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| | "Scripture" by John Jewel (1522-1577) |
 | | Jewel’s essay on the Scriptures explains first the divine origin of the Bible and its power to change man’s heart; then, the pleasure the Word of God gives to the believer; and finally, the reverence to be accorded God’s Word. |
 | | The cause why you are so deceived, is because you know not the Scriptures; you have hated the light, and loved darkness; you have neither known the Father nor me. He that knoweth not the truth of God, knoweth not God. |
 | | Augustine saith, “Almighty God, in the Scriptures, speaketh as a familiar friend, without dissimulation, unto the hearts both of the learned and of the unlearned.” He abaseth himself, and speaketh to their capacity; for his will is, that all should come to the knowledge of the truth, and be saved. |
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