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" And must then the tradition of the church be our rule to interpret scriptures by? An excellent way to find out the truth doubtless, to bend the rule to the crooked stick, to make the judge stand to the opinion of his lacquey, what sentence he shall pass... "
Three Lectures on the Supposed Apostolical Succession and Authority of a ... - Page 53
by Henry Acton - 1840 - 96 pages
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 19

Missions - 1841 - 712 pages
...we have in Scripture ? And must then the Tradition of the Church be our RULE to interpret Scripture by ? An excellent way to find out the truth, doubtless...stick : to make the Judge stand to the opinion of the lacquey, what sentence he shall pass upon the cause in question : to make SCRIPTURE stand cap-in-hand...
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Conferences of the reformers and divines of the early English Church, on the ...

1841 - 274 pages
...but what we have in Scriptures? And must then the tradition of the church be our rule to interpret Scriptures by ? An excellent way to find out the truth,...cap in hand, to tradition, to know whether it may have leave to speak or not ? Are all the great outcries of apostolical tradition, of personal succession,...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 10; Volume 74

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1841 - 778 pages
...the tradition of the. church, be our RULE to interpret Scripture by ? An excellent way to find out truth, doubtless ! To bend the rule to the crooked stick ; to make the judge stand to the opinion of the lacquey, what sentence he shall pass upon the cause in question; to make SCRIPTURE stand cap-in-hand...
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The Irenicum: Or Pacificator: Being a Reconciler as to Church Differences

Edward Stillingfleet - Christian union - 1842 - 484 pages
...but what we have in scriptures? And must then the tradition of the church be our rule to interpret scriptures by? An excellent way to find out the truth...stand cap in hand to tradition, to know whether it may have leave to speak or not! Are all the great outcries of apostolical tradition, of personal succession,...
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The Irenicum: Or Pacificator: Being a Reconciler as to Church Differences

Edward Stillingfleet - Christian union - 1842 - 484 pages
...but what we have in scriptures? And must then the tradition of the church be our rule to interpret scriptures by? An excellent way to find out the truth...stand cap in hand to tradition, to know whether it may have leave to speak or not! Are all the great outcries of apostolical tradition, of personal succession,...
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Letters on the Writings of the Fathers of the First Two Centuries: With ...

Misopapisticus - Christian literature, Early - 1844 - 286 pages
...what we have in Scriptures ? and must the tradition of the Church be our rule to interpret Scripture by ? An excellent way to find out the truth doubtless,...the crooked stick, to make the judge stand to the APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION. !' opinion of his lacquey, what sentence he shall pass upon the cause in question...
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The Puritans and Their Principles

Edwin Hall - Great Britain - 1846 - 460 pages
...by ? An excellent way to find out the troth doubtless, to bend the rule to the crooked stick ; and to make the judge stand to the opinion of his lacquey,...make Scripture stand cap in hand to tradition, to show whether it may have leave to speak or not ! Are all the great outcries of Apostolical tradition,...
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The Puritans and Their Principles

Edwin Hall - Great Britain - 1846 - 456 pages
...what is in Scripture ? And must then the tradition of the Church be our rule to interpret Scripture by ? An excellent way to find out the truth doubtless, to bend the rule to the crooked stick ; and to make the judge stand to the opinion of his lacquey, what sentence he shall pass upon the cause...
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The British and Foreign Evangelical Review and Quarterly Record of Christian ...

Theology - 1867 - 902 pages
...but what we have in Scriptures ? And must then the tradition of the church be our rule to interpret Scriptures by ? An excellent way to find out the truth...stand cap in hand to tradition to know whether it may have leave to speak or no ! " * It is a sad position in which Episcopalians place themselves, who depart...
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Annals of King's Chapel from the Puritan Age of New England to the ..., Volume 1

Henry Wilder Foote - Congregationalism - 1900 - 600 pages
...very pungently : — " And must then the Tradition of the Church be our Rule, to interpret Scripture by? An excellent way to find out the Truth doubtless, to bend the Rule to the crooked Stick ! " In conclusion, he makes — "... a short Expostulation with the High- Church Party. Whose Interest,...
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