Excerpt from A New Edition of a Free Inquiry Into the Miraculous Powers Which Are Supposed to Have Subsisted in the Christian Church: From the Earliest Ages Through Several Successive Centuries, Upon the Authority of the Primitive Fathers "The Bible, I say, the Bible, is the religion of Protestants. I, for my part, after a long, and (as I believe and hope) impartial search after the true way to eternal happiness, do profess plainly that I cannot find any rest for the sole of my foot but upon this rock only. I see plainly, and with my own eyes, that there are Popes against Popes, and Councils against Councils; some Fathers against other Fathers; the same Fathers against themselves; a consent of Fathers of one age against a consent of Fathers of another age; traditive interpretations of Scripture are pretended, but there are few or none to be found. No tradition but that of Scripture can derive itself from the fountain, but may be plainly proved either to have been brought in in such an age of Christ, or that in such an age it was not in. In a word, there is no sufficient certainty but of Scripture, for any considering man to build upon. This, therefore, and this only, I have reason to believe. This I will profess, according to this I will live; and for this, if there be occasion, I will not only willingly, but gladly lose my life, though I should be sorry that Christians should take it from me." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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