Iesuit, to assert first, that the Bishops & their lawes and writings, are of like inspiration, and authority to binde the Conscience, as the Canons and Doctrines of the Apostles contained in the Scriptures? Secondly, that it mattered not, whether those Canons and Doctrines were written in Gods booke or no. Because Aristotle faid of all lawes: Scriptaene sint leges, an non scriptae, in∣teressenibil videtur. Wheras Tertullian saith against that Heretike Hermogenes; Scriptum esse doceat Hermogenis officina. Sinonest scriptum, timeat vae illud adijcientibus aut detrahentibus destinatum. Let Hermogenes shew it written, or else let him feare that curse which is appointed for those vvho adde to, or take from, the Scripture. And touching Philosophers, the same Tertullian in the said book, writes thus in capital letters: Haereticorum Patri∣archae Philosophi. Philosophers are Arch-fathers of Here∣tikes.
Secondly, That the Apostles Canons & Doctrines set downe in Scripture, are but humane Canons and Do∣ctrines. Which, then saith Augustine, de vnitat. Eccl. contr. Petilian, cap. 3. were to be taken away. His words be these: Auferantur de medio, quae aduersus nos inuicem, non ex diuinis Canonicis libris, sed aliunde recitamus. Quaeret fortasse aliquis, cur vis ista auferri de medio? Quia nolo humanis documentis, sed diuinis oraculis, Ecclesiam sanctam demonstrari. Away vvith all those authorities that either of vs alleage against the other, but those that are taken out of Canonicall Scripture: If any aske, why I would haue all other authorities put away? I answere, because I vvould haue the Church demonstrated by Diuine Oracles, not humane documents. Plus aliquid dicam, saith Chry∣sostome in his second Homily, vpon Pauls second E∣pistle