Thus the Old Frenetic, and Fanatical Heretics, when they found them selves convinced by the evident testimonies of God's Word, they appealed to the Spirit of God: which, they said, even as you say, evermore assisted them, 1and could not fail them. Hereof S. Augustine writeth thus: Videris ergo, id vos agere, ut omnis de medio Scripturarum authoritas auferatur: & suus cuique animus author sit, quid in quaque Scriptura probet, quid improbet: id est, ut non Authorirati Scripturarum subijciatur ad Fidem, sed sibi Scripturas ipse subijciat: Non ut ideò illi placeat aliquid, quia hoc in sublimi Authoritate scriptum legitur: sed ideo rectè scriptum videatur, quia hoc illi placuit: Ye see therefore, this is your drift, that all Authority of the Scriptures be removed: that each man may be lead by his own fantasy, what he list, either to allow in the Holy Scriptures, or to disallow: that is to say, that he submit not him self, touching his Faith, to the Authority of the Scriptures: but that he make the Scriptures subject unto him: Not that he will allow any thing, because it is written in that high Authority of the Scriptures: but that he will think it well written, because he alloweth it. By mean hereof it cometh to pass, that S. Hilarie writeth, Qui, quae scripta sunt, negas, quid ⟨p. 489⟩superest, nisi ut,2 quae non scripta sunt, probes? For as much as thou deniest the things that be written, what remaineth there, but that thou must allow the things, that be not written?
Thus the Olde Frenetique, and Fanatical Heretiques, when they founde them selues conuinced by the euident testimonies of Goddes VVoorde, they appealed to the Spirite of God: whiche, they saide, euen as you saie, euermore assisted them, 1and coulde not faile them. Hereof S. Augustine writeth thus: Videris ergo, id vos agere, vt omnis de medio Scripturarum authoritas auferatur: & suus cuique animus author sit, quid in quaque Scriptura probet, quid improbet: id est, vt non Authorirati Scripturarum subijciatur ad Fidem, sed sibi Scripturas ipse subijciat: Non vt ideò illi placeat aliquid, quia hoc in sublimi Authoritate scriptum legitur: sed ideo rectè scriptum videatur, quia hoc illi placuit: Ye see therefore, this is youre drifte, that al Authoritie of the Scriptures be remoued: that eche man maie be leadde by his owne fantasie, what he liste, either to allowe in the Holy Scriptures, or to disallowe: that is to saie, that he submitte not him selfe, touchinge his Faithe, to the Authoritie of the Scriptures: but that he make the Scriptures subiecte vnto him: Not that he wil allowe any thing, bicause it is written in that high Authoritie of the Scriptures: but that he wil thinke it wel written, bicause he alloweth it. By meane hereof it commeth to passe, that S. Hilarie writeth, Qui, quae scripta sunt, negas, quid ⟨p. 489⟩superest, nisi vt,2 quae non scripta sunt, probes? For as muche as thou deniest the thinges that be written, what remaineth there, but that thou muste allowe the thinges, that be not written?
- 1August. Contra •austum Manichae li. 3•. ca. 18.
- 2Hilari. De Trinitate, li. 9.
