I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Object. But if this be such a preservative against the power of darkness, why then are so many men in the dark? who doth not run to Scripture? ⟨p. 45⟩What Heretic is there, or ever was, who did not plead, and lay claim to Scripture?

Object. But if this be such a preservative against the power of darkness, why then are so many men in the dark? who doth not run to Scripture? ⟨p. 45⟩What Heretick is there, or ever was, who did not plead, and lay claim to Scripture?

Answ. All Heretics do not lay claim to Scripture: Some deny the Scripture, some do not: Some (as Theodoret observes of the Heretics in his time) will make use of those Scriptures which seem to make for them;¹ but as for those Scriptures which are plainly against them, they reject, and if close pressed, will deny the very Body of the Scripture as any Rule to them.

Answ. All Hereticks do not lay claim to Scripture: Some deny the Scripture, some do not: Some (as Theodoret observes of the Hereticks in his time) wil make use of those Scriptures which seem to make for them;¹ but as for those Scriptures which are plainly against them, they reject, and if close pressed, wil deny the very Body of the Scripture as any Rule to them.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Si videant petitis è Scripturae demonstrationibus stultitiam suam constringi, tum Scripturae recusant et scopum et usum; si quando vero putant sibi favere nudum aliquod effatum á genuina recisum orationis serie ad suum propositum accommodant suis confirmandis. Tecod. opus. contra varias Hereses quae sunt in 2. Tom. oper. Athanas.