Proofs that the Bible is the Word of God.

That the Bible is the Word of God, said Luther, the same I prove as
followeth. All things that have been and now are in the world, also
how it now goeth and standeth in the world, the same was written
altogether particularly at the beginning, in the First Book of Moses
concerning the Creation. And even as God made and created it, even
so it was, even so it is, and even so doth it stand to this present
day. And although King Alexander the Great, the kingdom of Egypt,
the empire of Babel, the Persian, Grecian, and Roman Monarchs, the
Emperors Julius and Augustus, most fiercely did rage and swell
against this Book, utterly to suppress and destroy the same, yet
notwithstanding, they could prevail nothing; they are all gone and
vanished; but this Book, from time to time, hath remained, and will
remain unremoved, in full and ample manner, as it was written at the
first. But who kept and preserved it from such great and raging
power; or, Who defendeth it still? Truly, said Luther, no human
creature, but only and alone God himself, who is the right Master
thereof; and it is a great wonder that it hath been so long kept and
preserved, for the devil and the world are great enemies unto it.
The devil doubtless hath destroyed many good books in the Church, as
he hath rooted out and slain many saints, concerning whom we have
now no knowledge. But, no thanks unto him, the Bible he was fain to
leave unmeddled with. In like manner Baptism, the Sacrament, and
the Office of Preaching have remained among us against the power of
many tyrants and heretics that have opposed the same. These our
Lord God hath kept and maintained by his special strength. Homer,
Virgil, and suchlike are profitable and ancient books; but, in
comparison of the Bible, they are nothing to be regarded.