That the worship of God, and the government of the kirk, which is the house of God, are to be learned out of his own word, is a truth against which the gates of hell shall never prevail. For we ought to give this glory to God, and all his books are full, and written on both sides. As the book of nature, the book of Providence, and the book of conscience is perfect, so also the Scripture, which is the book of grace, is perfect. We ought to give this glory to the Son of God, that, as he is a perfect high priest for reconciliation, he is also a perfect prophet for revelation, and a perfect King and Lawgiver for ruling of his own kirk and kingdom. We ought also to give this glory to the Spirit of God, that as he purposed to set down a covenant, a testament, and a perfect canon, so in the fullness of wisdom he hath performed his purpose. We ought humbly to acknowledge that the kirk hath no power (whether by translation of divine ordinances from the Old to the New Testament, under pretext of piety, or by imitation of the enemy, seem it never so charitable, or by man's invention, let it appear never so plausible) to make new laws, or to institute any new office or office-bearer, any minister, or part of ministration in the House of God. But that it is her part to see the will of God obeyed, and to appoint canons and constitutions for the orderly and decent disposing of things before institutes.
–David Calderwood, "The Pastor and the Prelate."

That the worship of God, and the government of the kirk, which is the house of God, are to be learned out of his own word, is a truth against which the gates of hell shall never prevail. For we ought to give this glory to God, and all his books are full, and written on both sides. As the book of nature, the book of Providence, and the book of conscience is perfect, so also the Scripture, which is the book of grace, is perfect. We ought to give this glory to the Son of God, that, as he is a perfect high priest for reconciliation, he is also a perfect prophet for revelation, and a perfect King and Lawgiver for ruling of his own kirk and kingdom. We ought also to give this glory to the Spirit of God, that as he purposed to set down a covenant, a testament, and a perfect canon, so in the fullness of wisdom he hath performed his purpose. We ought humbly to acknowledge that the kirk hath no power (whether by translation of divine ordinances from the Old to the New Testament, under pretext of piety, or by imitation of the enemy, seem it never so charitable, or by man's invention, let it appear never so plausible) to make new laws, or to institute any new office or office-bearer, any minister, or part of ministration in the House of God. But that it is her part to see the will of God obeyed, and to appoint canons and constitutions for the orderly and decent disposing of things before institutes.
–David Calderwood, "The Pastor and the Prelate."