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The body of Scripture is a doctrine sufficient to live well. It comprehends many holy sciences of which one is principal, and the others are handmaids or attendants.
https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/perkins/A%20Golden%20Chain%20-%20William%20Perkins.pdfScripture0Let prayer be the key to open the morning and the bar to shut the evening.
Prayer0We ought carefully to examine whether the doctrine offered us is conformable to Scripture, and if not, to reject it. Nothing must be added to the inspired words of God; all that is outside Scripture is not of faith, but is sin.
Prolegomena, 2, Work 3, Ascetic (iii).Scripture, Authority0Prolegomena, 2, Work 3, Ascetic (iii).
The Word comes first, and with the Word the Spirit breathes upon my heart so that I believe.
Luther's Works, Vol. 54 : Table Talk (Augsburg Fortress, 1999, [c] 1967)Scripture, Authority0Luther's Works, Vol. 54 : Table Talk (Augsburg Fortress, 1999, [c] 1967)
What the moral law is, I will describe in three points: first, it is that part of God's Word, concerning righteousness and godliness, which was written in Adam's mind by the gift of creation; and the remnants of it be in every man by the light of nature, in regard whereof, it binds all men. Secondly, it commands perfect obedience, both inward in thought and affection, and outward in speech and action. Thirdly, it binds to the curse and punishment everyone that fails in the least duty thereof, though but once, and that in thought only: 'Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the law to do them' (Gal. 3:10). The sum of the moral law is propound in the Decalogue or Ten Commandments, which many can repeat, but few do understand.
The Works of William Perkins, (1:243–44).Ten Commandments, The Law0The Works of William Perkins, (1:243–44).
The Scriptures of God are my only foundation and substance in all matters of weight and importance.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 5 (1856), p. 385.Scripture, Authority0The Works of John Knox, Vol. 5 (1856), p. 385.
Set up and maintain the private worship of God in your family.
Family Worship0The lesser we discern pride in ourselves the more it reigns in our hearts.
Pride0God's manner of creating, and also of governing, is such that by his word alone he produced all sorts of things without any instruments, means, assistance, or motion.
https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/perkins/A%20Golden%20Chain%20-%20William%20Perkins.pdfGod's Creating0The same decree of God, is the first and principal working cause of all things; it is also before all other causes, in order and time. For with God's decree, his will is always annexed, by which he can willingly effect what he has decreed. And it would be a sign of impotence to decree anything which he could not willingly compass. And with God's will is conjoined an effectual power, by which the Lord can bring to pass whatever he has freely decreed.
https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/perkins/A%20Golden%20Chain%20-%20William%20Perkins.pdfGod's Decree0God's foreknowledge in itself is not a cause why things are, except as it is conjoined with his decree. For things do not therefore come to pass because God foreknew them; but because He decreed and willed them, therefore they come to pass.
https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/perkins/A%20Golden%20Chain%20-%20William%20Perkins.pdfGod's Foreknowledge0the Lord, according to his good pleasure, has most certainly
decreed both every thing and action — whether past, present, or to come — together with their circumstances of place, time, means, and end.
God's Sovereignty, God's Decree0God wills that which is good, by approving it; that which is evil — in as much as it is evil — by disallowing and forsaking it. And yet, He voluntarily permits evil, because it is good that there should be evil.
Providence, Suffering, Evil, God's Will0The Divine Nature is especially in perpetual operation by three attributes
which manifest the operation of God towards his creatures. These are his
WISDOM, WILL, and OMNIPOTENCE
God's Attributes0The principal science is Theology. Theology is the science of living blessedly forever. Blessed life consists in the knowledge of God.
https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/perkins/A%20Golden%20Chain%20-%20William%20Perkins.pdfTheology0The sum of the sum, preach one Christ by Christ to the praise of Christ.
Preaching0[theology:] the science of living blessedly forever
Theology, Doctrine0By the nature of the highest genera and of first principles; for those things are known by themselves and are not susceptible (anapodeikta) of proof which cannot be demonstrated by any other, otherwise the thing would go on to infinity. Hence Basil says 'it is necessary that the first principles of every science should be self-evident' (anankē hekastēs mathēseōs anexetastous einai tas archas, In Psalmum cxv homilia, PG 30.104–5). Thus Scripture, which is the first principle in the supernatural order, is known by itself and has no need of arguments derived from without to prove and make itself known to us.
Scripture, Authority0The Word of God alone is to be preached, in it's perfection and inner consistency.
The Art of ProphesyingPreaching0The Art of Prophesying
O, grant, that being ruled by thy Spirit, we may surrender ourselves to thee, and so acquiesce in thy Word alone, that we may not deviate either to the right hand or to the left, but allow thee alone to be wise, and that acknowledging our folly and vanity, we may suffer ourselves to be taught by thy Word.
Lecture 36 on JeremiahScripture, Authority0Lecture 36 on Jeremiah
Since the entirety of Holy Scripture is the word of the Lord, no testimony could possibly be better, more certain, or more efficacious. For if God, who cannot lie, has spoken something in his own Scripture, which is itself a mirror of his will, then it is true.
On the Truth of Holy Scripture, 1.15Scripture, Authority0On the Truth of Holy Scripture, 1.15
Scripture is the foundation of every Catholic opinion, and within it resides the very salvation of the faithful. Moreover, it is the exemplar and mirror designed to examine and extinguish every sort of error or heretical evil. Surely even a small error in this principle could bring about the death of the church.
On the Truth of Holy Scripture, 1.1-2Scripture, Authority0On the Truth of Holy Scripture, 1.1-2
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