A vindication of the Animadversions on Fiat lux

For instance; He that rejects any Truth revealed in the Scripture on this ground, that the Scripture is not an infallible Revelation of Divine and supernatural Truth, cannot but in the pursuit of that apprehension of his, reject also all other Truths there in revealed, at least so far as they are knowable only by that Revelation. But he that shall disbelieve any Truth revealed in the Scripture, because it is not manifest unto him to be so revealed, and is in a readiness to receive it when it shall be so manifest, upon the Authority of the Author of the whol••, is not in the least danger to be induced by that disbelief to question any thing of that which he is convinced so to be revealed. But as I said, your Concernment lies not therein, who are not able to prove th•• Protestants have rejected any one part, much less substantial part of Religion; and your conclusion upon a supposition of the rejection of errors and practises of the contrary to the Gospel or principles of Religion, is very infirm. The ground of all your Sophistry lies in this, that men who receive Christian Religion, are bound to resolve their saith into the Authority of them that preach it first unto them: whereupon it being impossible for them to question any thing they teach without an impeachment of their absolute Infallibility, and so far the Authority which they are to rest upon, they have no firm foundation left for their assent unto the things which as yet they do not question, and consequently in process of time may easily be induced so to do. But this presumption is perfectly destructive to all the certainty of Christian Religion. For whereas it proposeth the subject matter of it to be believed with divine faith and supernatural, it leaves no formal reason or cause of any such faith, no foundation for it to be ⟨p. 338⟩parts of it. Such was the Opinion of the necessity of the observation of Mosaical Rites taught with a suitable practice, by many believers of the Circumcision who first preached the Gospel in sundry places in the world. And such were the Rites and Opinions brought into England by Austin that are rejected by Protestants, if any such there were, which as yet you have not made to appear.

For instance; He that rejects any Truth revealed in the Scripture on this ground, that the Scripture is not an infallible Revelation of Divine and supernatural Truth, cannot but in the persuit of that apprehension of his, reject also all other Truths there in revealed, at least so far as they are knowable only by that Revelation. But he that shall disbelieve any Truth revealed in the Scripture, because it is not manifest unto him to be so revealed, and is in a readiness to receive it when it shall be so manifest, upon the Authority of the Author of the whol, is not in the least danger to be induced by that disbelief to question any thing of that which he is convinced so to be revealed. But as I said, your Concernment lyes not therein, who are not able to prove th Protestants have rejected any one part, much less substantial part of Religion; and your conclusion upon a supposition of the rejection of errours and practises of the contrary to the Gospel or principles of Religion, is very infirm. The ground of all your Sophistry lyes in this, that men who receive Christian Religion, are bound to resolve their saith into the Authority of them that preach it first unto them: whereupon it being impossible for them to question any thing they teach without an impeachment of their absolute Infallibility, and so far the Authority which they are to rest upon, they have no firm foundation left for their assent unto the things which as yet they do not question, and consequently in process of time may easily be induced so to do. But this presumption is perfectly destructive to all the certainty of Christian Religion. For whereas it proposeth the subject matter of it to be believed with divine faith and supernatural, it leaves no formal reason or cause of any such faith, no foundation for it to be