Logos autopistos, or, Scriptures self-evidence to prove its existence, authority, certainty in it [sic] self, and sufficiency (in its kind) to ascertain others that it is inspir'd of God to be the only rule of faith : published as a plea for Protestants in the defence of their profession and intended only for the use and instruction of the vulgar sort.

Title: Logos autopistos, or, Scriptures self-evidence to prove its existence, authority, certainty in it [sic] self, and sufficiency (in its kind) to ascertain others that it is inspir'd of God to be the only rule of faith : published as a plea for Protestants in the defence of their profession and intended only for the use and instruction of the vulgar sort.

Author: Ford, Thomas, 1598-1674.

Collection: Early English Books Online

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we know, that the Scripture, that saith it is the Word of God, is so in very deed.To this the Protestants have long since answered, That they know this first and principally by the illu∣mination of Gods Spirit, as the in∣ward means, and then by the resti∣mony of the Scriptures themselves, as the outward means; and lastly, by the ministry of the Church indu∣cing us to assent.Here we say not, that the certain∣ty of the Scripture is written in any particular place, or Book of it, but the vertue and power that sheweth it self in every line and leaf of the Bible, proclaimeth it to be the Word of the eternal God; and the sheep of Christ discern the voice and light thereof, as men discern light from darkness, and as children are known by their faces and favours, resem∣bling their parents. As the purity, and perfection of the matter, and many particulars else, some of which I have hinted before, and whoever will see them more fully, may find 0