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NovATus. A. D. 251. 119
2. ' Tliisi same Jesus, the Son of God, we read to be promised
in the Old Testament, and observe exhibited in the
New Testament.' ' Him the ancient prophecies, as Avell as
the gospels, testify to be the son of Abraham :' see before
Numb. vii. 1. ' Justly"^ do we believe and hold, according
to the doctrine of the Old and New Testament, that Christ
Jesus is God and man.' The phrase of Old and New Testament
is frequent in this writer.
3. He calls the scriptures sacred and divine, and at the
same time shows their use and authority for confirmingthe
truth of doctrines, or for confuting errors. ' That*
Christ is not only man, but God also, is proved by the
sacred authority of the divine writings.' ' The' divine
scripture easily detects and confutes the frauds of heretics.'
Again :
' The" divine scripture of the Old and New Testament.'
And ^ sacred scriptures,'" heavenly scriptures : this
last is a common expression in our author. He" affirms the
scriptures are infallible: hey says it is one and the san)e
spirit that spoke in the prophets and the apostles : but he
gives the advantage to these. Among the offices of the Holy
Spirit he mentions this as one, that^ he guards the gospels.
9. We are now to sum up the testimony of this writer. We
have not seen in him passages of all the books of the New
Testament commonly received at that time : but there is no
reason to think he differed upon this head from other
christians ; there not having been any accusations brought
against him upon that account. Every one knoMs now what
are the books I mean: the four gospels, the Acts, thirteen
epistles of St. Paul, the first epistle of St. Peter, and the
first epistle of St. John :
most of these we have seen quoted
by him, and it may be taken for granted that the rest also
•i Hunc enim Jesum Christum—et in vcteri Testamento legimus esse lepro-
missum, et in novo Testamento animadvertimus exhibitum. cap. 9. in.
' Merito secundum institutionem veteris et novi Testamenti, et Deum hominem
Christum Jesum et credimus et tenemus. cap. 17. [al. 25.] p. 128.
^ Quia Christus non homo tantum, sed et Deus, divmarum literarum sacris
auctoritatibus approbatur. cap. 26. [al. 21.] in.
* Sed enim scriptura divina hsereticorum et fraudes et furta facile convincit
etdetegit. cap. 24. [al. 19.] p. 187. " Quandoquidem non tarn
veteris quam etiam novi Testamenti scriptura divina. cap. 26. [al. 29.] p. 201.
* ScripturaB sanctas. cap. 30. p. 229.
* Et poteram quidem omnium scripturaram coelestium eventilare tractatus.
cap. 21. [al. 16.] init. Sed quo modo hoc tenemus et legimns et credimus, sic
scripturarum ccelestium nullam partem praeterire debemus. cap. 30. p. 230.
" Non utique ex scripturarum coelestium vitio, quae nunquam fallunt. cap.
30. p. 232. ^ Unus ergo et idem spiritus, qui in piophetis et apos-
tolis, nisi quoniam ibi ad momentum, hie semper, cap. 29. p. 219.
' evangelia custodit. cap. 29. p. 223.