The Orthodox Creed, 1679 - Baptist Theology

167 AN ORTHODOX CREEDand revealed his Mind therein unto us, and containeth all things necessaryfor Salvation; 364 so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be provedthereby, is not to be required of any Man, that it should be believed as anArticle of the Christian Faith, or be thought requisite to Salvation. 365 Neitherought we (since we have the Scriptures delivered to us now) to dependupon, hearken to, or regard the pretended immediate Inspirations, Dreams,or Prophetical Predictions, by or from any Person whatsoever, lest we bedeluded by them. 366 Nor yet do we believe that the Works of Creation, northe Law written in the Heart, (viz.) Natural Religion (as some call it), orthe Light within Man, as such, is sufficient to inform Man of Christ theMediator, or of the way to Salvation, or Eternal Life by him; 367 but theholy Scriptures are necessary to instruct all Men into the way of Salvation,and eternal Life. And we do believe, that all People ought to have themin their Mother Tongue, 368 and diligently, and constantly to read them intheir particular Places and Families, for their Edification, and Comfort.And endeavour to frame their Lives, according to the direction of God’sWord, both in Faith and Practice, the holy Scriptures being of no privateInterpretation, but ought to be interpreted according to the Analogie ofFaith, and is the best Interpreter of it self; 369 and is sole Judge in Controversie.370 And no Decrees of Popes, or Councils, or Writings of any Personwhatsoever, are of equal Authority with the sacred Scriptures. And by theholy Scriptures we understand, the Canonical Books of the Old and NewTestament, as they are now translated into our English Mother-Tongue,of which there hath never been any doubt of their Verity, and Authority, inthe Protestant Churches of Christ to this Day.The Names of the Books of the Old Testament.Genesis. Exodus. Leviticus. Numbers. Deuteronomy. Joshua. Judges.Ruth. I. Samuel. II. Samuel. I. Kings. II. Kings. I. Chronicles. II. Chronicles.Ezra. Nehemiah. Esther. Job. Psalms. Proverbs. Ecclesiastes. Canticles. Isaiah.Jeremiah. Lamentations. Ezekiel. Daniel. Hosea. Joel. Amos. Obadiah. Jonah.Micah. Nahum. Habakkuk. Zephaniah,. Haggai. Zechariah. Malachi.364Joh. 20.30, 31. & 21.25.365Mat. 22.29. John 5.39, 46, 47. & 10.35. & 17.23. Prov. 30.5, 6. Josh. 1.7. Rev.22.18. Deut. 12.32.366Isa. 8.20. 2 Pet. 1.19. 2 John 7, 8, 9, 10. Mat. 24.23, 24, 25, 26. 2 Thess. 2.7, 10, 11,12, 14, 15.367I Cor. 1.20, 21, 22, 23, 24. & 2.6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14. Rom. 15.4, 5. & 16.25, 26. & 1.16,17, 18. Gal. 5.22. Rom. 11.31, 32. & 10.13. to the 21.368I Cor. 14.4, 9, 10, 11, 19. Col. 3.16.3692 Pet. 1.20, 21. Acts 15.15, 16.370Mat. 22.29, 30. Acts 17.10, 11, 12, 13. & 18.28.