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 'rixD. tBodlc I. & malt be perminded of the truth of thatdolte whi had the seal of die written testimony."* Cyr of erusalem, who died in 386, speaks thus :" Not even the least of the divine and holy m. ysteries of the fith ought to be handed down without t]e, divine !cnptures. Do not simply give faith to me speaking these things t you except you have the proof of what ! say from the divine Scriptures. For the security and preservstiou of our faith are not supported by ingenuity of speech, but by the proofs of the dvine Scripmres."' Cbysu, bishopof Constantinople, who was born in 347, flourished from 370 to about 400, and died in 407, gives ample testimony to the sufficiency and clearness of Scripture. He say8 that te Scripture, "like a safe door, doth prevent an entrance to heretics, guarding us in safety in all things we desire, and not permitting ns to be deceived." He therefore concludes: "Whose uoeth not the Scriptures, but cometh in otherwise, that is, cut8 out for lmseff a dferent and unlawful way, the same is a thief."l Chryo8tom write8 aI80 as follows :--" Formerly it might have been ascertained by various means which was the true church, but at present there is no other method left for those who are wfling to discover the true church of Chrt but by the Scriptures alone. And why ? cause heresy has 11 outward observances in conunon wth her.. !f a man therefore, be desirous of knowing the true church, how wfil he be able to do it amid 00 great resemblance, but by the Scripture8 alone Vfnerefore our Lord, foreseeing that such a great confusiou of thins would take place in the latter days, ordered the Christians to have recourae to nothing but the Scriptures." On the pusage," All Scrip- ture is given by inspiration of rod,- Chr80stom says, "The man of  could not be perfect without the Scriptures. Instead of me, he, thou hast the Scripture8: if thou desirest to learn any thing, hence thou mayest. But if he wites these things to Timothy, who was rifled with the Holy Spirit, how much more must we think these things spoken to us." Furthermore he esys :7 "It is absurd, while we will not trust other people in pecuniar affairs, but choose to reckon and pa.". Nyu. Dfid.  A �t ReJ'rect/o, tom. i, it. Oreco. Lat., p. 639.  0. iv,  . --CAst. H. 59, in John. c. 9, . ,"% p. . ,   v.*C Hem. 9, in  m. e. 1, tom. xi, p. 714,  . 1S, e. iv, in fin, in . Cot. min.  p. . 1

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