life to his spirit and proved itself to be from God. He did not accept Christ because he had first of all accepted the Scriptures, but he accepted the Scriptures because they testified of a Christ he felt constrained to accept. In short, it is the truth which the Scriptures contain which certify him that they are the word of God; it is not his belief that they are the word of God which certifies him of the truth they contain. The proclamation of God’s grace quickening a new life within him convinced