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A94772	The Scriptures proved to be the word of God, and the only foundation of faith, and rule for our obedience. Or, A clear conviction of the errours of those that are called Quakers. Who blasphemously affirm that the Scriptures are not the word of God, nor the foundation of faith, nor the only rule for our obedience ... / By Sampson Tounesend, minister of the Gospel, and pastor of S. Austins, and Saviours parish in Norwich.	Townsend, Sampson.	1654 (1654)	Wing T1986A; ESTC R185411	14,687	23

THE SCRIPTURES Proved to be the Word of God And the only foundation of Faith and Rule for our obedience OR A CLEAR CONVICTION Of the Errours of those that are called QUAKERS Who blasphemously affirm That the Scriptures are not the Word of God nor the foundation of Faith nor the only rule for our Obedience Against which Errours these two Propositions are maintained I. That the Scriptures contained in the Books of the Old and New Testament commonly called the Bible is the revealed Will Word of God II. That the Scriptures which is the Word of God is the only foundation for our faith and the only rule for our obedience By SAMPSON TOVNESEND Minister of the Gospel and Pastor of S. Austins and Saviours Parish in Norwich Prov. 13.13 Who so despiseth the Word of God shall be destroyed Jer. 8.9 Lo they have rejected the Word of the Lord and what wisdome is in them Exod. 32.16 And the Tables were the work of God and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the Tables 2 Pet 1.21 For the prophesie came not in old time by the will of man but holy men spake as they were moved by the holy Ghost Isa 8.20 To the Law and to the Testimony If they speak not according to this Word it is because there is no light in them London Printed by S.G. for R. Tomlins at the Sun and Bible in Pye-Corner 1654. TO CHRISTOPHER ADKINSON JAMES LANCASTER GEORGE WHITEHEAD and THOMAS SIMONDS Now in Norwich Gaol for their blasphemy and miscariages IF ever the truth of God were turned into a lye Rom. 1.25 It is by you that deny the Scriptures to be the truth of God and pretend immediate revelations to be the rule for your actions I shall mind you of a passage of a reverend minister now with God * Mr. Burroughs on Hosea 8.12 pag. 91. he saith There is a generation of men rising now if not risen that begin to have vile thoughts of the written word of God and think to understand the mind of God otherwise c. But saith he when they are rotten and it may be when their souls are perished in hell the written word of God shall stand and be honourable in the eies of all his Saints You acknowledge the Scriptures to be the trnth and yet deny them to be the word of God A strange paradox As if the scriptures which are called the truth of God And God which is the God of truth should not be the author of the truth 1 King 17.24 Rom 3.7 Deut. 32.4 Psal 31.5 Or as if man which is vanity yea a ly should yet be the onely author of the truth Upon this your error depēd your other errors of denying the scriptures to be the only ground of your faith and the onely rule for your obedience for did you believe the scriptures to be the word of God they would cleerly convince you of the errors of your judgement and practice in many things Let me reason with you a little you acknowledge the scripture to be the truth you must of necessity also grant that whatsoever is contrary to truth is an error And having granted this see what will follow upon it by way of trial of your judgement and practice It is your judgement that you are perfect and free from all sin see this to be an error contrary to the truth in Eccle. 7.20 1 John 1.8 10. You deny the power of the Magistrate in the matters of God contrary to the truth in Rom. 13.1 to 6. Joh. 31.11 28. You not only speak evill of governers but of government also contrary to the truth in Tit. 3.2 2 Pet. 2.10 Jude 8. You condemn the ministers of the Church of England and despise them as false teachers and say they know nothing of the true light although they speak nothing but what is according to the Law and testimonie of God in his word which is the rule to try all teachers by Isa 8.20 This your judgement is an error it being contrary to Tit. 2.15 and know that in thus doing ye doe not onely despise man but God I shall not foul paper 1 Thes 4.8 Luk. 10.16 in mentioning your judging censuring and condemning of both Magistrates and Ministers onely see how contrary this your practice is to truth Mat. 7.1 2. Rom. 14.10 13. Jam. 4.11 You condemn rhe ministers of the Church of England for preaching for hire whereas ye do not know their ends in preaching and thus you are become judges of evill thoughts Jam. 2.4 Contrary to the truth in 1 Cor. 4.5 Judge nothing before the time And you deny that ministers should take any wages for their work But your error herein you may easily perceive If you consider that Christ and the Apostle give strong reasons for their maintenance Mat. 10.10 Luk. 10.7 1 Tim. 5.18 1 Cor. 9.13 14. note it Likewise the Apostle himselfe took wages of the Churches to do service in the ministerie 2 Cor. 11.8 and laid an injunction upon the people to give him wages Gal. 6.6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things Mark he doth not say let him contribute as an almes but communicate as a right as wages And in the next verse Gal. 6.7 he intimates that God is mocked when his Ministers are not maintained But God will not be mocked neither will he be robbed but they shall hear ye are Cursed Mal. 3.8.9 Jer. 12.13 I shall mention no more of your errors My designe according to promise is To prove the Scriptures to be the word of God the onely ground of faith and rule for our obedience which I have here presented you with Read it examine it if it be not truth witnesse by truth against it If it be truth as undoubtedly you will find it so then submit to it be ruled by it And doubtlesse your bodies shall be freed from your deserved imprisonment and your souls from the threatned damnation against false Prophets 2 Pet. 2.1 2 3. 1 Tim. 5 12. and such as cast off their first faith I rest an enemie to error and A friend to truth Sampson Tounesend From my studie January 29. 1654 5 THE EPISTLE To the READER READER IF thy heart be not grieved to hear the blasphemy of those that deny Gods truth his messengers his ordinances thou hast much cause to suspect thy love to God his truth or ordinances The first step to errour is to have our love abated towards the truth You need not marveil if those that receive not the truth in the love of it that they may be saved but deny God to be the authour of the truth 2 Thes 2.10 11 12. that they are carried on by strong delusions to believe a lye that they might be damned the judgement is long since threatned When men forsake the right way they must needs goe astray When men forsake the fountain of

living water 2 Pet. 2.15 then doe they dig to themselves broken cisterns that can hold no water When sound doctrine will not be indured 2 Tim. 4.3 4. then such as turn away from the truth are regarded Those that deny the scriptures to be the word of God turne to be filthy dreamers despising dominion and speaking evill of dignities Iude 8. as Jude speaks they tell their dreames and pretended revelations to the people and would perswade men they are the word of God Jer. 23.25 26 27. but as the prophet Jeremiah saith The Lord is against them that prophesie false dreams Jer. 23.31 32. that use their tongues and say he saith Beloved these are the latter times prophesied of long since in which some shall depart from the faith giving heed unto seducing spirits and Doctrines of Devils For if ever there were a Doctrine of Devils 1 Tim. 4. or a Devilish Doctrine vented on earth this is one To perswade men the scriptures are not the word of God and that they must be guided only by the light within them If the Divell can but perswade men to believe this doctrine it will be easie to perswade them to deny the use of all meanes of grace and all principles of religion to be led altogether by the suggestions of Sathan while he perswades them it is the light within them by which onely they must be guided contrary to Isa 8.20 Yet these men that teach this Devilish Doctrine with many more would perswade the world although they justly suffer for their ungodly practice that they are persecuted and suffer for the cause of God But we know it is not the suffering but the cause that makes the Martyr and sure I am Mat. 5.10 they suffer not for righteousnesse sake and therefore not for the cause of God 2 Cor. 4.4 Vnlesse it be the God of this world who hath blinded their miuds c. Shall such as poysen mens bodies be punished with death And must those that poyson mens souls with Damnable doctrines goe unpunished You may read at your leasure how severe God is against seducers in Deut. 13. To conclude art thou one that standest firm in the faith pray to God thou maist keep thy standing art thou one that art wavering minded then adhere to and follow after those teachers that are sound in the faith whom God hath set over you And know 2 Pet. 2.2.14 that unstable souls are they that are beguiled by false teachers Wherefore hearken not to them and as Christ commands you Luk. 17.23 go not after them nor follow them And make use of his following antidote against them And art thou one that art already seduced into the errour of denying the scriptures to be the word of God Let me tell thee that what is written in this book shall either convince thee or be a witnesse against thee And if any one receive any benefit by these my labours all that I desire is they would blesse God for it and let him have a share in your prayers who is willing to be Your Servant in and for the truth Sampson Tounesend THE SCRIPTVRES Proved to be the Word of God DAN 10.21 I will shew thee that which is noted in the Scripture of Truth HAving undertaken to maintain against the Quakers these two Propositions I. That the Scriptures contained in the Books of the Old and New Testament commonly called the Bible is the revealed Will and Word of God II. That the Scriptures which is the Word of God is the only foundation for our faith and the only rule for our obedience I begin with the first And I shall prove that the Scriptures is the Word of God First by Scripture it self Secondly by Reason He that will not believe the Scriptures is an Infidel That will not hear the voice of Reason is a Beast The Scriptures ought to convince us as Christians Reason as rational men And I doubt not but by both to clear up to every one that resolves not to be wilfully blind that the Scriptures are the revealed Will of God 1. I shall prove that the Scriptures are the Word of God by the testimony of the Scriptures We find throughout the Scriptures in several places that God is said 1. To speak them 2. To write them or 3. To cause them to be written 4. They bear Gods name and title upon them Lastly by the titles that are given to the Ministers that declare them I shall give you several instances in Scripture for all these 1. The Scriptures declare in a multitude of places That God said the words that are therein written I shall give you some few for all Gen. 1.3 God said c. and in several places in that Chapter and throughout the Book it is often written God said and the Lord said and in Exod. 3.14 And God said unto Moses I am that I am And in many places it is said The Lord spake to Moses and it is written what God said to him Exod. 20.1 God spake all these words saying c. Lev. 10.3 This is that the Lord spake saying I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me Num. 11.25 And the Lord came down in a Cloud and spake unto him Deut. 5.22 These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly Josh 24.2 And Joshua said unto all the people Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Josh 7.13 Thus saith the Lord There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee O Israel 1 Sam. 2.30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith I said indeed c. 1 Sam. 15.2 Thus saith the Lord of Hosts 1 Kin. 8.15 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which spake with his mouth unto David my Father and hath with his hand fulfilled it saying c. 1 Chron. 21.9 And the Lord spake unto Davids Seer saying c. Iob 1.7 8. And the Lord said unto Satan Psal 50.1 The mighty God the Lord hath spoken c. Psal 12.5 Now will I arise saith the Lord. Isa 24.3 The Lord hath spoken this word And in many places he saith Thus saith the Lord. Ier. 1.1 2 4 9. The words of Ieremiah c. to whom the word of the Lord came c. The Lord saith unto me Behold I have put my words in thy mouth and in many places in that Book he saith Thus saith the Lord. Ezek. 7.1 The word of the Lord came unto me saying and in many places also he saith Thus saith the Lord. Hos 1.1 The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea Ioel 1.1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel Amos 3.1 Hear the Word that the Lord hath spoken and Ver. 8. The Lord hath spoken who can but prophesie And in many places he saith Thus saith the Lord. Obad. 1. The vision of Obadiah Thus saith the Lord. Ionah 1.1 Now the Word of the Lord came to Jonab Micah 1.1 The Word of the Lord that came to Micah Nabum 1.12

Thus saith the Lord. Zepha 1.1 The Word of the Lord which came unto Zephaniah Hag. 2.1 The Word of the Lord by the Prophet Haggai saying Zach. 1.1 The Word of the Lord came unto Zachariah Mal. 1.1 The burden of the Word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi Thus have I noted some few of a multitude of Scriptures in the Old Testament that declare What is written in the Scriptures is no other but what God said and therefore his Word I shall now also mention a few of the many Scriptures in the New Testament that declare it to bee the Word of God because the Lord did speak it Luke 12.20 But God said Thou fool c. Heb. 1.1 2. God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the Fathers by the Prophets hath in these last daies spoken unto us by his Son And in every place almost throughout the 4 Evangelists the verie words of our Saviour Christ the Son of God God and Man are mentioned Mat. 4.4 7.10 In all which places Jesus Christ repels the Devils temptations by telling him what God hath written in the Old Testament I shall not need to mention the sayings and doings of our Saviour Jesus Christ which are frequently recorded in the New Testament And hence it is that it is called the Word of Christ Col. 3.16 Let the Word of Christ dwell in you And the Gospel is called the Gospel of Christ Mark 1.1 The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the Sonne of God Rom. 1.16 I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ I shall not need to multiply more Texts of Scripture It is called the Word of the truth of the Gospel Col. 1.5 Because Jesus Christ that is the Truth John 14 6. is the Authour of it And thus it appears the Scriptures are the Word of God because as the Prophet Micah saith Micah 4.4 The mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spoken it For it is all one to say the Scripture saith and God saith Heb. 13.5 He that is God hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee And where saith he it In the Scripture Josh 1.5 The word Scripture is put for God speaking in the Scripture Gal. 3.22 The Scripture hath concluded all under sin that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe And in Rom. 11.32 it is said God hath concluded them all in unbelief that he might have mercy upon all And thus it clearly appears that the Scriptures are the Word of God because God hath spoken them 2. I shall prove that the Scriptures are the Word of God because God writ them The two Tables of stone delivered unto Moses were written with the finger of God Exod. 31.18 Deut. 9.10 Exod. 32.16 And the Tables were the work of God and the writing was the writing of God graven upon the Tables Hos 8.12 I have written to them the great things of my Law And thus it appears the Scriptures are the Word of God because they are written by God But here arises an Objection that I must needs resolve before I goe any farther and that is this Object How can the Scriptures be the Word of God when we know the Prophets and Apostles writ much of them Answ To which I answer God is said to have written the Scriptures in these two respects First because the Ten Commandments were undoubtedly written by God himself as before was proved and all the rest that is written in the Volume of the Book is but as it were a Comment or Exposition of those ten Precepts Secondly God is said to have written the Scriptures though men were the instruments because that what they writ was by the appointment of God and by the help and assistance of God God appointed them to write it Exod. 17.14 And the Lord said unto Moses Write this for a memorial in a Book Isa 8.1 Moreover the Lord said unto me Take thee a great Roul and write it with a mans pen c. Jer. 30.2 Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel saying Write thee all the words that I have spoken to thee in a Book Jer. 36.1 2. This is the word that came unto Ieremiah from the Lord saying Take unto thee a Roul of a Book and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee c. Hab. 2.2 And the Lord answered me and said Write the Vision and make it plain upon Tables that he may run that readeth it And Iohn in the Revelations is commanded by Christ to write the things which he had seen and the things which are and things which shall be hereafter Rev. 1.19 And in Rev. 14.13 I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me Write Blessed c. And thus it appeares the Scriptures are the written Word of God because God himself writ them and caused them be written 3. I come now in the third place to prove by Scripture that they are the Word of God because what the Prophets and Apostles writ it was written as from the mouth of the Lord by the help and aslistance of the Spirit of God Hence it is said That God spake by their mouths Luke 1.70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy Prophets which have bin since the world began Acts 1.16 This Scripture must needs have been fulfilled which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake And Acts 3.18 21. But those things c. which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophets since the world began Isa 51.16 I have put my words in thy mouth Ier. 1.9 And saith David 2 Sam. 23.2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me his Word was in my tongue By all which Scriptures it clearly appears that God helpt them to speak he gave them a mouth and wisdome to declare his mind And we find that they spake by the help of the Spirit of God Neh. 9 30. Yet many years didst thou forbear them and testified against them by thy Spirit in thy Prophets 2 Pet. 1.21 For the prophesie came not in old time by the will of man but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost 2 Tim. 3.16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God And thus you see the Pen men of the Scriptures were inspired by the Holy Ghost to write them And they were so assisted by God in that work as God is said to speak by their mouths and therefore the Scriptures must needs be the Word of God 4. I come in the fourth place to prove by Scripture that it is the Word of God by the several Epithets or Titles that are given to the Scripture I shall instance in some few of the many that are throughout the Scriptures They are called the Law of the Lord Psa 1.2 And often in the 119 Psa David acknowledges it to be Gods Law and Ps 81.4 The Law of the God of Iacob They are called the