Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

That the Scriptures are the Word of God, will appear, 1. From the Superscription and Image of God upon them. 2. From the marvellous power and efficacy of them. 3. From the Historical Relation in them of Prophesies fulfilled, and Miracles whereby they were confirmed, and the rationally unquestionable certainty of this History, as it is handed down to posterity.

That the Scriptures are the Word of God, will appear, 1. From the Superscription and Image of God upon them. 2. From the marvellous power and efficacy of them. 3. From the Historical Relation in them of Prophesies fulfilled, and Miracles whereby they were confirmed, and the rationally unquestionable certainty of this History, as it is handed down to p•sterity.

1. From the superscription and Image of God upon them, I mean in that, 1 They bear the name of the Word of God. 2 In that they bear such evident marks and characters of Divinity.

1. The Scriptures bear the name of the Word of God. 2 Tim. 3. 16. All Scripture is given by divine inspiration. We cannot rationally imagine that the all-seeing and jealous God should permit such an impious forgery and deceit to receive credit for so many generations, amongst the most zealous worshippers of him in the World; and by such wonderful providences preserve and maintain the Scriptures against the rage and fury of an ungodly World, who have opposed the truths therein contained, and endeavoured the suppressing of the Light, which therein hath shined, if so be that they had been a forgery and deceit indeed, and the fancies and inventions of Men, fathered upon him as his Word, and will, and proceeding from the inspirations of his spirit; but that he would have made known their falsehood unto some, at least, who had the greatest love and respect to his name and honour, and have been the most diligent enquirers after truth, and unwilling to be imposed upon with deceits, especially in such things as are of the highest concernment; which the Lord having given no testimony against, but all along owned; and when none in the World, either worshippers of him, or others of highest pretensions to reason have any evident and swaying reason to believe that the Scriptures are a deceit; (whatever some black mouths mutter in corners) it is not irrational for us to believe, that the Scriptures are indeed the