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That
the
holy
Scriptures
were
indited
by
gods
t
srit.
349
the bookes
ofholy
Scriptures had
been vtterly defaced
in all
the
dominions
of
4ntiochtts.
yet
this
were
nothing
for
the
tempters
purpofe :for
the Iewes
Were
now fcattered
farre
and
wide,
and had
their Sinagogues
and fchooles
in
fundrie
na-
tions where
he
had no
authoritie;
and therefore
though
hee
had
dcftroyed
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
the
Greeke
by the
7o.Inter-
preters,at
the requeft
of`Ptolomey
Philc-idelphuc,.and
the
tran-
slation
carefully
kept
in
his
Librarie
long
before the time
of
this
Antiochtu.
By
all
which
it
is
more
then manifeft,that the
Scriptures
are
the
fame
which
were penned
by the
Prophets
and
holy
men
of
God,infpired with
his
diuine
fpirit, confir-
med with
fo
many
and
wonderfull miracles, and
foaled
with
the
blood ofinnumerable
Martyrs.
To
this which hath been faid,I
might
adde the
teftimonie
ofHeathen
writers, who
in
their
feuerall
times
haue
in
their
writings
made
mention
ofthe
mot}principali
things
'
hich
are
contained
in
the
fork
of
the Bible
:
but
as
we neede
not
the
helpe
ofa
candle
to
fee
the
Sunne,
which
more fufficient-
lyfheweth
it
felfe
by
his
owne light:fo
this
glorious
light
of
Gods truth
is
in
it
felfe fo cleere
and
manifeft,that
it
needeth
not
the teftimonie
of
Infidels
to
confirme
it,
vnleffe
it
bee
to
thole
who
farre
exceede
them
in
infidelitie.
And
that
noble
learned and
religious
Gentleman,Philfp
A/fornay
in
his
books
óftheTruneffe
of
Chritlian Religion, hath
eafed
me
of
this
labour,
from whole neuer
walling
candle I haue
borrowed
the
chiefeft
part
of
my
light
in
the handling
of
this
quellion.
CHAP.
XXI.
That
the
teiimonie
of
gods
ffirit,
doth
only
perfrade vs,
that
the Scriptures
are
the
word
of
Cod.
A
Nd
thefe
are
the arguments whereby
all
gainefayers
,[]maybe
conuinced,who
denie the Scriptures
to
bee
the
word
off
od,
and his infallible
truth
:
but
though
they are
fiitficient
J