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Treatises joined with Cypuian's Works. A. D. 256. 69
' And, therefore, says'" he, we shall be obliged to bring
together the several paragraphs [literally, short chapters]
of the sacred scriptures, relating to this purpose.' After-
wards ;
' Forasmuch" as it is irianifestly declared by our
Lord in that sentence, (Matt. x. 33.) " Whosoever shall
deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father
M'hich is in heaven." But the phrases used in these places
may denote no more than a text or passage, and do not certainly
imply that the books themselves, whence they are
taken, were divided into larger or smaller sections.
14. We are now, according to our usual method, to observ^e
a few forms of citation, and some tokens of respect for the
scriptures.
' Nor" shall I omit,' says the author, ' what the gospel
deservedly relates ; for our Lord said to the man sick of the
palsy. Matt. ix. 2 ; " Son, be of good cheer, thy sins be
forgiven thee." ' Again; ' ThisP we find mentioned in the
gospel.' In another place ;
' Toi which things perhaps you
will M'eakly answer, according- to custom, that the Lord hath
said in the gospel, John iii. 5 ; " Except a man be born of
water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of
God." ' To which he replies by an observation upon"^ the
New Testament, as he expressly calls it. Farther; ' As'' the
holy scripture declares, out of which we shall bring- plain
proofs of what we assert.' He means particularly the New
Testament. ' The* holy scripture foretold, that they who
should believe in Christ, should be baptized with the
Spirit:' as John vii. 39; Matt. iii. 11 ; and in other places.
' As" the scripture saith; " Out of his belly flowed rivers
of the living water :" ' John vii. 38. He observes, that"^ the
Jews received only the ancient scriptures. ' The scriptures
of the New and Old Testament,' he " says, clearly declare
"' Et ideo quaecumque sanctarum scripturarum ad hanc partem pertinentia
sunt capimla, necessario in unum congeremus. p. 22. b.
" Per hujusmodi clamulam quia manifestissime a Domino dictum est : Quicumque
me negaverit coram hominibus, negabo eum et ego coram patre meo,
qui est in ccelis. p. 28. a. ° Sed nee illud omiserim, quod evangelium
merito praedicat. Ait enim paralytico Dominus noster, &c. p. 30. b.
p Sicuti non solum Petmm hoc passum esse in evangelic deprehendimus.
p. 25. a. 1 Ad quae fortasse tu continue impatienter respondeas,
ut soles, dixisse in evangelio Dominum : &c. p. 23. a.
Sed in eodem Novo Testamento. p. 23. a. ' Sicut declarant
nobis sanctae scripturae, quarum per singula quaeque eorum quae enarrabimus,
adferemus perspicuas probationes. p. 23. a. * Quoniam eos, qui in
Christum credituriessent, scriptura sancta praedixit oportere in spiritu baptizari.
p. 23. b. " Sicuti scriptura dicit : Flumina de ventre ejuscurrebant
aquae vivae. p. 29. a. " Sicuti nee super Judaeos, qui veteres tantum
scripturas recipiunt. p. 27. b. * Quanquam scripturae novi et
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