That theholyScriptureswere inditedbygods t srit. 349 the bookes ofholyScriptures had been vtterly defacedin all the dominions of 4ntiochtts. yet thiswere nothing for the tempters purpofe :for the Iewes Were now fcatteredfarre and wide, and had their Sinagogues and fchooles in fundrie na- tions wherehehad no authoritie; and therefore though hee haddcftroyed all the copies ofthe Scriptures in all places of his kingdome, yet there were many in other places where he bare no fcvay..Neither were they now in the Hebrew tongue. alone, but all() tranflated into theGreeke by the7o.Inter- preters,at the requeft of`PtolomeyPhilc-idelphuc,.and the tran- slationcarefullykept inhis Librarie long before the time of this Antiochtu. Byall which it is more then manifeft,that the Scriptures are the fame whichwere penned by theProphets and holymen ofGod,infpired withhis diuinefpirit, confir- med with fomanyand wonderfull miracles, and foaled with theblood ofinnumerableMartyrs. To this which hath been faid,I might adde the teftimonie ofHeathenwriters, who in their feuerall timeshaue in their writingsmade mention ofthe mot}principali things ' hich are contained in the forkofthe Bible : but as we neede not the helpeofa candle to fee theSunne, whichmore fufficient- lyfheweth it felfe byhisowne light:fo this glorious light of Gods truth is in it felfe fo cleereandmanifeft,that it needeth not the teftimonie ofInfidels to confirme it, vnleffe it bee to tholewho farre exceede them in infidelitie. And that noble learned andreligious Gentleman,PhilfpA/fornay in hisbooks óftheTruneffeof Chritlian Religion, hath eafed meofthis labour, from whole neuer walling candle I haue borrowed thechiefeft part ofmy light in the handlingofthisquellion. CHAP. XXI. That the teiimonie of godsffirit, doth only perfrade vs, that the Scriptures are theword ofCod. A Nd thefe are the arguments whereby all gainefayers ,[]maybe conuinced,whodenie the Scriptures tobee the wordoffod, and his infallible truth : but though they are fiitficient J
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