Tuesday, February 16, 2010

New Truth and the Mayflower Pastor

I strongly identify with this exhortation by Pastor John Robinson (1575-1625), to the Pilgrim Fathers before they left on the Mayflower in 1620:

"I Charge you before God and his blessed angels that you follow me no further than you have seen me follow Christ. If God reveal anything to you by any other instrument of His, be as ready to receive it as you were to receive any truth from my ministry, for I am verily persuaded the Lord hath more truth and light yet to break forth from His holy word.

"The Lutherans cannot be drawn to go beyond what Luther saw. Whatever part of His will our God has revealed to Calvin, they (Lutherans) will rather die than embrace it; and the Calvinists, you see, stick fast where they were left by that great man of God, who yet saw not all things. This is a misery much to be lamented.

"For though they were precious shining lights in their time, yet God has not revealed his whole will to them. And were they now living, they would be as ready and willing to embrace further light, as they had received."

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robinson_(pastor)#cite_note-3

Isn't this an inspiring mindset to have?

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