conscience in all its commands and promises. In all that it said, it was as though God Himself were exhorting, encouraging, directing, comforting, urging, convicting, and instructing.12 Since the Word of God consisted in the very words of God, its authority was comprehensive, extending to every area of faith and practice, including everything necessary to life and godliness. As Richard Sibbes declared: “There is not anything or any condition that befalls a Christian in this life but there is a general