VI. The whole counsel of God, concerning all things

viecessary for his own glory, man's salvation, faith, and iife, is either expressly set down in scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from scripture : unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men "\ Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of 'ilm Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving under- standing of such things as are revealed in the word"; and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered
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will shew you things to come. V. 1 4. He r-h.iil glority me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it i7nto \ou. 1 Cor. ir. 10. But God Siath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. Ver. 11. JFor what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit ©f man which is in him ? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Ver, 12. ISiow we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the thinp;s that are freely given to us cf God. Isa. lix. 21. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the JLurd, Aly Spirit that is upon thee, aiid my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seec', siiith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.