/ Mattb.]. t',Il. The Church anin:omJ'C:· tCIIt:Uci:;C• / ,! ~'~~~,;r,;d. d F.ckiu~ Endur.loc. con\.li~.1.dc F.cdef.&c• iusauthor. I I I S.;ript:lreis artd!cruicall. I 1·r..,mof boohs. s.Diuinc. s."£cdcfia– Ric~ll. in humilitic,::md fcriouQy feareh th~ Scripture, .A · they are alfo the \:o..·ord of rheli, bcdufe thcf and hcc f11all finrlc rcfolution therein for ahy yvcre pcqncd bymen, and h:a:c b9th order and mat tcr of conf(icncc wh:.rfoeuer. fiylc from mell: ;1ntl in this regard, th:~t they 1/fo. 2. By this aurhoritic ofSqipwrc in gi:.. were part!}' mens workcs, they ~.re not.authcn. uing foucraignc iudgcm~nt, \-Ye arc taught to tic:tll bf rhcmfclucs, bur depend vpon the flUtake hecdcof an incompctt..'nt Iudgc, which .thbritic of Scripture. lluw~n~ l:~okpj arc t~~~;~:t}. men for many hundred yeares hauc fer vp in bOokes penned by inen, either ofche Chutch, I their hearts ro relic vmo in matters ot faith or out of lhc Church; concerning human~ . and cot;fcie1~cc: and th:lt. is to puc the Church things; as bookcs of nacur:tll PhiloiOphic, of I in roome of rhc word, for foueraig!lC iudgcPolicie, and other Ancs: and the(-: are not the: mcm. The Church of Rome acachcth, that I bookc:s ofGod,bta ofmen alonc,hauing bath • the c Church mufi iudge of theScrip.turc; yea, m~ttcr and Hyl( from ~11e.n: ~"hJ~Y of chcq1 fOil.:. ·wirhout Scripture: <I giuc foucraign!= d.ctermi.. tameexcellent truths 1n thc:r kmd, yet garhc.: ! nation in mattns ofconfden~C",a!i hauingmore redoncly fi-om experience and common rea.:. !' authoritie rhcn Scripture, bccaufe it giucs au· B fon; but they h:1uc not in them chat truth* thoritic thereunto: bur this is the groun.d of which is truth according to godlin~/fo, fcr~in$ 1 Arhcilinc,and herdic, and the path '-lvay ro·Po.. to build vp,and to bind the confcicnc.e;vfllcficl pcric; the true Church .of God mult hauc the it be in one ca(c, to Hoppe the mouthes of A· honourofChriftsfpoufc; butyetth,e autho- ~:hci{h,and Epicures, .and to conuince their ritie of foucra.igne iudgcrllrnt mufl: not be gi· conf,itces.Aud thus by c6fcrenccofall books, ucn t'? hcr,but oacly to the word of God himwee fee that Scripture alone is authcnticall in fclfe. it [clfc,~nd no bookes bcfide. The fccond part .of the. authoritic <'f ScripVfll. I. This re::~chcth vs., that minitlers i1i turc,)s thae<ucry part of Canoni<all5cripturc the difpenliog of Gods word lhould content is Aurhent~all; cbat is, offufficicnt authoritic themfducs with Ihc tdl:imonic of Scripture a.:. of it lclf'e, though it be not confirmed by any lone; fOr the end ofrh.e minHteric is to workc other tdHrnonic; for Scripture is the )'Vbrd of and confirmc faith, and to fe.trlc and build Yfi God,and the teflimonie ofScripture is the te.... the confcicncc in therrurh ofreligion,andmat:: fiimonic: of God himfclfc, then V':hich nOne ters concerning faluati6:which no other word can bc.grcatcr: a:> Saint John !aith, lflve·reaiur can doe~ fauc oncly the wordof God i~cr.ipthe teftimonie of mm,- tl:u tn1imtJnie of GodY turc, thathatb fuffi.cienr..aUthoritie i.z)nr;.ltft 1 greate!, l : lob. 5". 9.• .fo.r ;heheu.er .cotKciuing fromwhich con!cicncccannot appea1c:and foi ofthis p,oittt,confcrt~c all the bookes .that arc or C which caufe our Sauiour Chrifi the r.ruc Procuer were, together, and thereby it wlll ap; phcroftheChu~eh,comcnts himfelfe with the peare, thatthe Scripture is of it f<Ik .,4mhcnteRim,ony of the law and Prophets alone; and tica//, There be three fom ofbookcs; !lioinc, after him his Apofiles did the like. See thiS11G" Eccleiiallicall, and Humane: Diui;;c hd:.p arc tably confirmed byPaul,who in his preaching Vfc Cods tdHmony a– lone in 1-'H:aclling. ' ' the bookes of God, penned by th~ Prophets to thelcwes, profdfed himfelfe to hauc [aide 3nd Apollles;•nd they an: all the wo;r,d QfG.od: none othn- thi»g then that which the Proph.eu •a ;,.,;, for whet-her we-regard tHC matter.o'f\theril; of and ./Vlo[es foitl focu!d come. Other writings ! the manner ofrcu.ealing th~m,thcy 11-rC all from haue their good vfc in their time and placej God, 'the Prophets and 'Apefiles V.•ei-C, oi'lcljt but not in the publikemini!leric; fo~ autho.city Gods hapds and infrrLt\UCnts in pennil)g then\, and tellimonie fromScripture is authcnticaH.: theholyChollgouethc'lmtcr,theorder,an~ Thu the Scripi;m faith, tlwcrfor. iti< fo ;-out the very words; from \tl.'hcnGc it n'm1 fi.-,.·tcdds ~thor-iti~ fi·om Comtcc!s and F~rthe1·s, is fophiL follow,~hattheyare of all-fuflicientamhqrity jlrie.- as, :Aujfin faith fo, therefore it is !0"1 of thcmfelucs. Etcleftajlie>tll.6ook.fi, 'ard1ooks this is no good rcafon, for it implie, that 1 of diuicetna.ttcrs, penned by lcar~~ mp1 in 0 ?Lll .that Auftin falde is true, which indccd'c the ehurch ; and they :m: eith/ r .. g~nerall js. fa:lfc, he beeingas allmen oae, fubict.l: to er.. bookes" or particular,: ,Genrra/1 6ofi"kf3 EcclejL rour. afticall, I call thofc,which wctc cirhc"'\madc or ... z.. P"fo. TJ1isalfo lhewcth, that we cannot vnwriueu confirmed by the v. hole Church-; 'as i:hc hcleeucvnWrittct) traditions, though they be ~.~~:::~~;;,. Crecdcs c;>fthe Apofl:lt;s,thc Nicenc,a~nd.ofA called Apofiolic::tl.Thc church ofRomr illt('!W ric~ll. _ thant~JLus :·and the fomc fidt gen;C.r.;tll .COunto dccciue vs,wht= they would bcare V.!. in hand ;i~~;;_~:·;Jii. ~o:ls, and.tl;efc hauc <;a.tholikc allo-..~·a,nce, yet that halfC of thofc things whiC"h :lrc to hQ be~ b.l'..t::·61· not abfohttc ~uthoritl<', bur dopcnding on l(eucd, are not written in Suipturc~ but n:cd- . Scripture. Particula1· 6ao/:.p Ecc!~fi'fflicall, 1 ued by traditlon:butthcfe traditions we c~n- .call the ~atcchi(mcs and Confeffions;<;>fpartinot bdecue bya.diuine faith, howfoeucr bytJ... cubr Ch~!Jchcs rn:~.dc by them, or by par.ricucommon humane: faith we may; fOr they arc l1r t...~c~hers thereof; which hauc notauthoJ·icontained in thebooke:s of Councels, and 1:a.. tic of ~hemfclues, but from the Scripture, or thcrs,whichwere w.onhy men, yet fubicc:% to from gcncr~Jl confcnt. Now .both th.tfe kinds errour. , • "'': ~fbooks Jnay be calkd Gods w~rd, fo f.1rrc . ;. V'fo. This ll(o lhcweth, that wenmfl{<,h1tonh as they agr-ee wltj1 Scriptum: EIOd yet mit our fclueswith fearc and rrembling tolthc ."""..,=~---~----~--.,.__.---~-V_:_:.•__ ______ -~_ord
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