'rixD. tBodlc I. & malt be perminded of the truth of thatdolte whi? had the seal of die written testimony."* Cyr? of ?erusalem, who died in 386, speaks thus :?" Not even the least of the divine and holy m. ysteries of the f?ith ought to be handed down without t]?e, divine !?cnptures. Do not simply give faith to me speaking these things t? you except you have the proof of what ! say from the divine Scriptures. For the security and preservstiou of our faith are not supported by ingenuity of speech, but by the proofs of the d?vine Scripmres."'? Cbys?u, bishopof Constantinople, who was born in 347, flourished from 370 to about 400, and died in 407, gives ample testimony to the sufficiency and clearness of Scripture. He say8 that t?e Scripture, "like a safe door, doth prevent an entrance to heretics, guarding us in safety in all things we desire, and not permitting ns to be deceived."? He therefore concludes: "Whose uoeth not the Scriptures, but cometh in otherwise, that is, cut8 out for l?mseff a d?ferent and unlawful way, the same is a thief."l Chry?o8tom write8 aI80 as follows :--" Formerly it might have been ascertained by various means which was the true church, but at present there is no other method left for those who are w?fling to discover the true church of Chr?t but by the Scriptures alone. And why ? cause heresy has ?11 outward observances in conunon w?th her.. !f a man? therefore, be desirous of knowing the true church, how wfil he be able to do it amid 00 great resemblance, but by the Scripture8 alone Vfnerefore our Lord, foreseeing that such a great confusiou of thin?s would take place in the latter days, ordered the Christians to have recourae to nothing but the Scriptures." On the pusage,?" All Scrip- ture is given by inspiration of ?rod,- Chr?80stom says, "The man of ? could not be perfect without the Scriptures. Instead of me, he, thou hast the Scripture8: if thou desirest to learn any thing, hence thou mayest. But if he w?ites these things to Timothy, who was rifled with the Holy Spirit, how much more must we think these things spoken to us." Furthermore he esys :7 "It is absurd, while we will not trust other people in pecuniar? affairs, but choose to reckon and p?a?."?. Nyu. Dfid?. ? A? �t ReJ?'rect/o?, tom. i, ?it. Oreco. Lat., p. 639. ? 0?. iv, ? ?. --CA?st. H?. 59, in John. c. 9, ?. ?,"% p. ?. ??, ? ? ?v.*C?? Hem. 9, in ? ?m. e. 1, tom. xi, p. 714, ?? ?. 1S, e. iv, in fin?, in ?. Cot. min. ? p. ?. 1
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