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Just finished book II which was on the errant Puritan view of Scripture being opposed to the church’s interpretation of it.

“For whatsoever we believe concerning salvation by Christ, although the Scripture be therein the ground of our belief; yet the authority of man is, if we mark it, the key which openeth the door of entrance into the knowledge of the Scripture” II.VII.3

Great so far. Finished book I. I should probably go read the preface though.

Book I is a great intro to the foundation of natural law.

Skipped the biography by Walton and introductory material, most of the way through book I of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity.

Excellent so far. The content and distinctions are similar to Junius’s Mosaic Polity.

Finished book 3. On to book 4

“I am in favor of the most rigid discipline. We must first sternly discipline ourselves, otherwise we shall not have the right to discipline the nation. . . Discipline must be accepted. If it is not, it must be imposed. We put aside the democratic dogma that one must forever proceed by sermonizing and lecturing in a more or less liberal manner.“ pg. 130