24 Author of the Exercitatio II. ofthe Penman ofthe Epifile to theHebrews. Knowledge of the Penman ofany part of Scripture not neceffary. Some of them utterly concealed. The Word ofGod gives Authorityunto them that deliver it, not the contra.. ry. Prophets in things wherein they are not aûuajo infßired,fubjeöt to mi ¡take. St. Paul theWrites of this Epiflle. The hefitationof fOrigen. Heads of Evidence. Vncertain ty ofthem who affign any other Author. St.Luke not the Writer of it, Nor Baena- bas. The Epifile under his name Counterfeit. His Writing of this Epijfle by fundry Reafons difproved. Not Apollos. Nor Clemens. NorTertullian. Objellions againff St. Pauls being the Penman. Dintilitude ofStyle. Admittedby the Ancients. Anfwer ofOrigen, rejected. OfClemens, Hierom, &c. rejeeled lik.iwife. St. Paul in what finfi iHtdznc t aí e. His Eloquence and Skill. Gaulle of the difference in Style, between this and other Epiftles. Coincidence ofExpreiions in it and them. TheEpiffle eteeoí7gamos. Anfwer ofHierom, Rejel.led. Of Theodora. OfChryfoftome. Prejudice of the yewsagainft St. Paul. Not the Caufi of the Forbearance of bis Name. The true Rea- fin thereof. The Hebrews Church State not Changed. Faith Evangelical educed feom OldTeftamentPrinciples andTeffimonies. Thefe preffdon the Hebrews, not meer.5'po- foliealAuthority. Hefitation of the Latin Church about this Eejjlle ; anficered. Other Exceptions from the Epifile itflf; removed. Arguments to prove Sr. Paul to be the Writer of it. Teftimony of St. Peter, a Epifl. 3. v. 15, 16. Co, f derations upon that Tefimony. The fecond Épiittle of St. Peter Witten to the fame Poo /jets with theFirJf. The Firli Written unto the Hebrews in their Difterfion. d`eáoaopu what. S. Paul wrote anEpiJtle unto the famePerins to whomSt: Peterorrore. That, Ibis Egidle. Not that to the Galathians. Not one loft. The Longfufring of God, how declared to be filva- tion in thus Epifile. The Wifdom afcribedunto St. Paul in the Writing ofthis EpiÍfle wherein it appears. The Furtivos of it. Weight of this Tellienzy. The fuitablenef of thisEpifile unto thole of thefameAuthor. Whocow,etent Judges hereof. What re- quired thereunto. Teftimony ofthe ftrJt Churches; or Ceetholirk Tradition. Evidences from this Epifile its fief The general Argumentand Scope. Method. Way ofArguing. All the fame withSt. Pauls other Epiftles. Skill in Judaioal Learning , Traditions and Cullom:. Proper to St. Paul. His Bonds and Sufferings. His CompanionTimo- thy. Ms Sign andToken fiebfcribed. SECOND DISSERTATION. HE Divine Authority of the Epiftle being vindicated, it is of no great Mo- ment to enquire fcrupuloufly after itsPenman. Writings that proceed from Divine Inyj)iration, receive no addition of Authority from the Reputation of Efteem of them by whom they were written. And this the Holy Ghoit hath fufficiently manifetìed, by !hutting up the Names of many of them from the knew- ledge of the Church in all Ages. The Clofeof the Pentateuch bath an uncertain Pen- man, unlefs we (hall fuppofe with fome of the Jews that it was written by Moles after his Death. Divers of the Pfalmr have theirPenmen concealed, as allo have the whole Books ofJofhxa, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Reth, E(ber, lob ; and the Chronicler are but guefied at. Had any prejudice unto their Authority enfued, this had not been. For thofewhole Authors areknown, they were not efteemed to begiven byProphetic, becaufe they wereProphets ; but theywere known to beProphets by the Word which they delivered. For if the WordDelivered or Written by any of the Prophets, was to be efteemed Sacred, or Divine, becaufe delivered or Written by fuch Perlons as were known to be Prophets, then it mull be becaufe they were fome other wayknown foto be, and Divinelyinfpired , as by Working of Miracles , or that they werein their dayes
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