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351 That
the
holy
Scriptures*ereinditedby
Çods
f
rrit-
a.Cor,z.to.iz
flandeth the
fpirit
ofGod,
which
fearcheth
all things, men
the
deeps
things
of
God;
whi:
h
j
irit
isgiuen onto
vs that
r,ee
might
kyOT
the things
n-h
ch
are
gitsenvnto
vs
of
God:
as
it
is
z.Cor.
2.10.12.
So
our Sauiour promifeth to
fend
a
Comforter
veto
Ioh.t
á,7.I3. vs,euen the
jpirit
oftruth,
mho
(hall
leads
vs
in
all
truth,
as
it
is
Ioh.16.7.13.
And indeede who
is
more
fit
then the fpirit
of
God
to
confirme
vs
in
the
afíìtrance
of
that
truth,
which hee
himfelfe bath indited and infpircd
?
or who
can
bctter iudge
of
the
things
of
God
then
the fpirit
cfGod
?
who
can
better
informe
vs
in
this
truth
then
he
who
is
the fpirit
oftruth
?And
therefore
if
we
haue
the
tef}imonie
of
Gods
fpirit in
vs,
wee
fhall
needc no
other
w'itneffe;
nor any reafons inuented
by
mans
wit,
to
confirme
vs
in this
truth,
that the
Scriptures are
the
word
of
the
euerliuing
God.
Gods
:r:t
er-
For whofoeuer
arc
indued
with Gods
fpirit, doe
alfo
by
fvvad
tb
vs
of
their
owne experience
fenfibly feele
by
the
effe&s
and opera
-
ibis truth
by
tion
of
the
Scriptures in themfelues,
that
they
arc
not the
eurovvne
fee"
word
or
inuention
of
mortali man,
but
the word
of
the
Al-
lingatrd
e)
pe
tnightie
and
mof}
wife
God:
for when they
perceiue
that the
rience.
eyes
of
their
vnderf}anding
are
illuminated, which before
were
blind
and
full
of
darkneffe;
that
their
will
is
inclined
to
the
obedience
ofGods
commandements, 'which before was
flubborne and
rebellious;
that
their heart
is
become
loft and
tender,fo
as
like the
heart
of
lofias
it
melteth at the preach-
ing
ofthe
Law,
which before
was
obdurate and
t
lore
hard
then the Adamant;
thát
their
confçience.which
was
dead
and
feared,
is
now
readie
to
checke and controls
them when
they
commit
any finne, and
to allow
and approue
all
good
a6tions,that their
affeSions
are
call
in a
new
mould,
fo
that
whereas
heretofore they
lowed
nothing
but
the
world and
worldly things,now their
loue
is
fixed
on
the Lord
and
thofe
things
that
are
aboue;
and wheras
nothing
was
more odious
in
former times
then
vertue and
godlinefle,
nothing
more
pleafing then
finne
and
the delights thereof, now
contrari
wife,
nothing
is
more lothfome then
finne,
nothing
more
fweete
and delightfull,then obedience to
Gods
commande-
ments
;
and when they
further
confider,
that
this
great alte-
ration
is
made in them onely
by
the hearing
of
Gods word
preached,