Inferences from what has been said: Scripture reading most useful for clergy and laity alike
II. From what has been said we infer:
1. That the reading of Sacred Scripture is by far most useful unto salvation and the discerning of spirits not only for ecclesiastics but also for those in civil life, and so even for those whom the papacy designates as laity — Claude d'Espence acknowledging this in his commentary chapters 1 and 2: "Chrysostom," he says, "rightly exhorts all to the reading of the Scriptures: God willed that even the most unlearned craftsman of all should gain some usefulness." That study is approved from heaven (Psalm 1:2; Psalm 119:2; Acts 17:11); and therefore the prophets and Apostles recommended their books not to teachers alone but to the whole church (Deuteronomy 17:18; Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1; 1 Peter 1:1; 1 John 2:12–1 John 2:13). Whence again d'Espence on 2 Timothy 3: "Let Origen," he says, "observe that John writes to four ages: children, youths, young men, fathers."
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II. Ex dictis inferimus, 1. Lectionem sacrae Scripturae non solum ecclesiasticis, sed & politicis, adeoque iis, quos in papatu Laicos vocant, ad salutem & spirituum discretionem longe utilissimam esse, agnoscente id Claudio Espencaeo comment. ad 1. Tit. cap. 1. & 2. Merito, inquit, omnes hortatur Chrysostomus ad Scripturarum lectionem: Voluit Deus, ut opifex omnium indoctissimus aliquid utilitatis reportaret. Quod studium divinitus approbatur psal. 1.v.2. & 119.v.2. & Act. 17.v.11. ideoque prophetae & Apostoli libros suos non solis doctoribus, sed toti ecclesiae commendârunt, Deut. 17.v.18. Rom. 1.v.7. 1. Cor. 1. 1. Pet. 1.v.1. 1. Joh. 2.v.12.13. Unde rursum Espencaeus in 2. Tim. 3. Origenes, inquit, observet, Johannem quatuor aetatibus scribere: pueris, adolescentibus, juvenibus, patribus.