A96226:16
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now
The humble advice of the Assembly of Divines, now by authority of Parliament sitting at Westminster, concerning a confession of faith, presented by them lately to both houses of Parliament. A certain number of copies are ordered to be printed only for the use of the members of both houses and of the Assembly of Divines, to the end that they may advise thereupon.
London: printed for Company of Stationers, 1646
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.
All which are given by inspiration of God, to be the Rule of Faith and Life.
III. The Books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of Divine inspiration, are no part of the Canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other humane Writings.
IV. The Authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the Testimony of any man, or Church; but wholly upon God (who is Truth it self) the Author thereof: and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God.
IV. The Authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be beleeved and obeyed, dependeth not upon the Testimony of any man, or Church; but wholly upon God (who is Truth it selfe) the Author thereof: and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God.
V. We may be moved and induced by the Testimony of the Church to an high and reverent esteem of the holy Scripture. And the heavenliness of the Matter, the efficacy of the Doctrine, the majesty of the Style, the consent of all the Parts, the Scope of the whole (which is, to give all glory to God,) the full discovery it makes of the only way of mans salvation, the many other incomparable Excellencies, and the entire perfection thereof,