Solparvus
Puritan Board Senior
I had deleted my original post, but Pr. Buchanan had replied, and it showed up after deletion. Here is a reconstruction of the essence of the OP.
Essence of the OP was, just what constitutes good and necessary consequence, and whether Habakkuk 2:4 as quoted in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11 are examples. In the original context, Habakkuk 2:4 applies living by faith to the prophet being patient, calm, even rejoicing while the Babylonians are coming to invade Judah, so the question was whether justification by faith alone comes from this passage by good and necessary consequence, or if it should be seen in a light besides GNC.
I had also mentioned Calvin's commentary on Habakkuk 2:4, where he addresses the cavil that Paul is making a strange and unfounded application to justification by faith alone, and explains how JFO comes naturally from the text. He also sees the elevated one whose soul is not upright, as the one who through unbelief (rooted in pride and self-elevation) is tormented and anxious. You can read for yourself here: it's edifying.
The other example is Christ quoting Exodus 3 and confounding the Sadducees, "I am the God of thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." It is not directly talking about the resurrection, but no one objects to Christ's usage by saying, "What an obscure text to prove such a big doctrine like the resurrection!" Rather the opposite: they are astonished.
So the question again, does the doctrine of the resurrection come from the text by good and necessary consequence, or is there another way to look at it?
The reason I ask about GNC is because in both cases, the applications made by Christ and Paul don't seem to be the ones lying immediately at the surface of each text quoted, and seemed to be more reasoned from the text, or things underlying the propositions.
Essence of the OP was, just what constitutes good and necessary consequence, and whether Habakkuk 2:4 as quoted in Romans 1:17 and Galatians 3:11 are examples. In the original context, Habakkuk 2:4 applies living by faith to the prophet being patient, calm, even rejoicing while the Babylonians are coming to invade Judah, so the question was whether justification by faith alone comes from this passage by good and necessary consequence, or if it should be seen in a light besides GNC.
I had also mentioned Calvin's commentary on Habakkuk 2:4, where he addresses the cavil that Paul is making a strange and unfounded application to justification by faith alone, and explains how JFO comes naturally from the text. He also sees the elevated one whose soul is not upright, as the one who through unbelief (rooted in pride and self-elevation) is tormented and anxious. You can read for yourself here: it's edifying.
The other example is Christ quoting Exodus 3 and confounding the Sadducees, "I am the God of thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." It is not directly talking about the resurrection, but no one objects to Christ's usage by saying, "What an obscure text to prove such a big doctrine like the resurrection!" Rather the opposite: they are astonished.
So the question again, does the doctrine of the resurrection come from the text by good and necessary consequence, or is there another way to look at it?
The reason I ask about GNC is because in both cases, the applications made by Christ and Paul don't seem to be the ones lying immediately at the surface of each text quoted, and seemed to be more reasoned from the text, or things underlying the propositions.
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