[THE BIBLE VS. HUMAN CREEDS.]
IT is admitted on all hands, by all Protestants, that we should receive nothing more than is contained in the Holy Scriptures.
It is also admitted, that we should receive nothing less than is contained in the Scriptures.
It is admitted, that the Holy Scriptures must not be altered, but must be received precisely as God gave them to the world.
It is acknowledged that the Christian Scriptures constitute a “perfect law of liberty.”
All acknowledge that this perfect law of liberty was given by the infallible wisdom of God, and by his undeniable authority.
Now, the precise opposite of this is true of every human creed on earth. For instance, it is admitted—
That we may receive more than is contained in any human creed in the world.