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 qmimn mbignaoudy, th draw them to their own opinion.** Again he mys: "They that are ready to spend their time in the best thi,gs, will not give over seeking for troth until they have found the demonstration from the Scriptures themselves. *n* (3lament wrote these things not only by way of caution to the Christians, but in opposition to the fica, who, like Roman Catholics, laid claim to ancient traditions. He afftrnm that Scripture is the orp,o,., t/2 or/tar/on. or rule of judging the controversies of faith, that the ecclesiastical tradition is the whole truth taught by the church of God, and preached to all men, and found in Scripture. And to prove that he had no idea of any infallible inter- preter, he shows us how the Scriptures can be best interpreted: "They who rely upon them must. expound scriptures by scriptures, and by the analogy of faith, comparm zp4ritual tlngt witA ritual. one place with the whole with another, a part, and all by the proportion to the divine attributes."This was the way of the church of Christ in Clement's time, and this is the way of the Protestant churches, and yet it is overlooked by the Church of Rome. Origen was born about the year 185, an Alexandrian, settled catechist of that school about 203, and flourished till the year 252, at which time he died. In his fifth sermon or homily on Leviticus, Origen hath these words :m,, In which (the two Testaments) every word that appertaineth to God may be required and discussed; and all knowledge of things may be understood out of them. But if any thing yet remain which the Holy Scripture doth not determine, no other third Scripture ought to be received for authorizing any knowledge (8cientim) or doctrine; but that which remaineth we must commit to the fire, that is, we will re- serve it for God. For in this present world God would not have us know all things."t Origen suppomd Scripture to be so perfect as to be sufficient for every part of Christian instruction. "We know Jesus (hrt is God, and we seek to expound the words which are spoken accordin to the dignity of the pemon. /trherefore it is necessary for us to call the Scriptures into testimony; for our meanings andenarrations, without these witnesses, have no belief." To these word8 BeHarmine awera, that "Origen speaks of the hardest questions, on which, for vii, c. 16, tom. iii. p. 521. "A3A' *or ,roem zroqw& et o o,  rt a  tt, pm  v aem a u , r y.-- c. 16, . , p. 816. t " qb (duob n) ht om vem qu  m et u ot u; aue ex ib Orehem m ient capi. 8i quM au r. fuet u u divina ript de null al deem am hpt  autM im suipi: 8 i tus q 8umsk id t,  omu,. c. 9, ram. vi, p. 89.  "J Cum imu8 m; qumrim vo qum c aunt, jux rso eem dnim. apr n b t. p?m mnct_in ttimon]um v:  qut nn, et om, me s ti,  nt em."-- r 5 is Mt. V e .   M., . 7 m EA., . 4 m which p!acu ]l,ilammm cites, I vetira Dei, lib. iv, c. 11, Lmct. Prefect undecimo. !

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