chbrooking
Puritan Board Junior
I've started a study for the men of the church where we look at the history leading up to and surrounding the assembly, study a harmony of the reformed confessions (focussing on WCF,WLC and WSC), then examine the prooftexts and try to understand the hermeneutical reasoning behind adducing the texts they chose.
I realize that the prooftexts were an afterthought. But it doesn't seem that the assembly took parliament's charge lightly. They seem to have given it their all. So it's worthy of study in its own right, but it gives us an excuse to spend most of our time in the Bible.
Anyway. Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I am wrestling with why Acts 14:11 and 15 were cited in support of "without ... passions".
I'm not so much looking for what "without passions" means. I've got a handle on that. What I'm looking for help with is, "Why was THIS text adduced in support of this point in the confession?"
If you know of other, perhaps better texts that might have been cited, feel free to offer those, too.
Thanks in advance.
I realize that the prooftexts were an afterthought. But it doesn't seem that the assembly took parliament's charge lightly. They seem to have given it their all. So it's worthy of study in its own right, but it gives us an excuse to spend most of our time in the Bible.
Anyway. Sorry for the long-winded explanation. I am wrestling with why Acts 14:11 and 15 were cited in support of "without ... passions".
I'm not so much looking for what "without passions" means. I've got a handle on that. What I'm looking for help with is, "Why was THIS text adduced in support of this point in the confession?"
If you know of other, perhaps better texts that might have been cited, feel free to offer those, too.
Thanks in advance.