Robinson: where Scripture leads

May 26, 2009
    Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605

Meditation:
    Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
    -- Acts 17:11 (NIV)

Quotation:
    I am verily persuaded that the Lord has more Truth yet to break forth out of His holy Word. For my part, I cannot sufficiently bewail the Condition of the Reformed Churches, who are come to a Period in Religion and will go at present no farther than the instruments of their Reformation. The Lutheran can’t be drawn to go beyond what Luther saw; and the Calvinists, you see, stick fast where they were left by that great man of God, who yet saw not all things... I beseech you, remember, ’tis an Article of your Church Covenant, that you be ready to receive whatever Truth shall be made known to you from the written Word of God.
    ... John Robinson (1576?-1625) [1620], quoted in The History of the Puritans, or Protestant Noncomformists, Daniel Neal, Harper, 1844, vol. 1, p. 269 (see the book)

Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, open our hearts to Your word, wherever it may lead.

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