2. On the other side those overdo in ascribing to the Scripture, who say that God had no Church, or the Church no infallible rule of Faith and life, before the writing of i•: and who say that men converted by the Creed, Catechisms preaching, or tradition without knowing the Scripture can have no saving faith; and that think none can be saved that doubt of any Canonical Books, text or matter whether it be Gods word; or that say Scripture is so perfect that there is no humane imperfection of the Pen-Men foun• in phrase, word or method, and that God could not have made it better, or that every Book may be known to be Canonical, and every reading to be right when copies vary, without Historical tradition by its own evident light, and that we have no more cause ⟨p. 2⟩to doubt of any word or matter, than of the truth of the Gospel; and that Reason is of small use either for the proof or exposition of the Scripture, but the most illiterate if he found a Bible that he had never heard of, may by its own light know its truth, and sense as well as studious learned Men, and that no other Books need to be read• and that the Scripture is a sufficient teacher of Physic, Logic, Grammar, &c. and that nothing is to be used or done in the External Forms, Modes, and Accidents, of Gods Worship, but what is particularly commanded in Scripture, and that it telleth every man whether he be sincere and justified or not, and not only telleth him •ow to know it by inward evidence; with many other such mistakes, proceeding from mistaking the use of the Scripture, by which its perfection must be measured. Which all tend to confusion, and at last to infidelity, or doubting of the whole, when these errour• are discerned.
2. On the other side those overdo in ascribing to the Scripture, who say that God had no Church, or the Church no infallable rule of Faith and life, before the writing of i•: and who say that men converted by the Creed, Catechismes preaching, or tradition without knowing the Scripture can have no saving faith; and that think none can be saved that doubt of any Canonical Books, text or matter whether it be Gods word; or that say Scripture is so perfect that there is no humane imperfection of the Pen-Men foun• in phrase, word or method, and that God could not have made it better, or that every Book may be known to be Canonical, and every reading to be right when copies vary, without Historical tradition by its own evident light, and that we have no more cause ⟨p. 2⟩to doubt of any word or matter, than of the truth of the Gospel; and that Reason is of small use either for the proof or exposition of the Scripture, but the most illiterate if he found a Bible that he had never heard of, may by its own light know its truth, and sense as well as studious learned Men, and that no other Books need to be read• and that the Scripture is a sufficient teacher of Physick, Logick, Grammar, &c. and that nothing is to be used or done in the External Forms, Modes, and Accidents, of Gods Worship, but what is particularly commanded in Scripture, and that it telleth every man whether he be sincere and justified or not, and not only telleth him •ow to know it by inward evidence; with many other such mistakes, proceeding from mistaking the use of the Scripture, by which its perfection must be measured. Which all tend to confusion, and at last to infidelity, or doubting of the whole, when these errour• are discerned.
