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The Apostle in this place speaketh of the Scriptures of the Old Testament, but not onely. Timothie when he was a child [ E] learned onely the Scriptures of the Old Testament, but after his childhood, he read also the Scriptures of the New, 1. Tim. 4. 16. This Epistle was written by S. Paul not long before his death, 2. Tim. 4.6. at which time the greatest part of the Canon
of the New Testament was finished a; therefore it is not ne∣cessarie [ A] that we should restraine these words, Thou from a child hast knowne the holy Scriptures, onely to the Scriptures of the Old Testament, because Timothie, who in his youth read onely the Old Testament, in the progresse of his yeares read the New Testament also.
And although no Scripture is able to make wise to saluation, without Faith in Christ Iesus, yet this prooueth not the holy Scripture to be an imperfect Rule; because if Tradition be ad∣ded to Scripture, yet both these are not able to make people wise to saluation, without Faith. Heb. 4. 2. [ B]
But admitting, that the Apostle in the first Clause, Thou from a Child hast knowne the holy Scriptures, speaketh of the Scriptures of the Old Testament; yet adding to the same in the latter part of his speech, through Faith which is in Christ Iesus: if by Faith wee vnderstand the doctrine of Faith, reuealed in the New Te∣stament, there is no materiall or necessarie part of doctrine, touching Christ Iesus, which is not contained in the Scripture. 1. Cor. 15. 1, 2, 3, 4. And this was the Tenet of the antient Ca∣tholike Church, as appeareth by S. Augustine, C. Petil. Lib. 3. cap. 6. who saith: Proinde siue de Christo siue de Ecclesia, siue de [ C] quacunque alia re, quae pertinet ad fidem vitamque nostram, non di∣cam nos nequaquam comparandi ei qui dixit, licet si nos, sed om∣nino quod secutus adiecit, si Angelus de Coelo vobis annunciauerit, prae∣terquam quod in Scripturis Legalibus & Euangelicis accepistis Ana∣thema sit. I will not say, if wee vnworthie to be compared to him that spake so; but if an Angell from Heauen shall teach any thing, either concerning Christ, or the Church, or concer∣ning any other matter pertaining to Faith, or good life, besides that which you haue receiued in the Legall and Euangelicall Scriptures, let him be Anathema. [ D]
Eder. Oicon. Bib. lib. 4. pag. 482. Hanc epistolā om∣nium quae scripsit Paulus esse postre∣mam, & ab eo iam ex hoc mundo tr̄a∣situro, Roma ex vinculis ad Timo∣theum fuisse trans∣missam, constans omnium ferè San∣ctorum est hoc lo∣co patrum 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Videtur emm tunc eam 〈◊〉〈◊〉 cum esset proxim' fini: Ego enim in∣quit, iam delibor & tempus resolutio∣nis meae instat. Et iterum, In priore mea defēsione nul∣lus mihi adstitit. Chrys. in 2. Timoth. Hom. 1. 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, &c. Ambros. Theo∣dorit. Theophilact. Anselm. in Com∣ment.