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As heretofore he laboured to ouerthrow the doc∣trine of traditions from the corrupted testimonies of Catholicks and auncient Fathers: so heare he endeuo∣reth
(from their lyke abused testimonies) to intimate that we ascribe to them a greater perfection then we doe. And to this end pag. 145. thereby the rather to cast vpon vs an vnworthy aspersion of vnderualewing the Scriptures, he bringeth in Eckius in Enchirid. ca. 1. saying. The Scripture receaueth all the authority it haith from the Church, and from Tradition. The wordes of this Author are these. Scriptura non est authentica sine authoritate Ecclesiae. whereby we see the wordes and from Tradition, are falsly inserted by our deprauing mi∣nister, making vs thereby to geue (with we doe not) a greater prerogatiue to Tradition, then to Scripture. And though perhaps he could light vpon those wordes and from Tradition in some other place or Chapter in Ecckius though in a different sence (which hitherto I can not find) yet it is no small dishonesty in M. Whyte thus vnkindly to match and ioyne together such disop∣ting sentences without the parents consent. Againe what a strange construction or translation is this? Scriptura non est authentica sine authoritate Ecclesiae. The Scripture receaueth all the authority it haith from the Church, and from Tradition. If this liberty be Iustifiable, what errour so grosse may not easely be iustifyed a∣gainst all Scripture, thongh neuer so plentifull, though neuer so manifest.