Calvinism a life-system - pagina 71

CALVINISM AND RELIGION. sideration of the misery of

holiness of God,

of the

him

convictions, which led

the bitter

the

end,

necessity

first

secondly,

the

in this lofty

life,

and

in this

impression

staunchness of his

to follow his conclusions to

Calvinist

found the

of Regeneration, necessity

6/

for

Revelation,

of

roots

of the

real existence,

clear

for

and con-

sciousness.

my

Now. God, as

not induce

me

to

speak

in

were, sets right again the crooked wheel of

it

But

life.

does

subject

of regeneration, as that immediate act by which

detail

it is

necessary that

and

Revelation,

I

say a few words concerning

authority of the

the

Holy

Scriptures.

Very improperly, the Scriptures have been represented,

by Schweizer and others, as only the formal principle of the Reformed confession. The conception of genuine Calvinism lies much deeper. The meaning of Calvin was expressed in what he called Wvnecessitas S. Scripturae i.

the need of Scriptural revelation.

e.

S. S.

was

This necessitas

for Calvin the unavoidable expression for the

all-dominating authority of the Holy Scriptures, and even

now

it

stand,

the

is

this

why

critical

it

dogma which

very is

enables us to under-

that the Calvinist of to-day considers

and the application of the

analysis

critical

solvent to the Scriptures as tantamount to an abandoning of Christianity

was no

Bible,

itself.

'

In Paradise, before the Fall, there

and there

Paradise of glory,

if

will

When

by Nature, addresses us

be no Bible

in the future

the transparent light, kindled

directly,

and the inner word of

God sounds in our heart in its original clearness, and •all human words are sincere, and the function of our inner ear is perfectly performed, why should we need a

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