The rush by reformed men to squeeze the texts of Scripture
into the WCF, or any other, mould, is a denial of the supremacy of
Scripture in the life and witness of the Christian and of the church.
It is surely a cardinal aspect of Romanism that Scripture alone (sola
Scriptura) is not enough, having to be supplemented by the church's
magisterium. Is the WCF, in the minds of many reformed men, not their
equivalent of the Roman magisterium? How would they answer that? It is
no good their saying that it is a 'subordinate standard' when they
elevate it in practice above Scripture! Does it not smack of Rome's
elevation of Mary above Christ? I think so. Oh, I hope wiser counsels
prevail.
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Friday, 23 December 2011
Amyraldian Unorthodoxy?
Reflecting on the view of some concerning the orthodoxy of Amyraldianism, I
reckon that those same men would not have DMLJ, J. C. Ryle, Thomas Chalmers, R. M.McCheyne, John
or Chas Wesley, Philip Doddridge, J. Edwards, Joseph Bellamy, Richard
Baxter, Jean Daille, Moise Amyraut, or even the great John Calvin himself, to
preach in their pulpits. How sad! But, I trust that those who hold such views will come to see
that my theological position, according to Macleod and Muller, is an
integral part of our cherished reformed tradition; more importantly it
is biblical because it takes the doctrine of the perspicuity of
Scripture with utmost seriousness. How Owen can exegete "world" in John
3:16 to mean "the world of the elect" defies comprehension! This is to
prostitute Scripture.
How dangerous a thing it is for men to defer in everything to
any man-made document, however good it is deemed to be, while not
granting to Scripture its rightful place! What does God think of that, I
wonder? Is He pleased that a subordinate standard has been elevated
over His infallible Word? Has the church prospered when this has
happened in the past? I don't think so.
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