Encyclopedia of sacred theology - pagina 499

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Chap.

UNITY AND MULTIPLICITY

§ 81.

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475

These persons also write other documents, and other persons among their contemporaries write as well as But, nevertheless, all those other writings are lost, or they.

perceptions.

which were compose His Holy Scripture,

are put aside, while those special documents,

destined and

ordered of

God

are not merely saved, but are

to

made

honorable, are compiled,

and gradually attain that authority which He had ordained Thus, according to a plan, known to for these Scriptures. God alone, a structure is gradually raised on which in the course of many ages different persons have labored without No agreement, and without ever having seen the whole. one of the children of men had conceived the plan, to comnot one had added his contribution pile such a Scripture exhorted others to supplement his nor premeditation, with Thus the plan of the Holy Scripttheirs. contribution with

I

;

human consciousness, in the conGod, and He it is, who in His time has so|

ure was hidden, back of sciousness of

created each of these writers, so endowed, led and impelledj

them, that they have contributed what He wanted, and whatj after His plan and direction was to constitute His Scripture. The conception, therefore, has not gone out of men, but out and it was in connection with this conception, that of God ;

document and by every writer in the course of the should be contributed that very thing, of such a there ages content and in such a form, as had been aimed at and willed

in every

by God. There and compilation predetermined.

no chance, and hence this composition of human writings are not accidental, but And this whole has thus been ordained, and is

been executed, as it had to be, in order to respond to the spiritual needs and wants of the Church of God in every age and among every in virtue of this fore-ordination has thus

nation.

For, of course, in the strict sense

it

may

be said

every writing is predestined, and this we readily grant; but when our Reformed circles spoke of a "predestined Bible " they intended to convey thereby the idea,

that

God

for

which was taken up as a link in In the the salvation of His elect.

accomplishment of

this

purpose lay the justification of the

of

a

medium

the counsel of

of grace,

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