Excerpt from The Works of the Learned and Reverend John Scott, D.D., Sometime Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields, Vol. 6 of 6 John v. 39. Search the scriptures for in them ye think ye have eternal life. The fulness of the scriptures, as a rule of faith and man ners, proved in three propositions: 1. That the Holy Spirit inspired the writers of them with all that is necessary to eter nal life, 271 2. That they preached to the world all those necessaries which they were taught, 3. That all those necessary truths which they preached are comprehended in the scriptures, The clearness of the scripture proved, 1. From express testimony of scripture, 288. 2. From the avowed design of writing it, 293. 3. From the frequent commands God lays upon us to read it, 295. 4. From the obligation that lies upon us, under of damnation, to be lieve and receive all those necessaries to salvation contained in it, 297. Four considerations in answer to those of the church of Rome, who tell us, that though all things are not revealed clearly in the scriptures, yet we have sufficient rea son to believe them, since God has left us to the conduct of an infallible church, 298. Discourse XXVI. Of the obligation of the people to read the scriptures. John v. 39. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life. That the people are obliged to search and read the scrip tures proved, 1. From the obligation the Jews were under to read and search the scriptures of the Old Testament, 314. 2. From our Saviour and his apostles' approbation of this practice of the Jews, 316. 3. From the great design and intention of writing the scriptures, 317. 4. From the di rections of these holy writings to the people, 320. 5. From the great concernment the people have in the. Matters con tained in the scripture, 323. 6. From the universal sense of the primitive church in this matter, 327. An answer to that objection of the church of Rome, That a general permission of the scriptures to the people must necessarily open a wide door to errors and heresies, 332. Another objection, That it will prove an unavoidable occasion of great corruptions in manners, answered, 339. Two inferences from the whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.