1689 1.10

1.10. Of the Holy Scriptures

The supream judge by which all controversies of Religion are to be determined, and all Decrees of Councels, opinions of antient Writers, Doctrines of men, and private Spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by the Spirit, into which Scripture so delivered, our faith is finally resolved.

Proof texts

• Matthew 22:29, 31, 32 — [29] But Jesus answered them, “You are wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God. [31] And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: [32] ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living.”
• Ephesians 2:20 — [20] built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone,
• Acts 28:23 — [23] When they had appointed a day for him, they came to him at his lodging in greater numbers. From morning till evening he expounded to them, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets.

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Matthew 22:29, 31, 32 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 3 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
3. WSC Q1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. WSC Q2 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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