I ,, 44 A -7Jefcriptiou of the confirnted Perfection of th~ Scripture*; \vh~~h irr\lnot onl )1' fitted for .that great Et1d ,of brjnging Maukincl to God, but for fuch an univer– fal Ufe herein, .as to m~ke the Simple wife, and caufe the ,Poor to receive the Gofpel; and yet believe alfo, that it is a Mafs of deacTand unfenfed-CharaClers, un– til the Ro1nijb Clergy put a juft Senfe thereon, tho' its.Senfe and Meaning is the very Soul thereof. Yea, thus pafs fron1 the Letter of the fan1e, and all Certainty. of its Truth, :f:o1n intr~nfick · Evidences, and thefe Marks ,2nd ·CharaClers of its :Pivinjty, whereby the Ch.riflian .Caufe _· could -be tnaintained {againfl Paga1zs. 3· · ·Where. 'he 1nuft believe alfo, -that thefe are the Words of ·Chrift, 7ohti vii. 17. Ifany Man ao my Wtll, hejhall know my Doflr£ne, .whether t"t be of God or -not, . and that Men err through not knowing the ,. Scripture, Matth. xxii. And yet believe all the \vhile, that Thefe fa'cred Fonntains , of Light ihould be fhut up to keep Men fron1°Errors; and that the foie .Right of - und~rftanding t!1e fatn\e, belongs to a_ few, not to the Multitude ;-who yet can l)re- · tend no extraordinary Affiftance or Re– velation herein, nor will then1felves \ \-',, ceme to thefe ~aters of Jeal<?ufy to_l1e . . tr1ed. · ~ ·( ( ,.
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