Madan on Article VI: Of the Sufficiency of the holy Scriptures for salvation

N HF OLY Scripture containeth all things necessary

to Salvation : * So that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be re- quired of any Man that it shwld be believed as an Article of Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary 10 Salvation. 3 In the Name of the holy Scripture, we ad undersland those canomcal Boks of the Old and

New Teslament, of whose Authority was never any Doubt in the Church,

Of the Names and Numbers of the Canonical Books.

Genesis, II. Book of Chronicles, Lrodlus. I. Bouk of Ejdras. Leviticus. IT. Book of Esdras +. Numert. Back of Hester, Deuteronamum. Book of Job.

*Fosue. Psalms.

“Judges. Proverbs.

Ruth, Ecclesiastes, or Preacher, I. Bak of Samuel. Cantica, or Songs of So- II. Book of Samuel. lemon.

J. Bok of Kings, 4 Prophets the greater, II. Book of Rings. 12 Prophets the less.

i. Book of Chronicles, |

And the ether Books (as Hierome saith) the Church dith read, for Example of Life and Instruc- tian of Manners, but yet doth not apply them to e/tublish any Doctrine? Such are these following :

• Nate, The Book of Nehemiah is here meant, Called in some Versions the Second of Ezraor, E/dras.

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III. Book of Esdras. Baruch the Prophet.

IV. Book of Esdras. Jong of the three Chit=

Book of Tobias. dren.

Book of Judith, | Story of Susanna.

Refl of the Book of | Of Bell and the Dragon, Helder. Prayer of Manasses.

Book of Wisdom. I. Boak of Maccabees.

Jesus the Son of Sirach. II. Book of Maccabees.

All the Books of the New Testament, as they are community recetved, we do receive and account them ca- nonical,

12 Tim. iii. 15. From a Child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto Salvation, through Faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by Inspiration of Gor, and is profitable for Doctrine, for Re- proof, for CorreCtion, for Instruction in Riph- teousness, that the Man of Gop may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good Works.

• 1}. viii. 20. To the Law, and to the Testi- mony, if they speak not according to this Word, It is because there is no Light in thew. Deu“. Iv. 2. Ye shall not add to the Word which I com- mand you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it. Deut. xii. 32. What Thing soever I command you, observe to do it : ‘i hou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. See also Rev, xxii. 18, 19. 1 teitify unto every one that heareth the Words of the Prophecy of this Book, if any Man shall add unto these Things, Gop shall add unto him the Plagues that are written in this Book. And if any Man fsha!! take away from the Words of. the Book of this Prophecy, Gob shall take away his Part out of the Book of Lifs, and out of the holy

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City, and from the Things which are written in this Book. AHatt. xv. q. In vain do they worship me, teaching for DoCtrines the Commandments of Men.

3 For the rest of this Article, I would refer the Reader to that learned Work of Dr C:/in, Risbop of Durham, called, A scholastical History of the Canon of the Holy Scripture, or the certain and << indubitate Books thereof, as they ate received « in the Church of England.” At the same time

#ecommending it to the careful Perusal of all wha

would be well informed therein, especially Persons , or designed for, holy Orders.