By Good and Necessary Consequence

The Westminster Confession says that the whole counsel of God…is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture (1.6, emphasis added). McGraw begins this work by noting the biblical foundation of the principle, especially evident in the words of the Lord Jesus Christ. He then examines the usage among the contemporaries of the authors of the Westminster Standards, and in another section deals with the most significant objections t