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1	The Silence of the Scripture A Valid Principle
2	A principle to live by
3	Origin of the motto
4	Opposition
5	Today
6	The solution
7	Preliminary Considerations To answer a few important questions
8	What is the “principle of silence”?
9	The liberating view
10	The limiting view
11	Areas of authority and prohibition
12	How does the Bible speak?
13	What are “explicit” statements?
14	What does “implicit” mean?
15	Implication compared to inference
16	An important fact to remember
17	The case for respecting silence Silence implies no authority for things not mentioned
18	Paul’s appeal to silence
19	Paul’s reasoning
20	The example of Nadab and Abihu
21	The principle and faith
22	Whose voice do we hear?
23	Objections to the principle In ignorance and dishonesty several objections are offered
24	“Jesus condones spontaneity”
25	“Jesus condones spontaneity”
26	Books, pulpits, and pitch pipes
27	The Bible speaks: song books
28	The Bible is silent: instruments
29	Other matters of silence Respecting the silence of the scriptures prevents a host of departures
30	In matters of worship
31	In matters of church work
32	In matters of salvation
33	The Bible speaks
34	Hear the Bible when it speaks, and respect its silence when it is silent.