Tradition must give way to the clear statements of the Scripture

For Thou, O God, didst widen my heart,                but they straiten it with affliction                and hedge me about with darkness.            I eat the bread of wailing                and drink unceasing tears;            truly, my eyes are dimmed by grief,                and my soul by daily bitterness.            [Groaning] and sorrow encompass me                and ignominy covers my face.            My bread is turned into an adversary                and my drink into an accuser;            it has entered into my bones                causing my spirit ...

  “And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”; that is, since we are so weak in ourselves, that we cannot stand a moment; John 15:5; Ps. 103:14. and besides this, since our mortal enemies, the devil, 1 Pet. 5:8; Eph. 6:12. the world, John 15:19. and our own flesh, Rom. 7:23; Gal. 5:17. cease not to assault us, do thou therefore preserve and strengthen us by the power of thy Holy Spirit, that we may not be overcome in this spiritual warfare , Matt. 26:41; Mark 13:33. but constantly and strenuously may resist our foes, till at last we obtain a complete victory. 1 Thess. 3:13; 1 Thess. 5:23 (Historic Creeds and Confessions, electronic ed. (Oak Harbor: Lexham Press, 1997).  In the book of Revelation John of Patmos is appointed as a scribe to write to the angels of the seven churches in Asia Rev.1:11, emulating the role of Enoch . In later interpretation of Rev. 11 the two witnesses mentioned there are identified with Enoch and Elijah. C. Rowland, “Enoch,” in Dict...