V .r R , 2,0. .hefarj:r, C;uR, z. ;><q { new.fpeci1k, it is not contrary to the Word , becáiic the Lord fad of the Church, He that heárethyott, heareth me: inwhich after a fort all thofe thi :gs which the Church Ihould determine, are includ.d ; as praying for Sain`s, dirges for thedead,Pogatory, &c. So that,rhough they fay every thingtobee believed,mutt bce Aporho icall , yet they bring nu]. r this their unwritten verities, their owne fentes of Scrip-1 cure, what pointsfoever their Church (hall determine, though never lodifferenr from the Word written; w'tich are not contrary , be- caufe in thegenerals at the leaft , which biddeth;us heave the Church, they are infolded. Now the trueexpofition of this doctrine flandeth in three bran- ches. r. in (hewing that the Apoftolick doEtrineísno word betide, but this onely which we have written. 2. In (hewing that the Scripture is a glaffe in it lelfe , and w,e are to hangonno conftruCtion furtherthen it is .warran- table by Scripture. 3. That the generals and particulars to be believed, areex. prefTed in the Scripture. For the fiat, I prove it from the office of the Apollles to preach by mouth and writing to theworld, by writing to continue, ram04 ntarh.ts.:o. you to the endof the world. Which could not be meant of their perfo- nall miniftry and word ofmouth which palled , but of their duetting penned to be a word ofFaith to the end. Secondly, from the all-fuf ficiency of the Scripture , in all that is nece(fary to falvation, ¡oh. 20. 30, 3 t. Exceptions againft ir, fee in them that handle controverfe;. z. For the fenfe: the Scripture it felfe (heweth the fence of Scripture: either the fenfe of fcripture mutt be brought ,from the fcri- pture, or brought unto it: But we mull not bring fences to ir,,for çhey are not the fenles of fcripture, bar our prefumptron. What doth prea ching hold out in lively voyce, that conttru.tion the fcripture maketh of it felfe. fcripture is both the glo(fe and text: For that which is the ¡;o to gather fenfe of fcripture , mutt bee brought from circum(tánce, of the text, or III' scripcuae. from conference,:fromproportion of Faith, Yea the Papifts them- Rives fall unto it: for aske then, whetherthe Pope and Counfell de- termine immediately : No ; for that is the difference betwixt his de- termination and fcripture, there mull be, iydy and confulcation about the fcriptures. But in truth they denythis , for the myfteryof their lca;nitsigdothtakc away this: For they move fcriptures and Fathers but as cyphers; What are all Fathers but the writings of private Do- étors, therefore lyableto errourc And what are the fcriptures from a whifpered tradition, and from a perfonall fpirit of the Pope and his Clergy) they robbe the fenfe, offcripture;,fuffer not,thcmfelves to be ruled by it. They thinke the fcriptures not ofabfglute,tlecef icy they are Anabapti(is in effect: for theyhave a fpirit reaçliipg-them , ogt of this written fcripture, the foundation of our - faith. Thirdly,we-fay, that tbis,yvgtfí.writrr iw.hiclititigW,cflx.fprtka con - ftruetion
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