THE

DIVINE RULE

OP

FAITH AND PRACTICE;

OR,

A DEFENCE OF THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE

THAT

HOLY SCRIPTURE

HAS BEEN SINCE THE TIMES OF THE APOSTLES

THE SOLE DIVINE RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE TO THE CHURCH,

AGAINST THE DANGEROUS ERRORS OF

THE AUTHORS OF THE TRACTS FOR THE TIMES, AND THE ROMANISTS,

AS, PARTICULARLY, THAT THE RULE OF FAITH IS "MADE UP OF SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION TOGETHER;" ;" &c.

IN WHICH ALSO THE DOCTRINES OF

The Apostolical Succession, the Eucharistic Sacrifice, &c.

ARE FULLY DISCUSSED.

BY WILLIAM GOODE, M.A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; RECTOR OF ST. ANTHOLIN, LONDON.

Hæretici quum ex Scripturis arguuntur, in accusationem convertuntur ipsarum Scripturarum,... quía varie sint dictæ, et quia non possit ex his inveniri veritas ab his qui nesciant Traditionem. Non enim per litteras traditam illam, sed per vivam vocem.-IRENÆUS. Φανερά εκπτωσις πιστεως και υπερηφανιας κατηγορία, η αθετείν τι των γεγραμμένων, η επεισάγειν των μη γεγραμμένων.-ΒASIL.

Αυτάρκεις εισιν αἱ ἅγιαι και θεοπνευστοι γραφαι προς την της αληθείας απαγγελίαν.-ATHANASIUS.

I see not how you differ from that opinion which is THE GROUND OF ALL PAPISTRY, that is, that all things necessary unto salvation are not EXPRESSED in the Scriptures . There is nothing necessary to eternal life which is not both commanded and expressed in the Scripture. I count it expressed when it is either in manifest words contained in Scripture, or thereof gathered by necessary collection.-ARCHBISHOP WHITGIFT.

We of the Church of England affirm that the Scriptures contain a COMPlete Rule of FAITH AND PRACTICE, and we reject every doctrine and precept as essential to salvation, or to be obeyed as divine, which is not supported by their authority.-BISHOP TOMLINE.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

J. HATCHARD AND SON, 187, PICCADILLY.

1842.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY G. J. PALMER, SAVOY STREET, STRAND.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TO VOL. II.

CHAPTER VIII.

PAGE

THE SUFFICIENCY AND FULNESS OF THE DIVINE REVELATION CON-

VEYED TO US IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

1-216

Principal Contents.

Preliminary remarks

1-4

Proofs that all the fundamental articles of the faith are fully set

forth in Scripture

4-18

This shown in particular for

The doctrine of the consubstantiality of the Son with the Father

Proofs that Scripture is the only authoritative source of all religious

truth, "tradition" having no authority over the conscience, either

as the interpreter or supplement, of Scripture, and moreover of

all those rites that are to be considered as of Divine insti-

tution

Statements of the Tractators on this subject.

14, 15
15-18

18-215

19-23

Enumeration of the doctrines, rites, &c. said by the Tractators to be
delivered to us by "tradition," and to depend wholly or partly upon
that testimony alone

The non-literal acceptation of our Lord's words respecting washing

one another's feet.

25-30

The non-observance of the seventh day as a day of religious rest