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In regards to the references to 'circumstances' of worship in the WCF:
Agree or disagree?It is legitimate to consult the Puritan theologians occasionally for help in understanding the technical expressions in the Westminster Standards. It is not legitimate to conclude that the WCF's reference to "circumstances" implies the normativity of all the definitions of circumstances found in the Puritan literature.
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Sounds right; we don't imposed the breadth of all individual Puritan opinion on any subject upon the Standards.
Chris Coldwell, Lakewood Presbyterian Church (PCA), Dallas, Texas.
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The Regulative Principle: The Scriptures are the “only infallible rule of faith and practice, no rite or ceremony ought to have a place in the public worship of God, which is not warranted in Scripture, either by direct precept or example, or by good and sufficient inference” (Samuel Miller).
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