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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. That the Church to the end of the world might have a sure, known, standing Rule to try and judge all things by, and not to be left to the uncertainty of Traditions: John 5.39. Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have Eternal Life, and they are they which testify of me.
A. That the Church to the end of the world might have a sure, known, standing Rule to try and judge all things by, and not to be left to the uncertainty of Traditions: Iohn 5.39. Search the Scriptures, for in them ye think ye have Eternal Life, and they are they which testify of me.
Q. 7. Doth not the Authority of the Scriptures depend on the Church▪ Fathers and Councils?
A. No, the Scriptures are not built on the Authority of the Church, but the Church on them. Ephes 2.19, 20. And are built on the Foundations of the Apostles and Prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner Stone. And for Councils and Fathers, the Scriptures are not to be tried by them; but they by the Scriptures. Isa. 8.20. To the Law, and to the Testimony; if they speak not according to this word, 'tis because there is no light in them.
A. No, the Scriptures are not built on the Authority of the Church, but the Church on them. Ephes 2.19, 20