The infallible rule of interpretation of scripture is the scripture itself; and, therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any scripture, (which is not manifold, but one,) it may be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly.
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 1.9
The infallible rule of interpretation of scripture is the scripture itself; and, therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any scripture, (which is not manifold, but one,) it must may be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly.
The infallible Rule of Interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture it selfe: and therefore, when there is a Question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which is not manifold, but one) it must be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 1.9
The infallible rule of interpretation of scripture is the scripture itself; and, therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any scripture, (which is not manifold, but one,) it may be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly.
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