A. A. Hodge, The Westminster Confession: A Commentary:
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Protestants insist--That God has given only one, and that a perfect, rule of faith and practice in spiritual matters in the inspired Scriptures, and that He has hence set free the human conscience from all obligation to believe or obey any such doctrines or commandments of men as are contrary to or aside from the teachings of that Word.
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So, comments about "frozen chosen" aside, my question is this:
Does understanding this passage (WCF XX.2) with the word "if" rather than "in" change our understanding of the confession. And if so how much? What are the practical implications of each of the two renderings?
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Sterling Harmon
Coventry, CT
PCA
Deacon
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John Calvin, Institutes III:xv.3.
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Martin Luther, Table Talk