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CiiAi. il]THE WITNESSOi^THE HOLY SPIRITof the Scripture, to our personal ego.They did not557 call itan internal (internum) but an external proof (argumentum externum), for the reason that it did not rise from our ego., but from without us, from God ...
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658§ 86.which agreesTESTIMONIUM SPIRITUS SANCTI, OR what we seekdefend[Div. Illthecombatagainst the naturalistic consciousness of the workl.HenceAvithhere involved.toinThe more deeply weby kno ...
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Chap.II]THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT559our faith in the Divine character of thefeel in ourselves,"Scripture rests upon the experience of spirituallifethat ad-dresses us from that Scripture.experience fostersaffinit}', ...
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560TESTIMONIUM SPIRITUS SANCTI, OK§ 86.may hearken again As saidorder that in contrition and sorrow heHolyto theSpirit as thespeaker in His Word.before, however, this incisive chai'acternot borne by theiswitness o ...
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CiiAP. 11]THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT561more captivated by a power, whose centrum camiot be accepted without demanding and then compelling all unobservedly an ever more general consent for its entire appearance, and all its utterances. Thus it ends as Scripture by imposing ...
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562TESTIMONIUM SPIRITUS SANCTI, OR§ 86.with the faithful of the Okl Covenant.[Div. IllIn the life-conscious-ness of that sacred circle the positive conviction prevails, thatwe havea graphically inspired Scripture, onlean and by which ...
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Chap. II]THE WITNESS OF THE HOLY SPIRITthe least, providedit isclearly understood on the otherthat the failure of your jections can robyoufirst efforts to563handsolve such critical ob-your priiicijnum^ as Assurance of fa ...
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CHAPTERIIITHE METHOD OF THEOLOGY § 87.WhatisThe legenddemanded byis stillitsPrincipiumcurrent that the Reformers intended toHoly Scripturerepresent theWature ofthecertain articles were set ...
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Chap. Ill]WHAT§ 87.ITS PRINCIPIUMDEMANDS565popular, and that this grotesque representation of the HolyScripture found acceptance with the less thoughtful Scripture-proof seemed tosimple believers.themamongto be pre- ...
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666 sucliWHAT§ 87.anDEMANDED BYreport and codification,officialcommentISthat thismethodis[Div. Illneeds no furtheritaltogether useless and has noclaim therefore on our consideration. it ...