...taught in her Confession, Catechisms and Constitution. On this point a few citations will suffice : " The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...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...

...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...

...in the Scriptures, and therefore cannot be an article of faith. Protestants unite 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 set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary...

...ibid. 4 C. ii. p. 479, ibid. which are given ky inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and life.1 The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary...Scripture ; unto which nothing at any time is to be added whether by new revelations of the Spirit or traditions of men.2 All things in Scripture are not alike...

...Scripture," " containeth all things necessary to salvation."* And according to the sister Church, " The whole counsel of God, concerning all things necessary...Scripture : unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men."f * Articles of Religion. t " Confession...

...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...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...

...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...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...