C H A P.2. An Expofition vpon thefecond V E 11.2, all whither Articles of faith were increafed in procefl'e of time. And is thus refolued : they were not encreafed noua addendo, but implicita explicando. Doth any doubt whe- ther c.*1 fes related fully what was prefcribed to edam. or Abraham to be belceued ? a The Gofpell which the Apofiles preached, they did afterwards by the will of God deliuer vs in their writings, to be the foundation and pillar of faith : perfealy and ful- ly, trove we ? e.Idoro Scriptura plenitudinem, faith Ter - tullian. ScriptumeffedoceatHermogenis oficina: Si non ell vide Apoc. Scriptum, timeat v r and, k ad4rcientibus,vel detrahenti- iz,ts, bus defizn<ttum. Saint Hierome. Oita abfgue autoritate & islcap.a; Aggai. tesiimons Scripturarum, quafi tradition Apofiolica f fionte reperiunt, atque confingunt,percutitgladiau Dei. 3 Can we imagine the Apofiles, inferting in their wri- tings particulars many, comparatiuely to thofe of neceffa- ry faith,ofno fuch confequence for knowledge,would pre - termit any thing concerning vs in the maine ? Credat Irs- data e4pella. 4 But who can imagine their writings and Traditions are contrariant ? Ends of committing the word to writing, fee largely inTheophylati, ICemnititec,and others Ancient and Moderne; and tell me how well this Phanfie forts with them. 2V r by Epifile as from vs. The third is letter. Meanes he the former Epifile Pent to this Church, corrupted by audacious gloií'e of thefe falfe Teachers? Rather fome o- ther forged by them, and fathered vpon the Apofile : why elfe in the dole is the Apofile fo careful! to Charaêterize his Epifiles ? doubtlefi'e that the forgerie, if any, might thereby be difcouered. Such forgerie a no new thing in Heretiques and other Im- pofiors. Apofiles yet furuiuing,they publifhed vnder their Names Euangelicall fiories : AAlmbrofe on Luke menti- ons the counterfeit Gofpels of Thomas, Bartholomew, `Taal, whole Authors he fuppofeth thole many mentio. ned by Lake, to haue attempted, but without fucceffe,the narrations that concerned our Saulour. After -Times were not irenetu 1kb. ;. cap.!. s
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