...God." Another announces the ground of his decision in the words of the Westminster Confession, that " the whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men." A third cites the statement of the same Confession, that " the Holy Scripture is most necessary, those...

...God." Another announces the ground of his decision in the words of the Westminster Confession, that " the whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced-from Scripture, unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of...

...Westminster Confession, that " the whole " counsel of God concerning all things necessary to his " glory, man's salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly " set down in the Scripture, or by good and necessary " consequence may be deduced therefrom." Cartwright puts it...

....reason in the interpretation of that rule, and in the deductions which naturally flow (rum it.' For ' the whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...his own glory, man's salvation, faith, and life,' say these divineg, ' is either expressly set down in Scripture, or, by good and necessary consequence,...

...all thing» necesftary for hie own glory, шап'л Halration, faith, and life, IB either expreeely set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture." — Wtytmi-nsttr Confession, chap. 1, § vi. 12mo. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 149 Washington Street. We...

...therefore, that, if we are to follow Scripture's own account of itself, we are bound to say that whatever 'is either expressly set down in scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from scripture'3 must be regarded as a revealed truth. The Bible confronts us with the conception that the...

...connected it with the counsel of God : "The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his glory, man's salvation, faith, and life, is either...necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture."' It is not surprising that here the question arises how to interpret those "good and necessary" consequences....

...Scripture itself repeatedly refers to it. The Westminster Confession (I, 6) deals with "consequences": "The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture" (italics mine) . The terms "consequence" and "deduced" leave the impression that a logical system of...

...Westminster Confession (i. 6) is typical of all the credal confessions of the Reformation in saying that ' the whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...whether by new revelations of the Spirit or traditions 1 The letters of St Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage (ob. AD 358), give classic and relatively early expression...

...is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit, bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts. VI. The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...traditions of men. Nevertheless we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are...