...seventeenth-century Calvinists who wrote the Westminster Confession announced that their theological conclusions were "either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture."7 Calvin would have been more cautious about "deducing." "Scripture," he wrote, "was not...

...access to the will of God. Thus the first chapter of the Westminster Confession of Faith of 1647 states: The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...expressly set down in scripture, or by good and necessary consequences may be deduced from scripture. ... All things in scripture are not alike plain in themselves,...

...to be avoided'.' Finally, the Wesmiinster Confession is by far the most comprehensive and concise: The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith, and hfe, is either expressly set down in Stnpmre, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from...

...work of the Holy Spirit, bearing witness, by and with the Word, in our hearts Nothing is at any time to be added— whether by new revelations of the Spirit or traditions of men." This firm grounding in the Scripture was the foundation and basis of everything Puritan. They were...

...^3>-.-zr, I Mine to tell me whence I came, Mine to tell me what I am. A - HEN. Of the Holy Scripture The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture — WCF 1.6 176 177 America the Beautiful Katherine Lee Bates. Materna. CMD Samuel A. Ward. nm 1. 0...

...Bible which will serve as the basis for our continued presentation. 12 Thus one reads in this document: "The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture...", "The Westminster Confession of Faith" (1646), in Creeds of the Churches, ed. John H. Leith (Aldine...

...that God gives us. This is in line with Chapter 1, section 6 of the Westminster Confession of Faith: The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture. These principles corne as a result of taking the mind of God set forth in Scripture and applying these...

...in Scripture." In The Westminster Confession of Faith, for example, we find the following statement: The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced Jrom Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit...

...in this volume. and godliness" (2 Pet 1:3). The Westminster Confession summarizes this point well: "The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may he deduced from Scripture."13 The Bible gives us eveiything we need to live out our destiny as regenerate...

...is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit, bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts. 6. The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down, or necessarily contained in the Holy Scripture; unto which nothing is at any time to be added, whether...