After  calling  up  the  testimony  of  Bishop  Horsley,  that  there  is  no
need  to  a  plain  man  for  a  church  to  interpret  Scripture :  and  of
Bishop  Hurd,  that  the  great  principle  of  the  Reformation  is,  that
the  Scripture  is  the  sole  rule  0/  faith — that  DaiUe,  On  the  right  mo


408      ViKk  BICB'8  BEVISW  of  bishop  BAVSarSCROFT'S  8BKM0V.
cf  the  Fathers^  opened  the  eyes  of  intelligent  inquirers,  and  led
Chillingworth  to  establish  for  ever  the  old  principle^  that  the  Btble^
and  that  only  interpreted  hy  our  best  reason^  is  the  religion  of
Protestants  —  he  sets  in  a  clear  light  the  truth  that  we  cannot  be
governed  by  authority  in  our  explanation  of  Scripture,  further  than
fliat  authority  is  derived  from  the  Scripture  itself.
