('s6 ) cc literal fenfe ofScripture, and only from that may ar= "gumentationbe taken for the proving of thofe things " that are matters of Faith and neceffary to falvation, and not from thole paffages that are fpoken by allego -. " ry, 6-c. And fup. 7. ["The holy Scripture in the li- " teral fenfe foundly and well underftood, is the infallible c` andmoft fufficient rule ofFaith.] See more ofhis orati- on opened in my Keypg. 93, 94, 95. TheTeftimony of Bellarmine, cofferus and others I have fomerly recited. XXXI. The Pope teacheth us that we cannot truly be- lieve the Articles ofour Faith or the truth ofscripture but becaufe of the Authority and Infallibility ofthe Pope andhis Church declaring them ; Jo that we mull believe that the Pope is Chrifls Vicar and authorized by him, and made in- fallible, before we can believe that there is a Chrifl, or- that he bath given any authority or gifts to any. This is not to be denyed : And Knot againft chilling- worth hath no other fhift, but to refolve their belief of the Churches infallibility and authority, not into any word or donationofChrift, but into Miracles wrought by the Church. So that no man can be a Believer that is not firft certain of the Papifts Miracles (and how can millions know them, when they fee themnot ? and in all my life I could never meet with one that faw them.) And he muff next be certain that thofe miracles prove the infallibilityof thePope ; whenyet they confefs that they prove not the Infallibility of him that Both them. Valentine Greatreaky bathdone and frill dothmore won - derous cures by touch or firoaking, than ever I heard byany credible report that any Papift did : and yet he pretendeth tono Infallibility. And thofe Canonized Saints that have been molt cre- dibly famed for the greatefr Miracles: have born their Teftimony
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