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Originally Posted by Pergamum This sort of thing is common with the Puritans also who wrote that God had given us two books; the book of nature and the book of revelation. | But I was under the impression that the Gospel is only available in the "book of revelation," that only enough information as is necessary to ensure one's "lack of excuse" is available in the book of nature.  If the Gospel is written in the clouds and stars, then we don't need the Bible and we don't need preachers. |
I definitely tend to agree with you here; namely, that the Law/Gospel distinction has a direct application to the general/special revelation distinction. WCF 1.1 seems to support that as well: "Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence, do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation," after which the divines proceed to speak of none other than the Scriptures to answer the implicit question of what *is* sufficient to give such knowledge.