Twice indeed in his epistles to Timothy, he recommends the Scriptures of the Old Testament; but even in the more striking passage, (on which such exaggerated stress has been laid,) the spirit of his remark is essentially apologetic.

"Despise not, oh Timothy," (is virtually his exhortation) "the Scriptures that you learned as a child.

Although now you have the Spirit to teach you, yet that does not make the older writers useless: for "_every divinely inspired writing is also profitable for instruction &c._" In Paul's religion, respect for the Scriptures was a means, not an end.

The Bible was made for man, not man for the Bible.
Thus the question with me was: "May I still receive Christ as a Saviour from sin, a Teacher and Lord sent from heaven, and can I find an adequate account of what he came to do or teach ?" And my reply was, Yes.

The gospel of John alone gave an adequate account of him: the other three, though often erroneous, had clear marks of simplicity, and in so far confirmed the general belief in the supernatural character and works of Jesus.