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That
the
holy
Scriptures
*ere
indited
by
gods
f
jirit.
fufficient
for
the
conuielion
of
all
oppofers,
and for flop.
ping
the mouthes
ofal
Atheifls,Epicures and
meere naturals;
yet notwithflanding,not
any
of
thefe,
nor
all
thefe
are
in
themfelues
fufficient,
to
beget
faith
in
the heart
ofany,or
to
perfwade
him with
full affurance,
to
.beleeue
that
the
Scrip-
tures
are
the
word
.of
God,
vnleffe
there bee adioyned
vnto
them
the
teflünonic
of
Gods
fpirit, which doth not onely
conuince,but alto
throughly
perfwade
vs
of
this
truth
;
and
this
alone in
itfelfe
is
al
-fuf1
cient,though
we neuer heard
a-
ny other
of
the former reafons,for the
working offaith
in
vs,
and
a full
perfwafion
ofthis truth.
That
al
otherarguments
are infufficient
without
'teflimo
That all
ether
!tie
ofGods
fpirit,hereby
it
is more then
manifefl,in
that not
ar
umeutsare
many
wife,
nor
many
learned
in
the world
doe beleeue
the
without this
Scriptures,which
is
the
caufe
why they do
not
fubmit them
-
vnfufcient.
felues
to
the obedience
thereof;
whereas
if
faith
might
bee
wrought
in
men
by
force
ofarguméts
or natural reafon,
they
whobefl
conceiue
themwould mofi
eafily
be perfwaded
by
them
:but
contrariwife,wefee that
there
things
are
hid from
Match.
st.z
t.
the
wife &
prudent,&
are
reuealed
vntobabes,not
by
means
ofnaturall reafon,but
by
the tefhmonie
of
Gods
fpirit.
For
naturally
we
Are
all
blind
in
fpirituall
things,
neither
can
the
naturali
man
*erne
ern
thethinvofthe
f#iritofGod,neitker
csc
be
i,Car,ss
.
knew
them,becaufe
they
are
fpiritual
y
difcerned,as
it
is
t
.Cor.2.
i4.and
therfore,
though the
Scriptures be the
glorious
light
ofGods
truth,fhining
as
bright
as
the
Sun
in the
firmament,
to
thofe
whole
eyes are
inlightened
with
Gods fpirit; yet
to
thofe
who
continue
in
their naturallblindnes,
.&
were neuer
anoynted with the preciouseie
-falue
ofGods
fpirit,this
glo-
rious
light
appeareth
not,no
more than
the
lunfhíne
to thofe
who want
their fight,
& hence
it
is
that
they
grope
at
noone
daies.And
as
the
poore woman,
of
wh6
Seneca
fpeaketh,
be-
ing
fuddenly
in
the
night
flricken
with blindnes,
defied
the
next
day
to
vndraw the
curtains
& open
the
windowes
that
fbc
might
fee,wheras
ÿ
caufe
of
her
not
Peeing
was
not
want
oflight,but
of
wát
of
eles: fo
thefe mé
who
are firicken
with
naturall blindnes,c6plaine they
cannot
fee
ÿ
glorious light
ofGods
truth
fhining
in
his
word,&
therefore
delire
to
hauç
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