THE

DIVINE RULE

OF

FAITH AND PRACTICE.

...

Hæretici, quum ex Scripturis arguuntur, in accusationem convertuntur ipsarum quia varie sint dictæ, et quia non possit ex his inveniri veritas Scripturarum,. ab his qui nesciant Traditionem. Non enim per litteras traditam illam, sed per vivam vocem.-IRENEUS.

Φανερὰ ἔκπτωσις πίστεως καὶ ὑπερηφανίας κατηγορία, ἢ ἀθετεῖν τι τῶν γεγραμμένων, ἢ ἐπεισάγειν τῶν μὴ γεγραμμένων.— BASIL.

Αὐτάρκεις εἰσιν αἱ ἅγιαι καὶ θεόπνευστοι γραφαὶ πρὸς τὴν τῆς ἀληθείας ἀπαγγελίαν.—ATHANASIUS,

I see not how you differ from that opinion which is THE GROUND OF ALL PAPISTRY, that is, that all things necessary unto salvation are not EXPRESSED in the There is nothing necessary to eternal life which is not both comScriptures I count it expressed, when it is either in manded and expressed in the Scripture. manifest words contained in Scripture, or thereof gathered by necessary collection. -ARCHBISHOP WHITGIFT.

We of the Church of England affirm, that the Scriptures contain a COMPLETE RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE, and we reject every doctrine and precept as essential to salvation, or to be obeyed as divine, which is not supported by their authority.-BISHOP TOMLINE.

THE

DIVINE RULE

OF

FAITH AND PRACTICE;

OR,

A DEFENCE OF THE CATHOLIC DOCTRINE

THAT HOLY SCRIPTURE HAS BEEN, SINCE THE TIMES OF THE APOSTLES,
THE SOLE DIVINE RULE OF FAITH AND PRACTICE

TO THE CHURCH:

AGAINST THE DANGEROUS ERRORS OF

THE AUTHORS OF THE TRACTS FOR THE TIMES
AND THE ROMANISTS,

AS, PARTICULARLY, THAT THE RULE OF FAITH IS MADE UP OF
SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION TOGETHER;" ETC.

IN WHICH ALSO THE DOCTRINES OF

The Apostolical Succession, the Eucharistic Sacrifice, &c.

ARE FULLY DISCUSSED.

BY WILLIAM GOODE, M.A. F.S.A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; RECTOR OF ALLHALLOWS THE GREAT AND LESS, LONDON.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.

LONDON:

JOHN HENRY JACKSON,

21, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1853.

110. b. 165.

PREFACE

PREFIXED TO THE FIRST EDITION,

PUBLISHED IN 1842.

THE movement that has lately taken place in our Church, under the auspices of the Authors of the Tracts for the Times, whatever may be the view taken of it, must be admitted to be one of a very important kind. Whether for good or evil, the degree of development it has already attained, amply shows, that its success must be attended with a great and thorough change in the principles and practices of our Church in various most important points.

That such would be the case, was for a long time studiously concealed from public view. So much caution, indeed, was exercised in the earlier part of their career by the Tractators, that to none but those who were somewhat acquainted with the controversial writings of divines on the points touched upon, so as to see the full force and tendency of the terms used, was it apparent whither they were going; though to such, I may add, it was abundantly evident. And the first intimation of it to the public mind was in the very seasonable publication of Mr. Froude's Remains, a work which clearly and most opportunely revealed the real spirit and views of the (to use Mr. Froude's own term) "conspirators" against the present order of things in our Church. As time has advanced, and the number of their adherents increased, the reserve formerly practised has been gradually thrown aside. Perhaps, indeed, their own views have become more fixed and definite than when they commenced their labours. And we are far from laying to their charge any other concealment than such as they judged to be wise and prudent for the inculcation of new and unpalatable truths; though we may be pardoned for observing, that a more