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truth_n	apostle_n	holy_a	spirit_n	4,985	5	5.1202	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33290	The divine authority of the Holy Scriptures asserted in two discourses the former shewing the nature and extent of the inspiration vouchsaf't by the Holy Ghost to the penmen of the Scriptures ... : the latter shewing the divine authority of the vowels and accents in the Hebrew text ... in a discourse concerning the division of the Bible into chapters and verses : to which is added, A discourse concerning the testimony of the Spirit on Rom. 8. 16. / by Sam. Clark ...	Clark, Samuel, 1626-1701.	1699 (1699)	Wing C4490; Wing C4991_CANCELLED; ESTC R14562	28,221	56

but canst not tell whence it comes and whither it goes So is every one that is born of the Spirit As the Effects of the Wind are sensible and discernible enough but the Manner is unaccountable so the effects of the Work of the Spirit are evident enough but the Manner is very mysterious and incomprehensible § 3. This may be applied among other things to the Inspiration of the Spirit in the holy Men of God the Penmen of Scripture That it is so that they were Divinely inspir'd we have demonstrative proof and evidence sufficient but the Manner of it is not obvious nor easily understood yet it is sought out of all them that have pleasure therein as the Psalmist speaks c. 111. 2. This therefore I shall endeavour to open and explain pro modulo meo so far forth as I can attain unto and to adjust the bounds and fix the limits as near as I can between the Holy Ghost and the holy Men of God and shew the Work and share of each in this performance and that because there is none that I have met with in the narrow compass of my Reading that has handled it to my satisfaction Wherein I implore the Assistance of that Holy Spirit the Inditer of the Holy Scriptures that I may steer an even course without turning aside to the right hand or to the left by attributing either too much or too little to either of 'em but may render to God the things that are God's and to Man the things that are Man's § 4. There is indeed a late Author La Mothe who has written a Discourse upon this Subject Intitled The Inspiration of the New Testament asserted and explain'd I shall first give an account of his Explication and then offer my own sense and thoughts to consideration His Judgment in the case he expresses thus That we may have a distinct Idea of the Inspiration of the Holy Writings 't is requisite to distinguish the things which they contain which I shall do into three Orders In the first I shall put the Revelations The second is for those things which the Apostles learnt by the natural assistances of their Hearing and Sight In the third you shall see the Progress which they made by reasoning upon the Truths of the two first Orders So that you see the Apostles wrote things which they knew by Revelation by Sense or by Reasoning P. 103. In reference to the Revelations which the Apostles had he saith The Holy Ghost acts two ways in relation to the Truths which he has revealed by the Apostles First he suggested those Truths which he imprinted in their Souls by some of those ways which I have set down wherein the Apostles were in a passive disposition like a piece of Cloth that receives the Colours 'T is in this manner that they were instructed but when they set themselves to instruct others and communicate in writing what the Holy Ghost had taught 'em he acted after another manner he pusht 'em forward to write he strengthned and refresht their Memories and so directed their Pens that they wrote nothing which was not to the purpose and according to the most exact Rules of Truth There was then in the written Revelations which they have left us two sorts of Inspiration Inspiration of Suggestion and Inspiration of Direction P. 108. He suggested to 'em those things that they knew not but as for those things which they knew they had need only of his Direction to render 'em infallible in their Writings P. 109. And presently after he speaks to this purpose That some things they knew by their Education others by common Conversation Concerning these a new Suggestion was absolutely needless because Miracles are not to be multiplied without necessity Therefore he did not whisper into the Ears of the Apostles what they knew before He was not obliged to begin but where Nature had ended It was enough that he spake when she became silent Let us not imagine that he was only a Spectator of the Functions of Nature He brought her to Perfection and hindred her from going astray P. 111. The share which we believe the Holy Ghost had in the writing of those things which they knew before is 1. That he was the Primum Mobile of the Composition 't was he that set the Apostles at work whether it were in furnishing 'em with Occasions and Subjects to write upon or whether it were by secretly stirring 'em up to write I may say He put the Pen in their Hands 2. He presided in the Choice of the Matter which was to be put into the work not suffering the Apostles to write any thing but what was true and to the purpose This is an Inspiration of Direction nor does there need any more to be said as to the Truths which they had heard and seen P. 112. He let 's 'em alone when they go right and when they are about to miscarry he brings 'em back again P. 121. For their own Reasonings 'T is known saith he to be the usual custom of the Apostles to accompany the Truths which the Spirit suggested to 'em with certain Reflections e.g. St. Peter joining the Vision of the Sheet to the Vision that was seen by Cornelius Of a truth saith he now I perceive that God is no respecter of persons c. St. Paul after he had declared what the Spirit had said in express terms touching such as would depart from the Faith makes a short Discourse upon it 1 Tim. 4.1 When thus they reason'd upon the Oracles the Apostles had no need of being inspir'd to take the word in a sense of Suggestion Their Reason fortified and guided by the Holy Ghost whose Instruments they were was sufficient for 'em to find out in the revealed Propositions the Conclusions that were included in ' em Natural Logick would have served the Turn Here we have no recourse to the Holy Ghost but to warrant the Infallibility of the Reflection of the Apostles P. 113 114. This is the substance of the whole of his Judgment herein But this account seems to me very lame and defective and also Derogatory to the Majesty and Authority of the Holy Scriptures and therefore I have bestow'd some thoughts upon it for my own satisfaction which I have muster'd up together and drawn forth in these ensuing Propositions § 5. Prop. I. The Holy Scriptures contain Matter of several sorts The Subject Matter of the Holy Scriptures is various and of divers sorts Some Parts of the Scripture are Historical recording what has bin done in former times Some are Prophetical foretelling what shall be done hereafter Some Doctrinal teaching what we must Believe and some Practical acquainting us with our Duty which we must do or leave undone And these are interwoven with Precepts Prohibitions Promises Threatnings Prayers Soliloquies and the like It is necessary that we distinguish these well the one from the other because they require several sorts of Inspiration as will