19:5; I Kings 22:28, 34; Isa. 9:15, 16, 17; Heb. 4:4; Job 34:20. 6:9, 10 with Acts 28:26, 27.VII. (b) Exod. (c) Heb. 31:22; Ps. (h) Ps. (d)(y) II Kings 10:30, 31; I Kings 21:27, 29; Phil. 36:27. 4:8. 5:17.VI. 65:16. 4:19, 20; Matt. 28:19, 20; Isa. 1:2; John 1:2, 3; Gen. 1:2; Job. 23. 1:11, 12, 14; I John 3:16, 17, 18; Gal. 33:10, 11. (b) Matt. (c) Heb. 1:5, 9.II. (b) Matt. 12:14.II. 3:24. 11:23, 24, 25, 26; I Cor. 66:2. (s) Isa. (g) Rom. 18:24, 25, 26, 27, 28. (m) Matt. Westminster Confession of Faith . (r) There are not therefore two covenants of grace, differing in substance, but one and the same, under various dispensations. 2:3. (n)(k) Jam. 12:10; Acts 11:18. (r) Col. 12:24; Heb. 2:13; Rom. In the unity of the Godhead there be three Persons of one substance, power, and (d)(d) I Thess. (f) Yet, inasmuch as He was given by the Father for them;(g) and His obedience and satisfaction accepted in their stead;(h) and both freely, not for anything in them; their justification is only of free grace;(i) that both the exact justice, and rich grace of God, might be glorified in the justification of sinners. 10:6, 7.III. (e)(d) Acts 15:18; I Sam. 8:9.III. 13:3, 4 with II John ver. 50:10. 49:23; I Tim. 1:27. 11:6. (f)(a) I Cor. 3:5. 5:10; Eccles. (o) James 1:23, 24, 25; Rom. (c) Hag. An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation, or mental reservation. 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 5; II Tim. (n) Luke 1:35; Col. 2:9; Rom. 6:18. 34:33; II Chron. 40:13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Job. Christ, by His obedience and death, did fully discharge the debt of all those that are thus justified, and did make a proper, real, and full satisfaction to His Father’s justice in their behalf. (c) Ps. (g) Which sacrament is, by Christ’s own appointment, to be continued in His Church until the end of the world. God hath all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of himself; and is alone in (w) Rom. 18:17 and Matt. (h) Gen. 24:2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9. (e) Rom. Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto,(n) doth, in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner;(o) whereby he is bound over to the wrath of God,(p) and curse of the law,(q) and so made subject to death,(r) with all miseries spiritual,(s) temporal,(t) and eternal. 45:7, with Heb. 2:17. 11:4; Heb. (l) Hos. 81:11, 12; II Thess. 13:12; Rev. These angels and men, thus predestinated, and fore-ordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished. (k) Matt. 2:11; Ps. (h) John 14:13, 14; I Pet. Men ought not to content themselves with a general repentance, but it is every man’s duty to endeavour to repent of his particular sins, particularly. (e) Jer. 9:17; Gen. 45:7; Ps. 53:10. 8:15, 16; Rom. 3:2; II Pet. 10:17; Rom. 1:20; I Cor. 1:3. (f) For the better effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God. The Westminster Confession of Faith appears to explicitly state that God is the author of sin. 4:13; Heb. 55:4, 5; I Cor. 3:17, 18, 19. (c) Mal. 3 HEB 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets. 13:25, 26, 27; Mal. The Westminster Confession of Faith was the work of the Assembly of divines which was called together by Parliament and met in London, at Westminster Abbey, during the years 1643-1648. 3:16. ; Ex. 2:14; I Thess. (u)(n) I John 3:4. (This returns to Gregg’s comments equating “loving God entirely” with the state of being “loved and in love with God,” rather than loving being first an action). 6:30; Matt. There is in every sacrament a spiritual relation, or sacramental union, between the sign and the thing signified: whence it comes to pass, that the names and effects of the one are attributed to the other. 7:7, 8, 9; Jer. Whosoever taketh an oath ought duly to consider the weightiness of so solemn an act; and therein to avouch nothing, but what he is fully persuaded is the truth. 15:9; Isa. 15:43; Phil. The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls,(a) is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts;(b) and is ordinarily wrought by the ministry of the Word:(c) by which also, and by the administration of the sacraments, and prayer, it is increased and strengthened. I. (n) Matt. 5:2, 3, 4, 6. 5:31, 32. 16:27. 3:10.III. (k)(h) Rom. 1:20; Acts 17:24; Ps. 102:28; Matt. (c)(a) Heb. and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that 2:13. (i) Gen. 6:5; Gen. 8:21; Rom. Dipping of the person into the water is not necessary; but Baptism is rightly administered by pouring or sprinkling water upon the person. 3:10. It belongs to synods and councils, ministerially to determine controversies of faith and cases of conscience; to set down rules and directions for the better ordering of the public worship of God, and government of his Church; to receive complaints in cases of maladministration, and authoritatively to determine the same: which decrees and determinations, if consonant to the Word of God, are to be received with reverence and submission; not only for their agreement with the Word, but also for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God appointed thereunto in His Word. 89:31, 32, 33; Ps. 2:13; Phil. 10:11, 12, 14, 18.III. (i) I Pet. 5:2, 3, 6; Ps. 12:6. (m) II Pet. 4:13; Rom. 3:5, 6, 7; Rom. 15:9, 10, 11, 12. The visible Church, which is also catholic or universal under the Gospel (not confined to one nation as before under the law), consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion;(b) and of their children:(c) and is the kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ,(d) the house and family of God,(e) out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation. 1:18, 19, 20. KingsI. (s) But, because these original tongues are not known to all the people of God, who have right unto, and interest in the Scriptures, and are commanded, in the fear of God, to read and search them,(t) therefore they are to be translated into the vulgar language of every nation unto which they come,(u) that the Word of God dwelling plentifully in all, they may worship Him in an acceptable manner;(w) and, through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, may have hope. 12:12, 13; Ps. 147:5. (i)(e) Heb. 8:10. of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness. (h) Rev. Donate Now. 16:22; Gal. (m)(l) Mark 16:15, 16; Acts 8:37, 38. (q) I John 3:9; Luke 22:32; Job 13:15; Ps. 36:26, 27. (i) John 1:12; Acts 16:31; Gal. (k)(h) Lev. 6:10.II. (k)(h) Col. 1:13; John 8:34, 36. 31:33, 34. (i) Isa. 2:5; Eph. (m) Gen. 17:1; Rev. 8:9, 14; Rom. Westminster Confession, confession of faith of English-speaking Presbyterians. 5:21; Matt. eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, (t) Ps. (d) I Pet. (t) Gal. 9:8, 9, 10.V. 2:8, 9; Tit. 6; II Pet. 8:20; Acts 17:11; John 4:22; Hos. 6:30, 32; I Pet. 6:14, 15, 16. 10:4, 13, 14; II Sam. 14:13. (d) Heb. What do the Scriptures principally teach? 13:3; Isa. (b) Jam. 13:1; I Kings 2:35; Acts 25:9, 10, 11; II Pet. 7:36, 37, 38; Gen. 24:57, 58. (l) Ps. 11:3, 4; Rev. (z) Matt. 18:17, 18, 19, 20.III. 4:2, 3; Col. 2:15.Chapter IX.Of Free Will.I. (e) Acts 15:18; Ps. 6:6, 14. 1:19. 22:14. 1:23; Isa. 76:10; II Kings 19:28. (e) Col. 1:11; Eph. 2:1. 10:12; Ps. (f)(d) Heb. 3:16; I John 5:9; I Thess. 3:10; Rom. (b)(a) Micah 6:8; Rom. 29, 30 chaps. This sanctification is throughout, in the whole man;(g) yet imperfect in this life, there abiding still some remnants of corruption in every part:(h) whence ariseth a continual and irreconcilable war; the flesh lusting against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. 1:4; Col. 1:13; Acts 26:18; Rom. Nevertheless, the authors of this confession denied such a claim. A lawful oath is a part of religious worship,(a) wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth, or promiseth, and to judge him according to the truth or falsehood of what he sweareth. 47:7; Eccles. Your gift enables our worldwide outreach. (x) Deut. (q) I John 2:1, 2; Rom. 4:6.Chapter III.Of God’s Eternal Decree.I. (b) John 17:17; Eph. (h) James 1:17; Mal. (n) John 3:8. 6:1. 3:11, 14; II Cor. This catholic Church hath been sometimes more, sometimes less visible. (g)(f) Col. 1:18, 19; I Cor. 11:23. 23:23.Chapter XVII.Of the Perseverance of the Saints.I. 3:5, 7; Eph. 9, 10, 11; I Cor. (n) II Kings 6:6; Dan. (l) Ps. From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. (e) Rom. 6:5. (h)(h) Luke 24:27, 44; Rom. (q) I Cor. (s)(o) Rom. 6:3, 4, 5, and Tit. 8:3; Rom. 5:18. 11:23, 24, 25, 26. 3:10; Rom. 3:31. 3:14, and I Tim. 15:3, 4. 25:21, 23.VII. 12:1 to 13.Chapter XXII.Of Lawful Oaths and Vows.I. 11:20. 6:16; Eph. (l) Lam. 5:17, 18, 19; James 2:8; Rom. 6:12. (k) Rom. 3:6, 14, 15; Matt. 32:1 with Rom. (u) Matt. 33:5, 6. 11:27. (f)(e) Matt. 3:9, 13, 14; Rom. 3:27.IV. (r) Gen. 50:20; Isa. 2:2; Acts 20:32; Rom. (a)(a) Isa. 4:25, 35. 9:15, 18. (k) And the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole (which is, to give all glory to God), the full discovery it makes of the only way of man’s salvation, the many other incomparable excellencies, and the entire perfection thereof, are arguments whereby it doth abundantly evidence itself to be the Word of God: yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts. 42:8; I Tim. 3:19.II. God, the Confession is at pains to emphasise, has one purpose, one plan. The Westminster Shorter Catechism is a catechism written in 1646 and 1647 by the Westminster Assembly, a synod of English and Scottish theologians and laymen intended to bring the Church of England into greater conformity with the Church of Scotland.The assembly also produced the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Westminster Larger Catechism.A version without Scripture … 3:15. 19:11, 12; I Cor. (i) Beside this law written in their hearts, they received a command, not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God,(k) and had dominion over the creatures. (f) Ezek. God the great Creator of all things doth uphold,(a) direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things,(b) from the greatest even to the least,(c) by His most wise and holy providence,(d) according to His infallible fore-knowledge,(e) and the free and immutable counsel of His own will,(f) to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy. 2:13. 11:24, 25, 26; Matt. 7:19; Gal. 13:8, 9; Deut. 2:4, 5; Prov. (d)(b) Prov. (l) Luke 22:31, 32; Eph. (m) Nevertheless we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word:(n) and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed. 15:25, 26; Mal. 17:7. (l) And therefore it is the duty of everyone to give all diligence to make his calling and election sure;(m) that thereby his heart may be enlarged in peace and joy in the Holy Ghost, in love and thankfulness to God, and in strength and cheerfulness in the duties of obedience, the proper fruits of this assurance:(n) so far is it from inclining men to looseness. 9:22, 23; Eph. (i) Rev. (o) I John 5:12; Acts 4:12.IV. 5:1, 5, 11, 13; II John ver. (l) Rom. Introduction This explanation of the Westminster Confession of Faith is written to make plain the original intent meaning of the doctrines and church ordinances of the ministers and elder governors, who adopted the Confession to be the confession of the Church of Scotland in 1647. 1:4; Ps. 5:5; Ps. 25:41, 42, 43, 45; Matt. (i)(h) Rom. (m) I Pet. 3:13; Gal. 73 throughout; Ps. (e) Eph. III. for his won glory, most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness Synods and councils are to handle, or conclude, nothing, but that which is ecclesiastical: and are not to intermeddle with civil affairs which concern the commonwealth; unless by way of humble petition, in cases extraordinary; or by way of advice, for satisfaction of conscience, if they be thereunto required by the civil magistrate. 5:14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself: and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which is not manifold, but one), it must be searched and known by other places that speak more clearly. (e) I Tim. 2:16; Tit. (q) Gal. (g)(e) Gal. 119:128; II Cor. 2:20; Acts 17:11; I Cor. The justification of believers under the old testament was, in all these respects, one and the same with the justification of believers under the new testament. 23:8, 9, 10; II Cor. 22:18, 19; II Tim. 2:2, 14, 15, 20; Rev. 3:10, 11, 12. Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testament, which are these:Of the Old Testament:GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuthI. (z) Gen. 4:5 with Heb. (p) Isa. 16:61, 62, 63. 11:26, 27, 28; Matt. (g) Isa. 2:17, 22, 26; Gal. 6:12, 14, 15; Col. 4:2; Eph. 14:17; Rom. 29:13; I Pet. 13:5, 6, 12; I Kings 18:4; I Chron. 2:8.Chapter XVI.Of Good Works.I. (n) Rom. The Westminster Confession. (m)(m) Acts 3:21 with I Cor. 6:6, 7; Job 1:5; II Sam. For this cause also thank we God … 3:25, 26. 3:4, 5; Eph. (g) Ps. 32:40; Isa. (l) So that, to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commands, out of conscience,(m) is to betray true liberty of conscience: and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also. 8:34. 4:11, 12, 13; Matt. 5:23, 27, 32; Col. 1:18.II. 3:12; Rom. (g) Rom. 16:19; Matt. (b) Matt. and who will by no means clear the guilty. (e) Gen. 2:7 with Eccles. 1:10; Gal. 89:31, 32; I Cor. (m)(k) I Cor. 58:13; Matt. 8 and 9 chapters; Acts 11:29, 30.III. 12:7; I Cor. 1:1, 2.II. 53:4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12. 25:22, 32, 33, 34; Ps. 2:6, 7, 8.III. 104:24; Ps. Our first parents, being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit. (g) Neither may any man bind himself by oath to anything but what is good and just, and what he believeth so to be, and what he is able and resolved to perform. 8:7, Rom. 11:23 to 29; Acts 2:42. (f) Deut. knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature; so as nothing is to (e) Tit. The doctrine as believe by the reformed community is specified in the Westminster confession: "In the unity of the Godhead there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. 5:7; Matt. (f) Eph. 29:4. 2:4, 5; Gal. (e)(a) Rom. The Confession and the Catechisms are used by many churches as their doctrinal standards, subordinate to the Word of God. 4:22, 23, 24; Heb. 22:29, 31; Eph. 5:19, 21; Rom. 8:18; Ps. (s) Lev. 2:9 to 12. (e) I Cor. The Scriptures principally teach, what man is to believe … (m) Ezek. 3:10 to 19.III. (q) Ps. 1:19, 20; Rev. (q) John 15:26; Gal. They state that because the sinful act was not actually performed by God Himself, but only by the creature, God is not responsible for the sin. This infallible assurance doth not so belong to the essence of faith, but that a true believer may wait long, and conflict with many difficulties before he be partaker of it:(k) yet, being enabled by the Spirit to know the things which are freely given him of God, he may without extraordinary revelation, in the right use of ordinary means, attain thereunto. It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent. 4:5, 6, 7, 8; II Cor. 4:1, 2; Rom. (d) Gal. 2:12; John 4:22; John 17:3. 1:10; John 10:28, 29; I John 3:9; I Pet. The Westminster Confession of Faith Page 2 The Westminster Confession of Faith was the work of the Assembly of divines which was called together by Parliament and met in London, at Westminster Abbey, during the years 16431648. 4:34, 35; Ps. ChroniclesII. These good works, done in obedience to God’s commandments, are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively faith:(c) and by them believers manifest their thankfulness,(d) strengthen their assurance,(e) edify their brethren,(f) adorn the profession of the Gospel,(g) stop the mouths of the adversaries,(h) and glorify God,(i) whose workmanship they are, created in Christ Jesus thereunto;(k) that, having their fruit unto holiness, they may have the end, eternal life. 1:12. 2:14, 15; Rom. (g)(g) Acts 24:15; John 5:28, 29; I Cor. 1:21.IV. They, who in their obedience attain to the greatest height which is possible in this life, are so far from being able to supererogate, and to do more than God requires, as that they fall short of much which in duty they are bound to do. ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesThe Song of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiOf the New Testament:The Gospels according toMatthewMarkLukeJohnThe Acts of the ApostlesPaul’s EpistlesTo the RomansCorinthians I.Corinthians II.GalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossiansThessalonians I.Thessalonians II.To Timothy I.To Timothy II.To TitusTo PhilemonThe Epistle to the HebrewsThe Epistle of JamesThe first and second Epistles of PeterThe first, second, and third Epistles of JohnThe Epistle of JudeThe Revelation of JohnAll which are given by inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and life. The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man, or Church; but wholly upon God (who is truth itself) the author thereof: and therefore it is to be received because it is the Word of God. (l) I John 2:20, 27; John 16:13, 14; I Cor. 2:12. Therefore they are not to be made the rule of faith, or practice; but to be used as a help in both. This corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are regenerated;(l) and although it be, through Christ, pardoned and mortified, yet both itself and all the motions thereof are truly and properly sin. 3:15. 7:39. (c) Heb. (r) Mic. The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to do good alone, in the state of glory only. (t) Which office He took not unto Himself, but was thereunto called by His Father,(u) who put all power and judgment into His hand, and gave Him commandment to execute the same. (g) Acts 17:31. 2:28, 29; I Pet. 103:13. 4:4. 19:6. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion, with God,(c) and so became dead in sin,(d) and wholly defiled in all the parts and faculties of soul and body. For the better government, and further edification of the Church, there ought to be such assemblies as are commonly called synods or councils. 1:2; I Cor. The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave for a season His own children to manifold temptations, and the corruption of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of corruption, and deceitfulness of their hearts, that they may be humbled;(t) and, to raise them to a more close and constant dependence for their support upon Himself, and to make them more watchful against all future occasions of sin, and for sundry other just and holy ends. 4:10; Amos 9:8, 9; Rom. 10:22; Col. 3:3, 4, 5, 6, 7.V. 8, 9, 10, 11. 7:29; Rom. (l) In the case of adultery after marriage, it is lawful for the innocent party to sue out a divorce:(m) and, after the divorce, to marry another, as if the offending party were dead. (o)(a) Eph. (r)(p) Matt. 2:1, 2. 104:24; Ps. 2:14, 15. The distance between God and the creature is go great, that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto Him as their Creator, yet they could never have any fruition of Him as their blessedness and reward, but by some voluntary condescension on God’s part, which He hath been pleased to express by way of covenant. 12:28; Gen. 18:27; James 5:16; James 1:6, 7; Mark 11:24; Matt. The bodies of men, after death, return to dust and see corruption:(a) but their souls (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them:(b) the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies. 3:24; Eph. Beside this law, commonly called moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as a church under age, ceremonial laws, containing several typical ordinances, partly of worship, prefiguring Christ, His graces, actions, sufferings, and benefits;(d) and partly holding forth divers instructions of moral duties. First published in Tabletalk Magazine, an outreach of Ligonier. 2:13; I John 5:10; Acts 24:14. (e)(e) Matt. 11:21, 23. 54:7, 8, 9, 10; Ps. (o) II Cor. (g) John 6:44, 65; Eph. 34:6, 7. (n) I Thess. 1:10; Rom. (m) Prov. They who, upon pretence of Christian liberty, do practice any sin, or cherish any lust, do thereby destroy the end of Christian liberty, which is, that being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, we might serve the Lord, without fear, in holiness and righteousness before Him, all the days of our life. 3:5.III. To him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever (n) II Cor. (c) Ps. 2:5; II Cor. 2:15; Rom. (o)(o) Gal. 8:26. 5:17; I Pet. Saints by profession are bound to maintain a holy fellowship and communion in the worship of God; and in performing such other spiritual services as tend to their mutual edification;(d) as also in relieving each other in outward things, according to their several abilities, and necessities. 2:6; Gal. (r) Luke 22:20. John 4:24. 8:32. As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, fore-ordained all the means thereunto. 119:6, 59, 106; Luke 1:6; II Kings 23:25.III. 2:4; Rev. To all those for whom Christ hath purchased redemption, He doth certainly and effectually apply and communicate the same,(p) making intercession for them,(q) and revealing unto them, in and by the Word, the mysteries of salvation,(r) effectually persuading them by His Spirit to believe and obey, and governing their hearts by His Word and Spirit;(s) overcoming all their enemies by His almighty power and wisdom, in such manner, and ways, as are most consonant to His wonderful and unsearchable dispensation. Elect infants, dying in infancy, are regenerated, and saved by Christ through the Spirit,(m) who worketh when, and where, and how He pleaseth:(n) so also, are all other elect persons who are uncapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word. 4:11, 12; I Cor. (a) Matt. The Next 500 Years: 2017 National Conference, Naming Ligonier the Beneficiary of a Bank or Investment Account, Gifts That Provide Income and Tax Benefits, The Westminster Confession of Faith (1647). (l) Nevertheless, there shall be always a Church on earth, to worship God according to His will. (m) II Pet. 5:7; II Cor. If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. 6:11; Acts 20:32; Phil. 28:19, 20.III. 8:4–6) living, and true God, (1 … There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, 4:30. 13:8.Chapter XII.Of Adoption.All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for His only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption:(a) by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God,(b) have His name put upon them,(c) receive the spirit of adoption,(d) have access to the throne of grace with boldness,(e) are enabled to cry, Abba, Father,(f) are pitied,(g) protected,(h) provided for,(i) and chastened by Him as by a Father;(k) yet never cast off,(l) but sealed to the day of redemption,(m) and inherit the promises,(n) as heirs of everlasting salvation. 5:4. (d) Acts 26:18; I Cor. (c) Gen. 1 chap. 8. him contingent or uncertain. (b) Rom. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of His glory, some men and angels(f) are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others fore-ordained to everlasting death. 7:6.Chapter XXX.Of Church Censures.I. The Lord Jesus, in His human nature thus united to the divine, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit, above measure,(p) having in Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;(q) in whom it pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell;(r) to the end that, being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of grace and truth,(s) He might be thoroughly furnished to execute the office of a mediator and surety. 3:24; Rom. 2:18. (o) II Sam. I. (l)(l) I Cor. 2:19; Eph. Others, not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word,(p) and may have some common operations of the Spirit,(q) yet they never truly come unto Christ, and therefore cannot be saved:(r) much less can men, not professing the Christian religion, be saved in any other way whatsoever, be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature, and the law of that religion they do profess. (o)(n) Col. 1:18; Eph. 18:3; Rom. 2:8. 7:24, 25; Rom. After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female,(d) with reasonable and immortal souls,(e) endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness, after His own image;(f) having the law of God written in their hearts,(g) and power to fulfil it:(h) and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change. 1:19, 21; II Tim. 119:68; Jer. (g)(f) Gen. 1:27, 28 & Gen. 2:16, 17 and Acts 17:26 with Rom. (m) Rev. 11:3. 12:2; Heb. 3:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, with Ps. (d) Ps. 2:10. diligently seek him; and withal most just and terrible in his judgments; hating all sin; This covenant of grace is frequently set forth in Scripture by the name of a Testament, in reference to the death of Jesus Christ the Testator, and to the everlasting inheritance, with all things belonging to it, therein bequeathed. (q)(p) II Pet. (p) I Pet. 2:8. (a) Gen. 3:19; Acts 13:36. 9:20; Rom. 59:21.VI. 4:11; I Tim. 21:1.V. 7:29; Ruth 4:12. (u) Rom. (i) Gen. 3:6; Eccles. SamuelI. (m) Col. 2:20, 22, 23; Gal. 56:2, 4, 6, 7. It represents the best of Puritan scholarship, blended with Scottish theological sagacity. For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore are ye sons of Jacob not consumed. 4:11; Col. 2:11, 12; I Cor. 13:8.VII. (b)(a) Rom. (k) Heb. 4 PRO 22:19 That thy trust may be in the Lord, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. 25:31 to the end; Rom. 1:6; II Pet. (e) Rom. 18:17; Tit. 5:12; Exod. 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