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- The argument I is , I admit , proposed with modesty and 'cautiously pursued 3 jet it is of a kind which- requires the most accurate examination , ^ If every tiling in the sacred books is to be indiscriminately received ,, as alike divinely inspired a great occasion will
, be afforded to philosophers for doubting the sincerity of our faith . If , on the . -. contrary ,, some parts are to be considered as writings merely human , in what consists the divine authority of-the Scriptuies , without which the Christian religion would be destroyed ? What . shall be the criterion ? What
the rule ? Thns 9 on this question ^ fundamental , if any be sq , the greatest caution , prudence and modesty , should be discovered , especially byg one * to whom , as I apprehend , the- ecclesiastical authorities , and the le ^ rqed theologians , are not very : complacent *
But the challenge is here thrown out * But the challenge is here throwju out * and a controversy may be expepted . I , who seek every , where truth aloae * would with equal readiness receive It wherever found , whether among the heretics or the orthodox ., I confess
there are some things . in that piece which did not fully satisfy my mind 3 others which I know not how to answer . Of the former , I wojuld gladly have the solution frqraj the author , if
you jydge it not too miicfy jtQ- / trouble hijcn .. Concerning tha latter , I shall ask your opinion . (! ; ,, - 1 . Unless f am mistaken , the author frequently employs against the plenary
inspiration , of the apostles ttys argument , that we .-find ipany things said by them ,, for ., which jthey did p ^ t yequire the aid of tfyeHuly Spirjt , ( w&ich * If ad no it . ted j , yet will . cppclijde nothing against the jdiyine authority and inspiration of the holy volume . Truths constant and infallible , in every
respect ? is asserted in the Sacred Scripture . What though ; ijSt > Paul say , Aets xxiiL ( vide p . 241 ) , that it was not revealed to him from heaven , tltis detracts nothing from the certainty of Scripture , since he speaks of what editld be ! - "cer tainly and infallibly
krtoyrti , without divine revelation . Th ^ re Was jiQ need , that , those things whic ? i could bq disiiovpred by the senses and perspt ^ al Jkuovv jedge ojf * the apostles , should be reveal e d to them ,, in order to make tlieir narrations ' ait * t > hentic , I fear , therefore , that some will suspect that this argument was
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rather obtruded , than arising from the Subject , - !// .. ¦¦ j . ' -v ! ; . iu'V : L / . . Ji . ; - . !; : < 2 ^ j Tihe >( explanation Mithe ^ pronaise ^ John xvi . IS , which he gives at larg % ( pi 256 , ) appears to ! fne quite inapplicable to the apostle Paul , if iris history £ Acts ix . &c . be attentively considerede For how could he , an enemv of the
gospel , and as he elsewhere confesses ^ ignorant of it , so suddenly become an interpreter of its mysteries , and ; a preacher , without supernatural and divine inspiration ? See Acts ixo 19 , 20 o i These were some of the passages which failed , on the perusal , to afford me satisfaction . There were some
© t ^ hers . which I have forgotten . But I would willingly know what the author says to these < Yet * since there are many other passages which appe&F to bring into question the universal infallibility and inspiration of the Holy Scripture , and which I cannot answer , I earnestly request ihat Vou would
not refuse to explain them to me ^ ccording to your opinion .. iFor many things which 1 have met with in the canonipal books , longfebefore the , read « ing of that treatise , have excited in me doubt aiid anxiety , and : you would do me a great favour , could you remove my scruples . ; < . -
,- ' I request you to , deliver the enclosed to my most excellent host , with the fullest expression' of my friendship ^ gratitude and esteem . Give my respects to his wife , to yours and
Guenelon ' s , and to all our friends . Farewell * and forgive my writing this long letter , for it is not easy to leave off conversing with you . i Your most devoted , , ¦ -,.- . -: ¦• J . JLOCKE .
Theihtefval of a yegr , which now occiurs 'in the correspondence , is explained in Mr . Locke ' s Life ( Bidge Brit . V . ^ 908 ) . It there appears that lie ventured to quit his retreat at Cleves , and return , " al ? out the beginning of November / ' 1685 , to Amsterdam , from whence he removed to Utrecht in the autumn of ljQ § 6 ..-.
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No . 4 . .: ... * .- . ;¦ :. - . > . ¦ Jdhn Locke to Philip a Jbimhbrch , ! ^ Utre ^ t , I i O ^ t . 16 B 6 . My YERIC fcEA ^ NEO AND EX * CEt 4 ^« 5 NT FaiENJD , THOUGH by long habit my mind becomes somewhat indifferent to other
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The Correspondence hetiveen Ldbke and Limborch $ translated . 87
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1818, page 87, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2473/page/7/
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