WE are only sure of the truth when we retain the very language of God which contains it. By grace I may speak of the truth in all liberty; I may seek to explain it, to communicate it, to urge it on the conscience, according to the measure of light and spiritual power bestowed upon me; I may endeavor to demonstrate its beauty, and the connection between its various parts. Every Christian, and especially those who have a gift from God, for the purpose, may do this.
But the truth which I explain and propose is the truth as God has given it, and [which He has given] in His own words in the revelation He has made. I hold fast the “form of sound words,” which I have received from a divine source and authority: it gives me certainty in the truth. J.N.D.