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 pake as they were moved by the Holy Ghot. But inwardly in the hearts of the faithful he perfwades the divinity of Scriptures, o far forth as he openeth the eyes & illuminates the mind of him that reads the Scripture with prayer and humility, that he makes him ee the wonders of God, and caueth him to acknowledge the Voice of Gods Spirit ounding in the Word.

The Romanits urge the Churches authority alone, which they have in uch high eteem, that they will have the whole authority of Scriptures to have its dependence from the Church; and for this only caue they will have it to be Gods Word, becaue the Church is the witnee of it, But this is not to make the Church a witnee of the Scriptures divinity, but to make herelf capable of divinity. But we will prove by thee enuing arguments, that the tetimony of Gods Spirit alone is it, which firmly aures us of the criptures divinity I. His tetimony concerning the Scriptures is mot firm, by whoe inpiration the Scripture was written: For every one knows his own hand bet, and is bet a quainted with his own tile: But the Scripture was written by the inpiration of the holy Ghot, 2 Tim. 3. 16. 2 Pet. 1, 20, 21. Ergo, & c. 2. He that together with the Scripture is promied in a mot neer conjunction to the faithful, his tetimony of the Scripture is mot firm: But the Holy Ghot is promied to the faithful in a mot neer conjunction with the Scripture. Ea. 59. 21. My pirit which is in thee, & my words which I have put in thy mouth hall not depart from thy mouth. 3. Without whoe illumination, the wonders of the Scripture are not een, his tetimony alone of the Scripture is mot firm: But without the