Excerpt from A Brief Summary of the History and Doctrine of the Holy Scriptures: In Two Parts

The Word Of God is his most precious gift to Man, first, the uncreated "Word made flesh" (John, i. 14.) for our redemption: next, "the ingrafted word, "which, being received with meekness, is able to "save our souls." (James, i. 21.) This was delivered by Jesus Christ to his Apostles by word of month, and by them was "commended to faithful men... fit to "teach others also." (2 Tim. ii. 2.) It was afterwards, in part, and on particular occasions, committed to writing, by some of the Apostles and their disciples, yet so as not to annul or diminish the authority of the original method of its conveyance, - that of tradition. Both the Written and the Unwritten word were delivered by God to his Church, for the safe custody of the text, and the genuine interpretation of its meaning, with his solemn promise to her pastors, of "abiding with them and teaching them all truth for ever."

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