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. TABLE OF CONTENTS Principal Contents. Preliminary remarks 1-4 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 18-215 19-23 Enumeration of the doctrines, rites, &c. said by the Tractators to be |