...it teaches a doctrine on the work of the Spirit the very reverse of what you allege. It teaches that "the whole council of God, concerning all things necessary...his own glory, man's salvation, faith, and life, is contained in the Holy Scriptures" — that "nothing is at any time to be added, whether by a new revelation...

...Confession, Catechisms and Constitution. On this point a few citations will suffice : " The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own...Scripture, or, by good and necessary consequence, may be deducted from Scripture, unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations...

...orthodox faith was, in some cases, arbitrary and severe. True it is, as the Confession declares, that " all Synods or Councils since the Apostles' time, whether general or particular, may err, and many have erred." We cannot study the details of the first Councils without being convinced that they...

...in teaching that " The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary for his own glory, and man's salvation, faith and life, is either expressly...Scripture, unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or the traditions of men." As the doctrine of the preexistence...

...as everything expressed, were fully present to the mind of Inspiration. ' The whole counsel of God is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good...necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture.' Facts are not methodically arranged in respect to government any more than doctrine. Truths are not...

...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....

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

...(i. 6) is typical of all the credal confessions of the Reformation in saying that ' the whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own...Scripture : unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit or traditions 1 The letters of St Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage...

...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 for his own...Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men. Nevertheless we acknowledge the inward...