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The reason of faith, or, An answer unto that enquiry, wherefore we believe the…
The reason of faith, or, An answer unto that enquiry, wherefore we believe the scripture to be the word of God with the causes and nature of that faith wherewith we do so : wherein the grounds whereon the Holy Scripture is believed to be the word of God with faith divine and supernatural, are declared and vindicated / by John Owen ...
London: printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1677
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5. The Authority and Truth of God, considered in themselves absolutely, are not the immediate formal Object of our Faith, though they are the ultimate whereinto it is resolved. For we can believe nothing on their Account unless it be evidenced unto us; and this Evidence of them is in that Revelation which God is pleased to make of himself; for that is the only means whereby our Consciences and Minds are affected with his Truth and Authority. We do therefore no otherwise rest on the Truth and Veracity of God in any thing than we rest on the Revelation which he makes unto us, for that is the only way whereby we are affected with them; Not the Lord is true absolutely, but, Thus saith the Lord, and the Lord hath spoken, is that which we have immediate regard unto. Hereby alone are our minds affected with the Authority and Veracity of God, and by what way soever it is made unto us, it is sufficient and able so to affect us. At first, as hath been showed, it was given immediately to some Persons, and preserved for the use of others, in an oral Ministry; but now all Revelation, as hath also been declared, is contained in the Scriptures only.
5. The Authority and Truth of God, considered in themselves absolutely, are not the immediate formal Object of our Faith, though they are the ultimate whereinto it is resolved. For we can believe nothing on their Account unless it be evidenced unto us; and this Evidence of them is in that Revelation which God is pleased to make of himself; for that is the only means whereby our Consciences and Minds are affected with his Truth and Authority. We do therefore no otherwise rest on the Truth and Veracity of God in any thing than we rest on the Revelation which he makes unto us, for that is the only way whereby we are affected with them; Not the Lord is true absolutely, but, Thus saith the Lord, and the Lord hath spoken, is that which we have immediate regard unto. Hereby alone are our minds affected with the Authority and Veracity of God, and by what way soever it is made unto us, it is sufficient and able so to affect us. At first, as hath been shewed, it was given immediately to some Persons, and preserved for the use of others, in an oral Ministry; but now all Revelation, as hath also been declared, is contained in the Scriptures only.