rinces that were in
Toteachthat — Ambrosius, of Virgins, Lib. 3. cap. 1. “We justly do condemn all new things salvation, which Christ hath not taught; for Christ is the way to the faithful. If therefore we t ourselves preach any thing that Christ hath not taught, judge that abominable?.” damnable. The same, inthe Psal. 118. “The word of God is the lively meat of our souls, The soul with the which it is nourished, fed, and governed: neither is there any thing else 1veth on. by the word that maketh a reasonable soul to live but the word of God”
“98. The same, in his book of Paradise, chap. 12. “By that which Eva added to the Nothingisto word of God, [‘Thou shalt not touch, &c. we do learn how much this present lesson the word ὔ putteth us in remembrance that we ought to add nothing to the word of God,] focuehitbe yea, though it be for a good purpose. For if thou put to, or take away any thing, purpose.
[[! Ut quiequid in evangelio pradicabant, legis tura. In cujus scriptura? In populorum. Non et prophetarum vocibus comprobarent. Id.in Mat- sufficit in populorum, sed etiam principum dicit. thaum, cap. xiii. Tom. IX. p. 35.] Et quorum principum? Qui sunt in ea. Non dixit [^ Nec juxta Pythagorz discipulos prajudicata hoc, sed qui fuerunt in ea. Et principum, hoc est, doctoris opinio, sed doctrinz ratio ponderanda est. apostolorum et evangelistarum: horum qui fuerunt Si quis autem contrarie factionis immurmurat, inea. Videte quid dicat: Qui fuerunt, non qui quare eorum explanationes legam, quorum dog- sunt: ut exceptis apostolis, quodcunque aliud posmatibus non acquiesco; sciat me illud apostoli tea dicetur, abscindatur; non habeat postea auctorilibenter audire: Omnia probate, quod bonum est tatem. Quamvis ergo sanctus sit aliquis post tenete;” [et Salvatoris verba dicentis: Estote pro- apostolos, quamvis disertus sit, non habet auctoribati numularii,”] ut si quis nummus adulter est, tatem. Quoniam Dominus narrat in scriptura et figuram Cesaris non habet nec signatus est populorum et principum horum qui fuerunt in ea. moneta publica, reprobetur. Qui autem Christi Id. in Psalmum lxxxvi. Tom. VIII. p. 103.] faciem claro przfert lumine, in cordis nostri mars- [7 Nos enim nova omnia, qua Christus non dopium recondatur. ld. Minerio et Alexandro. Tom. cuit, jure damnamus, quia fidelibus via Christus 111. p. 128.] est. Si igitur Christus non docuit quod docemus, [3 Hoc quia de scripturis non habet auctoritatem, etiam nos id detestabile judicamus. Ambros. eadem facilitate contemnitur, qua probatur. Id.in De Virginibus. Lib. 111. cap. i. Tom. IV. p. 229. Matth. cap. xxiii. Tom. IX. p. 57.] Ed. Colon. Agrip. 1616.] [ Omne quod loquimur, debemus affirmare de [? Hzc est enim anim nostra vitalis substantia, scripturis sanctis. Id. in Psalmum xcviii. Tom. qua alitur, pascitur, gubernatur. Nec quidquam VIII. p. 118.] aliud est quod vivere faciat rationabilem animam, [^ This side-note is omitted in ed. 1582.] quam alloquium Dei. Id. in Psalmum cxviii. (119) [5 [Dominus narrabit, &c.] Non dixit, qui Octon. vii. Tom. II. p. 437.] sunt in ea, sed qui fuerunt in ea. Dominus nar- [? This passage is omitted in ed. 1582. ] rabit: et quomodo narrabit? Non verbo, sed scrip-]
it appeareth to be a transgression of the commandment: for there ought nothing to be added, although it seem good’.”
The same, in the epistle to the Galatians, cap. 1. “Neither saith the apostle, 4s well who if they preach contrary: but, if they preach any thing besides that that we have beside the preached,’ (that is, if they add any thing to it at all,) “hold them accursed.” Neither ast. is do I except myself, if I put to any thing beside that which was preached afore”.” Seige) The same, in the same place. “Ie doth affirm the gospel, which he had preached Even the & apostles, unto them, to be so firm and true, that although it should chance themselves (that preaching be:… sides the is to say, the apostles), being changed, to preach any other thing, he teacheth. that gospel, are » no they ought not to be heard”. believed. Augustine, of the consent of the Evangelists. “He that sent the prophets before Christ made. LJ LJ LI a t his incarnation, the same sent also his apostles after his ascension; yea, and by that ten that we manhood, which he took upon him, he is the head of all his disciples, which are members should read of his body: therefore, forasmuch as they wrote those things, which he shewed and taught them, it ought not to be said that he wrote them not, seeing that his mem- We are as.. ell b bers wrote that which they knew by their head teaching them. For whatsoever he to believe would have us to read, both of his deeds and words, that commanded he them to aaa: write, as his hands of his body. Whosoever doth perceive this fellowship of unity, though Christ ux.. ς had written and agreement of members, ministering under one head in diverse offices, he shall none with his own other ways take that that he readeth in the gospel, the disciples declaring it, than if he yi had seen the very hand of the Lord, which he bare in his own body, writing 1£.”
The same, to Vincent, against the Donatists, the 6th tom. pa. 116, Epist. 48. We The church therefore for this cause are certain and sure, that no man ought to withdraw himself RON from the communion of all men. And let none of us seek the church in our own righteousness, but in the holy scripture.”
Again, to the brethren in the wilderness. Read the holy scripture, wherein ye shall [the word » 18 find fully what is to be followed, and what to be avoided. enough for.. «. our salvaThe same, of nature and grace, lib. i. cap. 61. “I owe my consent to the canonical tion] scriptures only, without any refusal.” 29
[[!? Etenim quantum presens lectio docet, dis- Quicquid enim ille de suis factis et dictis nos]
[cimus nihil vel cautionis gratia jungere nos debere legere voluit, hoc scribendum illis tanquam suis]
[mandato. Si quid enim vel addas vel detrahas, pre- manibus imperavit. Hoc unitatis consortium et in]
[varicatio quzdam videtur esse mandati.Nihil diversis officiis concordium membrorum sub uno]
[igitur, vel quod bonum videtur, addendum est. Id. capite ministerium, quisquis intellexerit, non aliter]
[De Paradiso, cap. xii. Tom I. p. 62.] accipiet quod narrantibus discipulis Christi in evan- [! Aut si forte diabolus angelumDei se fingens, gelio legerit, quam si ipsam manum Domini, quam]
[ut facile possit audiri, de colis appareret contra hec in proprio corpore gestabat, scribentem conspexerit.]
[praedicans, sciretur esse contrarium, et ut abominatio Augustin. De Consensu Evangelistarum. Lib. 1.]
[haberetur. Si ergo apostolos Christi, quorum tam cap. xxxv. Tom. IV. p. 170. Ed. Paris. 1635.]]
[praclara opinio in signis et prodigiis erat faciendis, [4 Nos autem ideo certi sumus, neminem se a]
[et angelum de cc«lo, quem possit spiritalis ratio communione omnium gentium juste seperare potu-]
[commendare, aliter docentes quam ab apostolo isse, quia non quisque nostrum in justitia sua, sed]
[Paulo edocti erant, anathematizari precepit, &c. in scripturis divinis quarit ecclesiam. Id. Epist.]
[Id. in Epist. ad Galat. cap. i. Tom. III. p. 221.] xlviii. Vincentio contra Donatistas Tom. II. p. 68. ] [? Nam tam firmum atque verum evangelium [^ Omnia qué preteritis temporibus erga huma-]
[quod eis pradicaverat, asserit, ut etiam seipsos, id num genus majores nostri gesta esse meminerunt,]
[est apostolos, si immutati forte aliter predicarent, nobisque tradiderunt; omnia etiam qua nos vide-]
[non audiri doceret. Id. ibid. cap. i. Tom. III. mus, et posteris tradimus, qua tamen pertinent ad]
[p. 221.] veram religionem quarendam et tenendam, divina [13 Proinde qui prophetas ante descensionem scriptura non tacuit. Id. Epist. xlii. Mandauren-]
[suam praemisit, ipse et apostolos post ascensionem sibus. Tom. II. p. 57.]]
[suam misit. Omnibus autem discipulis suis per [15 Legite sacram scripturam, in qua quid tenen-]
[hominem quem assumpsit, tanquam membris sui dum, et quid fugiendum sit, plene invenietis. Id.]
[corporis, caput est. Itaque cum illi scripserunt, quz Sermones ad fratres in eremo. Serm. xxxviii. Tom.]
[ille ostendit et dixit, nequaquam dicendum est quod X. p. 734.]]
[ipse non scripserit: quandoquidem membra ejus id [17 Omitted in ed. 1582. ]]
[operata sunt, quod dictante capite cognoverunt, [18 Quia solis canonicis debeo sine ulla recusa-]
The same, upon John, 49th Treatise, cap. 11. “Not all things that the Lord Jesus did are written, as the same evangelist witnesseth: for the Lord both did and said many things that are not written; but things were chosen out to be written, which seemed