined in the Bible. Might we not as reasonable say, that every man must be at once a Patriarch, a Jew, and a Christian; a magistrate, a subject, a father, a child, a master, a servant, etc. And certainly, it is as inconsistent to say, that Christians should equally regard and obey the Old and New Testament.

Alexander Campbell in the "Sermon on the Law" (Sept. 1, 1816)