[Sidenote: CHAP. X. 1621-1634.]
It has been objected, that this system leads to Socinianism, and even
beyond it. All Catholic, and several episcopalian Protestant divines
object to it; they generally contend, that the sacred writings ought
always to be understood in that sense _only_, which has been attributed
to them, by the early fathers.--Against this system, Dr. Whitby
published his celebrated work "Concerning the Interpretation of
Scripture after the manner of the Fathers."[038]
[Sidenote: X. 5. His Commentary on the Scriptures.]
The system of Grotius was defended, to a certain extent, by _Father
Simon_, the oratorian, the father of the modern biblical school. Against
both Simon and Grotius, Bossuet wielded his powerful lance,--in his
"Pastoral Instruction on the Works of Father Simon," and his
"Dissertations upon Grotius." In these works he says that, during thirty
years,
"Grotius searched for truth in good faith, and at last was so near
it, that it is wonderful that he did not take the last step, to
which God called him.
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