Divine aseity and the regulative principle of worship

[Reformed Covenanter]

Have you ever come across an argument in Reformed literature that the regulative principle is a necessary consequence of the doctrine of divine aseity? I have thought about this question a bit over the last couple of days and can see why the RPW seems to follow from aseity, but, not placing a lot of confidence in my own judgment, I want to see who else has made this argument before. I have read a fair bit on theology proper and the RPW and do not recall reading anything to this effect.

 

[83r17h]

I've thought about this as well before and it makes sense.

I think the closest I've come to seeing it discussed was in Bavinck's prolegomena though, since he brings up the RPW relatively frequently. I don't think he fully explained the argument anywhere that I remember. It might have been a necessary consequence from incomprehensibility more precisely in his discussion. I remember the basic flow being something like this:

• God is transcendent above creation
• God is not the passive object of human actions
• Therefore knowledge of God must come from God, not from man
• Therefore God prescribes how he is to worshipped