...principle was set forth in the Westminster Confession of Faith (I.vi) thus: "The whole counsel of God ... is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good...necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture." Thomas Campbell, in his famous "Declaration and Address" (f6) stated that "inferences and deductions...

...our hearts. 6 . The whole counsel of God concerning all things (2 Tim. iii. 15, 16, 17; Gal. i. 8, 9) necessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down or necessarily contained in the holy scripture; unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether...

...647, with its statement in chapter one that "the whole counsel of Cod" either is spelled out directly in Scripture or "by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture." The rejection by both Alexander Campbell and his father Thomas of their Scottish Presbyterian heritage...

...of the Westminster Confession of Faith, "Of the Holy Scripture." Although Westminster is clear that "The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, [human] salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary...

...God, the only rule of faith and obedience." The Westminster Confession of Faith is explicit on this: "The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men" (1:6). It is all too easy to say that the matter of the specific praise materials is not central or...

...conclusions could be deduced, as indicated in the hermeneutical principle of the Westminster Confession, "The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture."77 Even so, the method is ill described as generally taking "the form of syllogistic reasoning":78...

...are these : etc. . . . All which are given by inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and life. The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence 6 Omitted are Hodge's long supportive quotations from Lutheran, Swiss, French, and English confessions....

...principle of the sole authority of Scripture to mean the dual principle that "the whole counsel of God ... is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture."173 This specification of the "good and necessary consequences" that are to be invoked by...

...scientific method as the definition know for our salvation "is either expressly of a good argument. set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture."8 Like scientists, the Westminster Fathers claimed they could deduce their conclusions from...

...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. . . . The Church is finally to appeal to them. . . . The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture...