M scttrrutE. [Bose I. referred to elmf u, sr and the phrases, use he m?e of the wo? of ?. The ? p?c? p?v? ?,?s ? fb C?t, from ?e Sc?es. (See L?e ?v, 44, 45; Rein. x?, ?B; Act8 x?i, ?8.) ?n b?ef, it ?y be ?d of the New well as ?e Old Tes?ent, "Wha?ver? wri?n ?e?e wn ?-?tten for our lea?g, that we t?h ?ence a? f?& of &e Sedpt?s might bye hope." T?ching ?p?e8 ? much ?e use of ?flng ? of o? i?clou. And our ?d's co?d to ?h included ? much an injection %?te a8 M s?8k. A?sm?eal usage pmv? t?s; ?ey &d well ? ?h; they decked that they were enj?ned m wfiM. John ?, 31; Rev. i, 11, 19.) Indeed, ?e 8?fies ?d eungeliaM not only m?e l?ge u? of Scriptures of the OM Testament, but ?ey ? wm? do? ?e New Testament for ?e iustmc?on of all. And ? far we? ?ey from t?- ?g ?at ? whom ?ey instraced in C?sfi?iw were o,?fficienfiy taught ?0? wr?en h?cfions, that ?th the wr?n? ? M?e8 the propheM, ?ey ?t it neceeaa? M l?ve with the wh?e eh?h, the l?i? ? well ? cler?, ?e various pieces which ?m?e ?e New Tes?ment. If it ? 8?d tht the Sc?pmres may be u? for ?e ?ne? of faitM?, but not m con? heathe? ? Ch?stianity, no?ng false. For b it a more con?nc?g way m ?mu?e men C?s? ? mere o? deel?tio? res?cting evenM ?at bye long since ?p?, ?8n, ?k ? ts?, to prMuee ?tt? ?o w?ch ?ve eve? e?m? ?d in?m? mark ? gen?en, well ? ?e MIo? impress and seal of Inspiration ? Indeed, ?? Paine ?d o?er ?fidels never m?e 8 ?r a?k ? Scfipt?e t?n t?s. And it funshes us ? ? ?on? of the oneness of in?e? and ?. Dr. M?er ? aries, that since few can re?, and no ?h were prodded by Chest M Mach men ? re?, therefore M men by the ?t?tten wo? is ?surd and im?ible. "C?t io much ? enjoin? it to ? foHowe?, in geneS, to study le?m.? says the ?car g?eral ? Engl?d. But we answer, thatthe ve? ? the Sc?pm?s in the ian?age of men is a p?f t?t C?t in? them for the instruction of mankind. He provided also means for their reading and understanding them when he endowed men with rational powers, and promised the aids of his Spirit to guide men. To say that Christ did not intend the Bible as our guide in religion, because he did not teach all men to read, is as absurd as to say that he did not intend the fruits of the earth to be the food of man, because he did not direcdy instruct them in the arts of husbandry. VIII. Romanism deny that the canon of Scripture canbe ascerta/ned �without referring to the authority of their church or to tradition. That the canon can be, and actually is defined and ascertained, we have ample proofs, though the Churchof Rome were blotted out of existence; tbr what belongs to the church catholic, or universal? is as much ours as theirs. They have introduced the Apocrypha into the canon; we reject it, and for this rejection we have the most ample testimony. We call the books of the Bible canonical, either because they are received 1
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