That G on- u. · · But yet we will adde fomething to it,.bctcaufe· the Papiffshave abufed this,and !ay,They would indeed have the truthof theS.c1'iptures todepend upon the authorit.ie of the Chureh.;.but not .fo · much ·upon the teftimonie it bath r.ecei.ved frorp all Ages and Genere}tions,as .upon ·that tdHmon nie which ·the prefent Chutchgiyes .of it; .be– aufe, fay they, the Church eanerre in nothing; therefore not in this : And ·hence they inferre, This is·the Bible,becaufe the very Di.&.ate of the Pope, inC6thedr4,with his Counceli (fome fay) ma:kes-it fo; and;yo.u mu:ftte~eive it for Scrip 4 ture, ·upon this very ground, wid:tolilt any further inquirie: though with us (who doe not receive that conclu6on, th~t the Church cannot erre) this is out ofqueflion, that ·the Scripture cloth· not depend on theauthotitie of theChurch_, yet wewill give you thi~ reafon againfr{t. Aske r.hat Church, that Synode of-men, What is that which makes the Church to-beleeve, that the Scripture is theWord of Go o ? Surel¥, they will give the fame anfwer that wee·tb.ari del-iver-– unto you,.That it could be.nothing -elfe but the·· " Scripture it felfe; which thereforemull: needs be ofgreaterauthoritic than the Church,fonhe·de– claration of tbern.felves, in that the Scr.iptures manifefration of themfe1ves) is of more force than the authoritieof the C\hurch; a·s.the caufe bath much rnore ftrength than thedfea.. Againe, the Chu!ch ·bath no authoritie to · judge of the Scripture, till it be know-ne to·be the Chufch ;· ,which cannot be, but by the Scripture. M9re;.\ over, - 5-9 f . I :
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