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 0HIP. II.i 'SCRIPTURE. 39 Milner, niL, that the/r church Im an exclusive ch/m to the 8cr/pture: 7. Their objections sEa/nEt the Protestant rule, considered; oh)action, "The 'Church had not the cr/pture always." "Many books of the 01d Testament are lost.** They deein the Bible unaece.a. They have no �erta/a ru/: 8. There is no new revelation in the church to constitute a new rule; not the church; nor the fathers; nor councils; nor decrees of popes; nor trad/tion.V. How THE SCBIPTUMSS ABE THE ].ULE OI.' FAITH. 1. F/r#!, Scr/pture /8 the rule to form a trffct fd//]t, as far as man is capable: 2. Sleekly, It is the rule to form it in & degree of .'/'y for salvation: 3. For th/8 purpose a man need not study the question of the canon of Scripture: 4. Nor know the original languages: 5. Nor consult interpreters: 6. Four things only are required to form a true faith, which may be obtained by all; F/rrt, to know what ftftcit for salvation: 7. Secon/y, Adapted to the capacity of all: 8. Forms a true perrit/o in the mind: 9. Fo'tMy, Free f.rom injtr'/ostJ 'm*.-- �[. ALL AER TO BRAD THE SCRIPTUBES. ]. Doctr/nes/)f the Church of' Pome on point. Fourth rule of the Index. P/us VII. Bull of June 29, 1816. The pope*s bull of. eptember 18, 1819. Bull o� Leo X., dated May 3, 1826. Bull Un/genitus n 1713. Discordant opinions of RomanisMs on this. Priest Maguire cited. Sent/meets of the lr/sh clersy. Some, however, a/Tact to approve of circulating the Scryture. B/shol) Purcel's opinion. Mr. Henni's sentiment. Some really favour their circulation, but they are generally opposed to it. The Scr/pture in South Amer/ca, and at Rome: 2. All should read the Bible in their vernacular to.nue: (1.) The Jews read them; (2.) The New Testament enjoins it; (3.) The primitive Christians read them: 3. AT. gumants aainst the B. oman Catholic restriction on Scripture reading; (1.) Their 9z/w/o is erroLrant and absurd; (2.) Their rct,'wtion amounts to a prohibit/on; (3.) They are oppowcg to the word of God. They have barely lp�m/tt�/, not for their circulation. They refused to permit the British Bible Society to circulate the Douay Bible. They are against its circulation, which is proved by f/J. No analogy between the proceedings of'the Bible Society and the Church of Rome; (4.) Their people not allowed to exere/se their judgment in readin Scr/pture. Creed of Pins IV. cited. Dr. Milner quoted; and Gerber; (5.) They do not /nEtruer their People to rural. Milner quoted.VII. THRIB OBJRCTZOS8 TO SCBPTUS READING, STATED AID ANSWERED. 1. Obj., '* The Scripture /s wrested by' some to the/r destruction :'* 2. ebb., 'F,*nat/cism results from i)rombcuons reading:" 3. 0hi., ' It Drnduce8 heresies**' Features of resemblance between Romanism and Socinisnsm; F/"r,t, The ,'cin/an does not adopt the Prutetant rule, nor is he & Protestant; ,qcon/t�, The divin/ty of Christ can be proved from Scripture; Tiird/y, There are strong feattires of resemblance between Romanism and Socinisnism; lat., In doctrine; 91. In the libeft/es taken with Scryture; d, In the rules of. interpretation; 4th, Yet SociniaFm and Roman/Its are to be distinguished: 4. Obj., �r/pture reading produces sch/mn :" 5. Obj., "It produces disloyalty, insubordination, and rebellion :*' 6. Obj., "It does more harm than good :" 7. Obj., "Christ and his apostles did not propagate the gas- ps by' r/ting, but by teaciting. VIII. THE CAsoq oF SCaMPTYRE. 1. The Pro- testants have the same canon of the Old Testament with the Jews: 2. The Apocrypha was not added to the Chr/stian canon during the four first centuries of Christ/anity: 3. Five reasons against the canon/city of the Apocrypha: 4. Their introduction into the canon of. modern (tate.IX. GE.'UINENEUS, AUTHENTICITY, AND ISSPIRATION OF ,'*CRIPTtTEB. 1. Remarks on tradition and church authority: 2. The genuineness of' ,qcr/pturc: 3. Its authenticity: 4. Its inspiration.X. ENGLISH TRANSLATWN. The best scholars extol it. The Douay Bible formed upon it. The Scriptures were translated among the prim/five Christians.Xl. RETORT ON THE CHURCH OF ROME, BOTH IS REGARD TO TBANSLATON9 AND TaR ORIGINAL. 1. They treat with disrespect the ornal, by preferr/ng the Vulgste: . The Vulgate examined: 3. The Douay Bible: 4. Their ,o/J on it: 5. They have not issued the or/pnal Scr/pturcs.XII. DIFFICULTIES IN CONBULTINO TIlE RECORD8 OF THEHUBCH OF ROME THA OF SCRIP* rsR. DilFJcultiee of their plan. Facilities of the Protestant way. I. DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH OF ROME STATED, RESPECTING THE READING, AUTHORIT1', &C., OF SCRIPTURE. 1. WHE.'q the Roman Catholic speaks of Scripture, he does not mean thereby the Hebrew and Greek of the Old and New Testaments, but rite Vulgate Latin edition, or the Douay and lhemish translations. embracing also the ApocD'pha. This is his Bible, and this, together 1

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