Pgtíouo saw). 147 it be conteined in the word of God, upon " which if it lean not ,. it is not faith, but " that filch or fuch a : man is juílitied in particular , is not conteined in the word, " neither can it be deduced from thence " for then I mull argue thus, the word faith,. " All that truly turn to God (hall find tner- "cy , but I do truly turn to him there- " fore I am fure of mercy , in which the " minor is not in the word. By the way we may obferve what an excellent founda- tion the Jefuite layes for his difputation ,. Fides non eft ,. nifi verbi divini auí'oritate, nitatur, that is not faith , which k not bot- tomed on the authority of the divine word. Oh rare ! if this were believed , what would become of Popery ? what of all the hay and Stubble of their vain Traditions ? Why do they play the wily Gibeonites with their old bottles and clowted íhoes , obtru- ding their unwritten verities and mouldy cuftoms upon the Church of God ? I can be affured of no Religion, which is not foun- ded on Scripture. But for anfwer, The cer- tainty of the noE:rine of Faith ,which re- fpeas the whole Church, is to be found in the Scripture ; but the certainty of an a' of Faith which is in a particular man, is to be found in the heart by fpiritual fenfe and experience ; and fo in Bellarmines minor, the certainty of my turning to God flands not upon the word, but upon fpiritual fenfe and experience ; yet neverthelefs the çoncluti- L 2 on,
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