5 5.8 The DoEirine of St. James real repugnancy or contradi &ion between what is delivered by thefe two Apofles. For if that were fo, the writings of one of them mull; "be udçpigrapha, br falily afcribed unto them whole names they bear, and uncanonical; as the Autho- rity of the Epifile of James hath been by fome both of old and of late highly, but rafhly queflioned. `Wherefore their words are certainly capable of 'a juft Reconciliation. That we cannot any of us attain - thereunto,; or that we do not agree therein is from the darkriefs of our own minds, the weaknefs"of our underítandisngs,and with too many,from the power of prejudices. It is'taken all for granted on all other occáfons that when there is an appearance of Repugnancy or contradi &ion in any places of Scripture, if fome, or any of them, do treat dire &ly, delïgnedly, and largely. aboutrhe matter concerning which there is a kerning repugnancy or contradi &ion, and others, or any other fpeak of the fame'things.only Obiter"oc- cafionàlly, tranftently, in orderunto other ends, the truth is to be learned, ftated -and fixed from the former places. Or the interpretation of thofe places where any truth is mentio- ned only " occafionally with reference unto other things or ends,is,as unto thattrúth,tobe taken from and accommodated unto thofe other places whereiti~it is-the -del gn and purpofe of the Holy Penman to declare it for its bt'n fake, and to guide the Faith of the Church therein. And there is not a more rational, and natural Rule of the interpretation of Scri- pture among all them which are by common content agreed upon. 3. According unto this Rule, it is urìqueltionable that the Do &rine of Ju.tlifccation before God is to be learned from the writings of the Apo#tle Paul, and from them is light to be taken into all other placestof Scripture where it is occational- ly mentioned. Efpecially it is -fo, cbnfidering how exa &ly this Do&rine_reprefents the whole- Scope" of the Scripture, and
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