The Saints' Everlasting Rest

and do believe in Christ upon those strong grounds which are drawn from his Doctrine, Miracles, &c. rather then upon the Testimony of the Writing, as being purely infallible and Divine, may yet have a Divine and saving faith. 24. Much more those that believe the whole Writing to be of Divine inspiration where it handleth the substance, but doubt whether God infallibly guided them in every circumstance. 25. And yet more those that believe that the Spirit did guide the Writers to Truth, both in Substance and Circumstance, but doubt whether he guided them in Orthography; or whether their Pens were as perfectly guided as their minds? 26. And yet more may those have saving Faith, who only doubt whether Providence infallibly guided any Transcribers, or Printers, as to retain any Copy that perfectly agreeth with the Autograph. 27. Yet do all these (in my judgment) cast away a singular prop to their faith, and lay it open to dangerous assaults, and doubt of that which is a certain truth. 28. As the Translations are no further Scripture, then they agree with the Copies in the Original Tongues; so neither are those Copies further then they agree with the Autographs, or Original Copies, or with some Copies perused and approved by the Apostles. 29. Yet is there not the like necessity of having the Autographs to try the Transcripts by, as there is of having the Original Transcripts to try the Translations by. For there is an impossibility that any Translation should perfectly express the sense of the Original: But there is a possibility, probability, and facility of true Transcribing, and grounds to prove it true de facto, as we shall touch anon. 30. That part which was written by the Finger of God; as also the substance of Doctrine through the whole Scriptures, are so purely Divine, that they have not in them any thing humane. 31. The next to these are the words that were spoken by the mouth of Christ, and then those that were spoken by Angels, 32. The Circumstantials are many of ⟨p. 188⟩them so Divine, as yet they have in them something Humane, as the bringing of Pauls Cloak and Parchments, and (as it seems) his counsel about Marriage, &c. 33. Much more is there something Humane in the Method and Phrase, which is not so immediately Divine as the Doctrine. 34. Yet is there nothing sinfully Humane, and therefore nothing false in all. 35.

and do believe in Christ upon those strong grounds which are drawn from his Doctrine, Miracles, &c. rather then upon the Testimony of the Writing, as being purely infallible and Divine, may yet have a Divine and saving faith. 24. Much more those that believe the whole Writing to be of Divine inspiration where it handleth the substance, but doubt whether God infallibly guided them in every circumstance. 25. And yet more those that believe that the Spirit did guide the Writers to Truth, both in Substance and Circumstance, but doubt whether he guided them in Orthography; or whether their Pens were as perfectly guided as their minds? 26. And yet more may those have saving Faith, who onely doubt whether Providence infallibly guided any Transcribers, or Printers, as to retain any Copy that perfectly agreeth with the Autograph. 27. Yet do all these (in my judgment) cast away a singular prop to their faith, and lay it open to dangerous assaults, and doubt of that which is a certain truth. 28. As the Translations are no further Scripture, then they agree with the Copies in the Original Tongues; so neither are those Copies further then they agree with the Autographs, or Original Copies, or with some Copies perused and approved by the Apostles. 29. Yet is there not the like necessity of having the Autographs to try the Transcripts by, as there is of having the Original Transcripts to try the Translations by. For there is an impossibility that any Translation should perfectly express the sense of the Original: But there is a possibility, probability, and facility of true Transcribing, and grounds to prove it true de facto, as we shall touch anon. 30. That part which was written by the Finger of God; as also the substance of Doctrine through the whole Scriptures, are so purely Divine, that they have not in them any thing humane. 31. The next to these are the words that were spoken by the mouth of Christ, and then those that were spoken by Angels, 32. The Circumstantials are many of