The Scriptures are never believed to be the word of God, until the majesty and truth, the wisdom and grace, the authority and power of God, are perceived in the doctrines and duties they declare unto mankind. But whenever these glorious views of the character and will of God are discerned in his own testimony concerning himself, his words enter the conscience with irresistible light and sovereign power, and then the faith of the soul begins to "stand, not in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." Hereby the mind obtains a clear and undeniable evidence of the truth and authority of the Scriptures, and comes under their influence as a rule of faith and obedience.
Archibald Hall — Archibald Hall, late minister of the Associate Congregation, Wells' Street, London, A Treatise on the Faith and Influence of the Gospel, with an introductory essay by Thomas Chalmers, D.D. (Glasgow: printed for William Collins, 1831), Part I, Introduction, p. 52
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