The Ultimate Ground Of Faith And Knowledge

It Is Because God Is Infinitely Great And Good That His Glory Is The End Of All Things; And His Good Pleasure The Highest Reason For Whatever Comes To Pass. What Is Man That He Should Contend With God, Or Presume That His Interests Rather Than God's Glory Should Be Made The Final End?

Christ Has Not Only Ordained That There Shall Be Such Officers In His Church - He Has Not Only Specified Their Duties And Prerogatives - But He Gives The Requisite Qualifications, And Calls Those Thus Qualified, And By That Call Gives Them Their Official Authority.

Christian Humility Does Not Consist In Denying What There Is Of Good In Us; But In An Abiding Sense Of Ill-desert, And In The Consciousness That What We Have Of Good Is Due To The Grace Of God.

There Can, Therefore, Be No Doubt That Presbyterians Do Carry Out The Principle That Church Power Vests In The Church Itself, And That The People Have A Right To A Substantive Part In Its Discipline And Government.

All The Reasons Which Require The Subjection Of A Believer To The Brethren Of A Particular Church Require His Subjection To All His Brethren In The Lord.