A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

Qu. 4. And if thou hadst not a blinded prejudiced mind, thou wouldst perceive an unimitable Majesty and spirituality in the Scripture, and wouldst savour the spirit of God in it as its author: and wouldst know by the image and superscription, that it is the Word of God. It beareth unimitably the Image of his Power, ⟨p. 152⟩and Wisdom, and Goodness; so that the blessed Author may to a faithful soul be known by the work.

Qu. 5. If the Scripture came not from the Spirit, it could not give or cause the spirit; and if it bore not Gods Image it self, how could it print his Image upon the souls of so many thousands as it doth? The Image of God is first engraven on the seal of his holy Doctrine, and thereby imprinted on the heart. There is no part of that holy change on man, but what that holy Doctrine wrought. If therefore the change be of God, the Doctrine that wrought it is of God: For both of them are the same Image, answering each other, as that on the seal and on the wax. But it is most certain that the Holy change on the soul, is of God. The nature of it showeth this: For it consisteth in the destruction of our sin, and the denial of our selves, and the raising the heart above this world, and the total Devoting of our selves and all that we have to God, and conforming our selves to his will, and resting in it, and seeking and serving him with all our power, against all temptations, and living in the fervent Love of God, and of our Brethren, and desires after everlasting life; and a taking Christ for our Lord and Saviour, to reconcile us to God, and do all this in us by his Spirit: And surely such a work as this must needs be of God. If it be Good, it must needs be Originally from him that is most Good: this is undeniable. (And he that will say, this is Evil, is so much of the Devils nature and mind, that it is no wonder if he follow him, and be Brutified). And you cannot say, that the Work is good, and the Doctrine bad: For the Work is nothing but the Impress of the Doctrine: And God doth not use to appoint or use a frame of falsehoods and deceits, as his ordinary means to renew mens souls, and work them to his Will.