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Doc. 245.] 327
DR. BEYER’S DEFENCE.
"Accordingly the worthy writers of the ’Formula Concor
diæ’ say, ’
We believe, acknowledge, and teach, that the only
rules and guides by which all doctrines and all teachers of
doctrine must be viewed and judged are, and can be no other
than, the prophetic and apostolic writings, as well those of
the Old as those of the New Testament’ (Leipzig Edition,
p. 570). "
The Holy Scripture alone is acknowledged as a
judge, a measure, and a rule ; by which as by a touchstone,
all doctrines must be most carefully investigated and judged,
whether they are godly or ungodly, whether they are true or
false ; but the other forms of confession and other writings,
which we have touched upon above, do not possess the power
of acting as judges ; for this dignity belongs only to the Sacred
Scripture; but they simply bear witness of our religion
(Ibid. p. 572). The same is again expressly stated on p. 632 .
In Your Royal Majesty’s gracious Order for the Church
(
kyrkoordning) for the years 1686 and 1687 all are admonished
’to abide constantly by God’s Holy Word’ (Chapter i, § 6).
Clergymen above others are commanded to read the Sacred
Scripture, and pray to God faithfully for grace and illustration,
so that they may understand, teach, and explain the same
correctly ; whatever is spoken and taught must be founded
in the Holy Scripture’ (Chapter ii, §§ 1 , 2). The oath ad
ministered to the bishops binds them ’to abide constantly by
God’s Word and the right religion’ (Chapter xxi, § 2). He
who is ordained into the ministry pledges himself ’not to
entertain, spread, or preach any other doctrine than that which
God the Holy Ghost has Himself dictated and taught, and
which is extensively written in the Holy Bible, but briefly
contained in the creeds and the symbolical writings’ (Chapter
xxii, § 2). The oath sworn by members of the Consistory
obliges them ’not to utter any other views than such as God’s
Word teaches’ (Rättegångsförordningen, § 6). The regula
tions for judges (Domarereglorna) likewise declare that ’he is
not fit to be a preacher, who does not know what is written
in the Scriptures, and what is the ground and the meaning
thereof (Eccl. werket, p. 58). The oaths administered to
the lectors and rectors of the gymnasia, in the Royal Regu
lations for the Schools (Kongl. Scholaeordningen) for the year
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