Well, we will now see whether she _has_ done _this_, and _then_ we shall be able to determine, if she can _re_build her godly, and spiritual edifice on so heavenly a foundation. We will now consider how she got the sacred Scriptures, after her shipwreck amid the perils of idolatry, and whether, _after_ she got them, she handed them down to her followers in the perfect and unmutilated state, in which she _first_ received them from the _Catholic Church_. Luther, the father of the Reformation, even after he had left the Catholic Church, candidly says, in his Commentary on the 16th chapter of St. John's Gospel: "We are obliged to yield many things to the Papists, that with them is the word of God, which _we_ received from _them_, otherwise we should have known _nothing at all about it_." And, in his book against the Anabaptists, he makes the following confession: "Under Papacy are many good things, yea, _everything_ that is _good_ in _Christianity_. I say moreover," continues he, "under Papacy is _true_ Christianity, even the _very kernel_ of Christianity." From these two passages of Luther, it is evident, that your scriptural Church, _first_ received the Scriptures from the _hand_ of the _Catholic_ Church, and that she received them, in a _perfect_ and _unmutilated_ state; otherwise, how could Luther's words be true, (and _mind_, he uttered these words _after_ he had left the Catholic Church) when he assures us, that under Papacy is "true Christianity, yea, everything that is good in Christianity, nay, the _very kernel_ of Christianity." Now let us see _how_ your scriptural Church, corrupted and mutilated the sacred volumes which she had received from the Catholic Church in a _perfect_ and _unmutilated_ state. Luther was the first, after the Reformation, who put out a Protestant translation of the Scriptures, which was _immediately_ condemned by Osiander, Rickerman, and Zuinglius. Of this translation of Luther, Zuinglius says, (Lib. de Sacra.) "Luther was a foul corrupter, and horrible falsifier of God's word. One, who followed the Marcionites and Arians, that razed out such places of Holy Writ, as were against him. Thou dost," says he to Luther, "corrupt the word of God. Thou art seen to be a manifest, and common corrupter, and perverter of the holy Scriptures. How much are we ashamed of thee, who have hitherto esteemed thee!" But Luther not only falsified, but he also added, to the texts of the Scripture. "I know well," says Luther, "that this word, alone, (which he added to St. Paul's words, Rom. iii.) is not found in the text of St. Paul, but should a Papist, annoy you upon it, tell him at once, without hesitation, that Dr. Martin Luther, would have it so, and that a papist, and an ass, are synonymous." (Tom. 5, Jena Edit. p. 141, 144.)