I Cc~rwtieof Scnptvre. f!AnExpojiriono[Ciiri's7s Y;mh.7.: '4· >nd the boof:.r of rh, Rtghtm:>, fpokc<> A th<r boo~cs of Scriptu~;;;",;i,~:dott-;-;.,~ I~~:_':_·1 of bv lofbuah, Chap. 10. t 3· .Anfwer. The[c [ 1 of infallible trurh and ccrtaimic. Here f 0 mc I werC the \\ ntmgs of n.cn, humlnc Hot~cs, ! may <~skc , how wee fhould bee pcrf,sad-c,l l. . I hke to our bookcs of Chronfdc:s. Yer it j;g i hereof in OMr 'onfdenccs ? .Anfiv. Bv thc!c · b!.:-·"'~~:~~r I faiJ.: Iudc 14. E.tJ(ICb tb~ foaHcnth ji-om Aci.J;m , 1 1 Argu.mcnc:J, which ~c aJ,J.dr:l\\:nc fron; Scrip- ~ a k~:.o .... c. pr'oplxjid. AnfivtY, That p1·ophc:dc was not turc ll felfe, ( foT as cm·nc Sneucc and Arte I penned, bm \\'Cnt from hand to hand by ho.ch hl:i grouuds:1nd principles , fo bath. the woni of mouth: :md if lt W€'rc penned, yet it holy Scripture, v\·hic:h i!l nor the Church. bu:: V\' as nor d0nc by EMch hi:nE·!fc, but hy Come Scriprmc it fclfc) r. from the ca~ifCJ: 2. from k\'1-'C i.nh.ts n:unc long afa·r A1ofos; far it Gm the eff!!Clt: ~. from the properties : .:;~. ri·om I not be pwot~cd th:tt £;wch cucr pcBnct.l any Ji;.'{~:ts.' ~.fromthc contr,lri!'.r::6. from thc tc.fhpart of Scripnn:c. So1~1e vnll o:~sk: mcc, how WJJ;zic t\ur is eim·n. hereof I 1 the pc15plcofC cr-d di-d fordwi fpaceofrwo :he 1 1. ~r,iu.?te~t. Am~ng thccat:fet, the 1 , ;1 .:r.t~t.':e thoufand ::nxl foync hmH.!r:ed ycan:s,. before ?rlt an(, p:mcrp:-tllrs-the Amhor thereof,which j c~fc:.. theu,n v.·az.w~·iucn, what gui-de h;;d they t.s. God hunfclfc Y to him doe Scriptures re- I fct· to kn()wc the will CJf God? .Anf.v. They fcnc themfel..ttcs., and alfo fhcv-.c how God h:1d the \\·ord of Gml tmmcdi:1tly taught them is tbetr .~mhor. In Scripture we re:1d thaa: I by wor.d of mouth:- from God himfdfc; as God fpaketo A d.-1m, to Enoch, ;Vo~, A bra - ! \\'cc may fee in the PJttiarkcs, .Abrabam, J_ hmn, :1nd the reft; and of CJ,rifhbc new Tc- l f.'1ttc , anti lttcab:- ::!lld they to \<\home it was H~mcnt giucs molt liucly tdlirnoni~, making j dclitJcred, didlllfo cQnua.y the fa-me from rna.n htm the Author and fl:lbic~ thereof. 1'\ow j' to rrrln by tr:ldition..And be..::tufc it tn<'~.y fcemc nothing is falflyafcribed to God, bm God in Hraungc, h.ow reHgion could for f0long time ti-me- will bring the f.1me to nought ; ::md ! be prcfcrued pure "''ith()ut writ~ng, wee art thcrcfo~c if Scripwrc h...d,· n0t lxcac Gods I to knowc, thJ.t bd(,rc: the u~se was. written, word, tt would long agof.le haue vanilbed.. the Church of God f~om1:h~ beginning, wa-s Againe, the caufc confemtt'ft muft bee confide- · · f the moft part in one familie oncly, a·s in .Ared; thtt dcui.ll by wicked men and herctikes d.:tms, EnochJ, Nou, Abraham.t, (}·c. whereh:1th h·bourcd to t:tkc :lWJYGods word frotn. by it w:ls a n1orc eafie thing eo prcCcrne Gods mens-hearts and hlnds: but fct it is fiill prcfcrwOTd among them. Agame, thofc men that t~J..ed in the Ch:.1rch, which argues. thnt it is firfi lCCl:IUCd the w01d of God \\ tthout \\f!.. ! C kept byagrcarcr power then is i-n·<l'ihnen and ung, were oflong connnuance, lnung neere I angels: th:lt is, by the po\..,•er of God. Thinl- i to a rhoufand yczns fpacc, wher<:by they l ty,thcpmmm,thc inrlrumem:iJll caufes, they j tmght better fee Lh~: vt-ord pt cfet udl and con... were holy men of God, Prophets, ·-.and A- ~ tmued Wtthout wrmng, by uadmon. Bdlds, polllcs ~who for vertu~ and pictie farre cxwhenr~ltgwn "tV~s corrupt<>d, God h1mfclfe 1 1 Gcedcdother \nitcrs :- :md if they had bcene rcil:orcd the putttl:: thelcof, tLl!Ca!mg h1s wtll mcere- polf.titklns , their writings would hauC: 1 3game, and rCFIC'Amg h1s coucnant vmo hu f11ewed i-t ; fOr the penn1cn of holy Scripture , I fcruants, as he dsd toA~r,tJ;am and the rtfi of hauc thcr~in faithfully regill:rcd their O\\'tlC 1 the Patri-arkes. faults~ "'·hich no polittkc perfo:1 would hauc Hcrt:·then behold, how the head f)f fami-fies done, Againc, confider the m4tter of holy pref-t:n·tcd Gods word, and true religion> iu Scripture,\\ hieh (bnds i·ndoChine :1nd (l:ylc:: 1 t!ht:tbegi:Jning of the world; namcfy. byu:1the doClrir;cof Scriptn11cis the Lawe and the / cbling it to d1eil' pol~critie: ~1nd frot:n themwe Go{pel ~now the l:.a\N i:; fct foab in n1oi1 c:v.- \"nay lcarl'l'C, wh:u i.- the dutic , ~md ought 'dlem pnritic, Both~n·g therein is againfi right r to \:lee the praC1ife of eucry goucrnour <!.If a rcafon 7 or common cquitic. 1n the lawes of f:unilic at this d'ay : they muft 1'\0t thinke men.arc many things f0und :lg<~inR reafon and thcm[cl,ucs rlifd1:ug·cd 1 for that the!' 1.:\'0rcl is D cqui:ic; they conHuand fuchthiflg$ as Cll)lllwritten in the Church, and cucry t'lll:\11 may m0t1 !leafon wculd condemn<:, ami- omit m:lrcad and hcarc the fame: but they nmfl: fee ny lhings vvhich reafon and equitie would th~ f:1mc bee taught 'nto tht·ir "hildren, 'ommattnd. And for the GvJfr~l, in it ·is fet 3nd to the rdl of their familic , that fo it do\NllC d.oChine altogether aboue lllans re<JmJY ·hc rre(crucd :!mong them. So God comfon; touching ChrHls tncarnatiot~, ard In3ns mandcth his people , to uachthcir cbJ!d7en the redemptiOn by his death: and alth01..tgh lhcfe feruicc ,frhePtif{eoffer, Exod. I 2.16, 27. !lnd to things bee aboue n::tturc, yet wee fin.de them wh~t th:: wc.rdJ~f rhe /m't'evpon rJNir children, true, \.\'holefomc, and good , in cxpcrifnce of Deut. 6.7. confcicncc:; \\·hich :1!fo prooucs that they are 11f. Poi>tt, In this rc:lfon our Sauiour t:lkes the wo!id of GoJ. M('nmz.ydeuifc things J-~ for grauntcd, th:lt the writings of MofeJ ond b0uc nature, but they C:'\11 neuc-r bec-\·vholenf the Prophets ·'lre of infallible- certamtie ; fome to the c"onfcicnce. funher,f0r the jlylf' tOr it is <11l one as if Ace had f<Jtde, this !llllft Of Scripture, tl1c phrafc i-s plainc and familiar, needes bee eucric nY.lns dmic, to Me as hu and'yet ih any one !pC':eh there ls· more .m:'!- l wouldbee t~mc to ,Jar this 1~· rhe Lmve and the icftie, then in all the \Hitings of men. Lafi- j I ~~ophm: and (o anlwrrablo to them, all o- · ly, the. c~de of Scripture prooues the fame to l bee ' --------------~--·-
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