;46 That the holy Scrip0/rer were indite by God.rf'Jiirit. Ieremy,concerning the taking ofIerufaletnand their captiui tie into Babylon, and the timeof7o.yeeres limited for their abiding there;the propheciesofDaniel concerning thefoure Monarchies ;which are fo cleere and perfpicuousas ifhe had feene them in his time ; the prophecie of ChriPt concerning thedefiru&ion ofIerufalem;theprophecies contained in the Reuelation ofS. lohn, many ofwhichwee fee fulfilled inour tine, efpecially that concerning the Antichrifl of Rome, bis manner of comming, his increaí ng, his workes, feate and placeofrefidence; all whichare fo manifefily and plainlyde- scribed, as if theApof}le had written an hiflorie andnot a prophecie. Which plainlyproueth that the Scriptures were not deuifed byman, but penned by, the infpirationofGods fpirit, who byhis prouident wifedome forefeeth all things, tfihd byhis wife prouidence ruleth all things. 4.Se .ó. But here Satanwill be ready to obie&,that weare notable That the Scrip- toproue that theeprophecies were writtenbyany fuch Pro- cures werepen- phets &holymen as are mentioned in the Seriptures,fo long ned by thehoh e before the things contained in them weredone,and that for men of God ought we know theymight be forged and foified in by foure tivhichare in cunning fellow after the thinswere core to affe. The like tbemme tie- g i g p ed, andnot obieStionsallo he maketh againft the ref} ofthe fcriptures,as forged in their that eitherthere was not any fuch . 'Wofs,or ifheewere, that names byfome hee was but fore cunning fellow who writ ofmiracles and pPlititian* wonders neuer done,to gaine credit to his lawwhich he had publifhed;or ifhe wrote nothingbut truth in his time;yet we know r:.ot whether thefebooks which govnder his nameare perfed& ashe left th,ordcpraued and corrupted, Inningma- ny things altred,added,and detraeted,according to the plea- fixreofthofe who haue had the keeping ofthem. And foallo he obieð againft ÿotherparts ofholyScriptures. To this T anfvere, thatas it \-vere great abfurditie to ca`1 inqueflion thewritings ofCrcero, Seneca, Phsrarch &other heathen men whether they werepenned by any fuch in or no,becaufe the next age recciued theta from the authors themfclues;& deli- tiered theto the next infuing,and fòby traditi6 fromhand to hand they arecome vntovs; fo it is no leffe abfurditieto call into qucfzion whether i Scriptures were written by the Pro- phctS
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