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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Quest. Are all the Books in the Bible of the same Divine Authority?
Answ. Those which we call Canonical.
Quest. Why are the Scriptures called Canonical?
Answ. Because the Word is a Rule of Faith, a Canon to direct our Lives. The Word is the Judge of Controversies, the Rock of Infallibility; that only is to be received for Truth, which is consonant to, and agrees with Scripture, as the Transcript with the Original. All Maxims in Divinity are to be brought to the Touchstone of Scripture, as all Measures are brought to the Standard.
Answ. Because the Word is a Rule of Faith, a Canon to direct our Lives. The Word is the Judge of Controversies, the Rock of Infallibility; that only is to be received for Truth, which is consonant to, and agrees with Scripture, as the Transcript with the Original. All Maximes in Divinity are to be brought to the Touchstone of Scripture, as all Measures are brought to the Standard.