Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment. By Thomas Vincent, sometime Minister of Maudlins…

3. The Scriptures appear to be the word of God▪ from the Historical relation in them of Prophecies fulfilled, & of miracles, ⟨p. 149⟩whereby they were confirmed, and the rationally unquestionable certainty of this History, as it is handed down to posterity.

1. In the Scriptures we have relation of Prophecies, and the fulfilling of them which doth prove those writings to be from God alone; because he alone can certainly foretell future things, indeed wise men may guess, and through prudence foresee the effects of some things in their causes, and foretell some things that are not very far off, yet not certainly, and with all their circumstances; But it is Gods prerogative to foresee and foretell such things (certainly, and with their circumstances; and long before the time) for which no cause in nature can be assigned, such as many of the Prophesies of the Scriptures were. By this Argument God doth by the Prophet Isaiah prove the Heathenish gods to be no gods, because they could not foretell future events. Isai. 41. 21, 22 23. Produce your cause saith the Lord, bring forth your strong reasons: Let them show is what shall happen, and declare to us things to come: show the things which are to come hereafter, that we may know, that ye are Gods. And v. 26. There is none that showeth, there is none that declareth▪ &c. Therefore be concludeth, v. 29. Behold they are all vanity▪ their▪ works are nothing; their Molten Images are wind and confusion: The Prophesies of Scripture, as they prove the Lord, who spake them by the Prophets to be God; so they prove the Scriptures in which they are spoken, to be of Divine Authority. It would take up two much room in this small Treatise, to enumerate all the Prophesies of Scripture; take two or three instances. See