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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