19:13; Luke 19:8; I Tim. 5:23. 40:7, 8 with Heb. 12:22 to 28; Jer. This Sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering of their common affairs beforehand, do not only observe an holy rest, all the day, from their own works, words, and thoughts about their worldly employments and recreations,(o) but also are taken up the whole time in the public and private exercises of His worship, and in the duties of necessity and mercy. 5:5, 6. (g)(e) Gal. 10:10. 28:19. (f) II Cor. 4:30, 31; Ps. 6:18. 3:18. (n)(k) Jam. (s) Lev. (l) Heb. 25:41, 42, 43, 45; Matt. 3:20. (c)(a) Eph. 88 throughout; Isa. (i) Gal. 2:6; Rom. 4:8. (i)(h) Rom. 4:8. The moral law doth for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof;(h) and that, not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the Creator, who gave it:(i) neither doth Christ, in the Gospel, any way dissolve, but much strengthen this obligation. 8:6; Isa. (f) Nor doth their communion one with another, as saints, take away, or infringe the title or propriety which each man hath in his goods and possessions. (f) I Kings 8:31; Neh. 11:25, 26; Gal. The sacraments of the Old Testament, in regard to the spiritual things thereby signified and exhibited, were, for substance, the same with those of the New. 1:19, 20; Ps. God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, to be, under Him, over the people, for His own glory, and the public good: and, to this end, hath armed them with the power of the sword, for the defence and encouragement of them that are good, and for the punishment of evil doers. 103:13. (a)(a) Rom. 63:14; Eph. Although God knows whatsoever may or can come to pass upon all supposed conditions,(d) yet hath He not decreed anything because He foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such conditions. (i)(h) Rom. (a)(a) Phil. 4:2; Isa. (q) I Cor. (l) Acts 15:18; Ezek. 1:7, 8, 9, 10.III. 10:22; Col. 9:11, 13, 16, 18.III. 8:18; Ps. 4:11; Gen. 17:7, 10. 15:4.IX. (h) Heb. 12:7. 11:33. 7:1; Heb. Fix that problem! (c) Ps. 2:19; John 8:34; Luke 1:74, 75.IV. 7:7; Rom. 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. (n) Rom. (n) Rom. 22:37, 38, 39, 40.III. 3:10 to 19.III. (g) Rom. 11:3, 4; Rev. A. (a) Matt. 2:1, 5; Col. 2:8. 3:9. 15:13; Eph. 16:22; Gal. (b) Dan. 19:10; Rom. (p) Acts 8:13, 23.VI. (w)(s) Rom. God, and of the Holy Trinity. (e) All which were common also to believers under the law. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the Church to a high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scripture. Good works are only such as God hath commanded in His holy Word,(a) and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal, or upon any pretence of good intention. (s) Ephes. 4:1; Heb. 1:11, 12, 14; I John 3:16, 17, 18; Gal. (h) II Cor. 11:33; Heb. 1:11; I Tim. (m) Gen. 17:1; Rev. 8:4–6) living, and true God, (1 … 2:13.V. (x)(u) Eph. 10:4, 13, 14; II Sam. As the providence of God doth in general reach to all creatures, so after a most special manner, it taketh care of His Church, and disposeth all things to the good thereof. 8:15, 16. 3:27; Rom. ; Heb. The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonour: the bodies of the just, by His Spirit, unto honour; and be made conformable to His own glorious body. 31:18, 19; Joel 2:12, 13; Amos 5:15; Ps. (t) I John 4:8, 16. (r) John 15:13, 15; Eph. 6:1. 26:75; I Cor. (k)(h) Lev. 7:18; Col. 2:3; I Cor. 1:24; Matt. 4:25. 1:23, II Chron. 4:34, 35; Ps. (d)(d) I Thess. All saints, that are united to Jesus Christ their Head by His Spirit and by faith, have fellowship with Him in His grace, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory:(a) and, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each other’s gifts and graces,(b) and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man. 13:24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 47. (e) Acts 2:44, 45; I John 3:17; II Cor. (e) Col. 1:11; Eph. (i) Mark 6:18; Lev. (f)(d) Heb. 22:19, 20, 21; Luke 1:3, 4; Rom. 13:20, 21; Heb. 66:2. 2:10. 47:7; Eccles. (a)(a) Acts 15:2, 4, 6.II. (l) I Sam. 5:6, 7, 13; II Thess. (s)(o) Rom. (d) Exod. 30:22; Ps. and who will by no means clear the guilty. 53:4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12. Adultery or fornication committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion to the innocent party to dissolve that contract. (i) Gen. 6:5; Gen. 8:21; Rom. 11:23, 24, 25. 7:18, 23; Phil. 24:14; Mark 12:33. (h)(h) Heb. 5:17; Rom. (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. Although the corruption of man be such as is apt to study arguments unduly to put asunder those whom God hath joined together in marriage: yet nothing but adultery, or such wilful desertion as can no way be remedied by the Church or civil magistrate, is cause sufficient of dissolving the bond of marriage:(o) wherein, a public and orderly course of proceeding is to be observed; and the persons concerned in it not left to their own wills and discretion, in their own case. 2:28, 29; I Pet. 1 John 5:9. 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. 11:24, 25, 26; Luke 24:6, 39.VII. (k) Gal. 18 ch. 2:9. 2:10; II Thess. (i)(i) Matt. (b) Jam. 5:22, 23. For this cause also thank we God … 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 5; II Tim. (h) John 14:13, 14; I Pet. 145:3. (d) Rom. 3:31. 7:2, 9.III. (d) Yet, as in matters of weight and moment, an oath is warranted by the Word of God, under the New Testament, as well as under the Old;(e) so a lawful oath, being imposed by lawful authority, in such matters ought to be taken. 26:70, 72, 74. (u) Rom. 2:2; Ps. 4:19, 20; Matt. (l) Ps. (l) Ps. 7:22, 23. 42:6. 24:36, 42, 43, 44; Mark 13:35, 36, 37; Luke 12:35, 36; Rev. 3:10, 12. (p)(n) Luke 7:30 with Exod. (s)(s) Titus 3:5.Chapter XXIX.Of the Lord’s Supper.I. 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. (d) Ps. 2:12; John 4:22; John 17:3. 9:27; Eph. 10:6, 7.III. 2:5.III. 29:19; John 8:41. 31:3. 6:3, 4, 5, and Tit. (i)(c) John 4:21. 6:12; I John 1:7, 9; I John 2:1, 2. (w) Heb. It is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone:(o) and that it may be accepted, it is to be made voluntarily, out of faith, and conscience of duty, in way of thankfulness for mercy received, or for the obtaining of what we want; whereby we more strictly bind ourselves to necessary duties; or to other things, so far and so long as they may fitly conduce thereunto. 145:7.II. 4:19, 20, 21. 6:15; Rom. 2:18; Col. 3:17.III. 8:9.III. 3:29; I Tim. (a) I Cor. 9:20; Ps. 2:15, 16, 17, 18, 19. 11:25, 26, 27, 28, 29. 14:4; Ps. 3:21, 22, 23; Col. 1:21.IV. 5:12, 19; Gal. 4:22, 23, 24; Heb. 1:4, 5, 10, 11; I John 2:3; I John 3:14; II Cor. (n)(k) Acts 27:31, 44; Isa. (m) Gal. 1:5, 6; Prov. (r) Gal. 1:13, 14; Eph. are all things; and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or (i) I Tim. 2:4, 5; Gal. 12:12, 13; Ps. (e) Gen. 2:7 with Eccles. (e)(c) Matt. 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. 29:4. (h) Matt. 4:15. (e) Heb. (b) Matt. (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. 2:5. 15:21, 22, 49. (g) Luke 13:3, 5; Acts 17:30, 31.IV. 5:21; Matt. (c) Jer. (c)(c) I Cor. 3:19.II. 1:6, 7, 8.Chapter XI.Of Justification.I. 2:20; Acts 15:11.III. (y) Matt. The efficacy of Baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered;(q) yet notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinance, the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited and conferred, by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto, according to the counsel of God’s own will, in His appointed time. 4:3; I Cor. (g) Rom. 2:8.VIII. 3:3, 6. (c) I Cor. 11:13; I Tim. 1:11; John 15:8. 8:30; Eph. (d) I Cor. 28:19, 20.VI. 6:22.III. 4:1, 2, 3, 6, 7; Gal. 11:27. The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of His own will, whereby He extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as He pleaseth, for the glory of His sovereign power over His creatures, to pass by; and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath, for their sin, to the praise of His glorious justice. 40:13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Job. (h) Matt. (m)(i) II Cor. 11:32, 33, 34; II Sam. 19:8, 9, 10, 11; II Chron. By it, a sinner, out of the sight and sense not only of the danger, but also of the filthiness and odiousness of his sins, as contrary to the holy nature and righteous law of God; and upon the apprehension of his mercy in Christ to such as are penitent, so grieves for, and hates his sins, as to turn from them all unto God,(c) purposing and endeavouring to walk with Him in all the ways of His commandments. (m) Wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ,(n) are effectually called unto faith in Christ by His Spirit working in due season, are justified, adopted, sanctified,(o) and kept by His power through faith, unto salvation. (l) Infidelity, or difference in religion, doth not make void the magistrates’ just and legal authority, nor free the people from their due obedience to them:(m) from which ecclesiastical persons are not exempted,(n) much less hath the Pope any power and jurisdiction over them in their dominions, or over any of their people; and, least of all, to deprive them of their dominions, or lives, if he shall judge them to be heretics, or upon any other pretence whatsoever. 51:4, 5, 7, 9, 14; Ps. Although the light of nature and the works of creation and providence do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men unexcusable;(a) yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and of His will, which is necessary unto salvation. 9:2; Matt. 2:5, 6; Rom. (f) Deut. 4:6.Chapter III.Of God’s Eternal Decree.I. 10:14, 17. (g)(f) Gen. 1:27, 28 & Gen. 2:16, 17 and Acts 17:26 with Rom. As there is no sin so small, but it deserves damnation,(h) so there is no sin so great, that it can bring damnation upon those who truly repent. There is but one only,(a) living, and true God:(b) who is infinite in being and perfection,(c) a most pure spirit,(d) invisible,(e) without body, parts,(f) or passions,(g) immutable,(h) immense,(i) eternal,(k) incomprehensible,(l) almighty,(m) most wise,(n) most holy,(o) most free,(p) most absolute,(q) working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and most righteous will,(r) for His own glory;(s) most loving,(t) gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin;(u) the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him;(w) and withal, most just and terrible in His judgments,(x) hating all sin,(y) and who will by no means clear the guilty. (o) Matt. (t) So shall this doctrine afford matter of praise, reverence, and admiration of God,(u) and of humility, diligence, and abundant consolation to all that sincerely obey the Gospel. 23:23, 24. 1:7, 8, 9; John 17:6. 25:41. 2 and 3; I Cor. (d)(a) Job 8:13, 14; Mic. 10:17; Rom. Your gift enables our worldwide outreach. 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 … 15:12, 13, 16; Dan. 23:3; I Pet. 26, 27 chapters. 1:5; II Thess. There are only two sacraments ordained by Christ our Lord in the Gospel; that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord: neither of which may be dispensed by any but by a minister of the Word lawfully ordained. (r)(p) Cant. Although true believers be not under the law, as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified, or condemned;(l) yet is it of great use to them, as well as to others; in that, as a rule of life informing them of the will of God, and their duty, it directs, and binds them to walk accordingly;(m) discovering also the sinful pollutions of their nature, hearts, and lives;(n) so as, examining themselves thereby, they may come to further conviction of, humiliation for, and hatred against sin;(o) together with a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ, and the perfection of His obedience. (o)(n) Heb. 9:11, 13, 16; Eph. (y)(y) II Pet. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. 31:23; Ps. 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. The Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance and equal with the Father, did, when the fulness of time was come, take upon Him man’s nature,(k) with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin:(l) being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost, in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance. 1:5. 2:1. 6:4, 5. (h) Mark 14:23; I Cor. 1:10, 11, 13, and Tit. (t) Gal. (e) Eph. 107 throughout; Esther 9:22. 2:1, 2. 10:5, Rom. 10:39. (g) Ps. 1:9; Tit. 4:4, 5; Rom. 1:9, 10. (r)(r) Matt. 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. 28:13; I John 1:9. (m) Gen. 17:7, 9, 10 with Gal. 14:6, 9, 11, 12, 24, 27, 28. (e) Rom. 82:3, 4; II Sam. 2:8. (f)(c) Deut. him contingent or uncertain. 6; II Pet. (n)(n) Isa. III. 14:26, 40.VII. 2:10, 11, 12; I Tim. (i) Rom. Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ,(l) but also the infants of one or both believing parents, are to be baptized. 11:19; Phil. KingsI. (f) Heb. 4:15, 16; John 4:24, with Luke 24:39. (p) I Pet. 1:15, 16, 18. 13:4; Matt. 18:3; Rom. 28:19; I Cor. 4:30. 19:12; II Cor. 5:9, 10; Titus 2:14. 6:13. Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one husband; at the same time. 65:2. (e)(a) Rom. 7:22; Matt. 6:3, 4. (l) John 6:37; Ezek. (d) Beside these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none. (x) Rom. 5:17; I Thess. 3:5. 2:17. 2:16; Tit. 3:13. (c) Rom. (l) Hos. 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. Donate Now. SamuelI. (g)(g) Acts 24:15; John 5:28, 29; I Cor. 2:14; Tit. 3:14, 16; Rom 3:21, 22, 23, 30; Ps. 34:6, 7. (d) Acts 26:18; I Cor. 2:13; Deut. 6:5, 6. (b) Heb. 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. (k) Lev. (h) And particular Churches, which are members thereof, are more or less pure, according as the doctrine of the Gospel is taught and embraced, ordinances administered, and public worship performed more or less purely in them. (p) Gal. 2:10, 12; Eph. 8:32. 3:8, 9, 10, 11, 12, with Ps. 17:12; Acts 4:27, 28; John 19:11; Prov. 17:9; Rom. (h) In His sight all things are open and manifest;(i) His knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature,(k) so as nothing is to Him contingent, or uncertain. (c) Rom. 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. 14:9, 10; Acts 1:11; Acts 10:42; Matt. An oath is to be taken in the plain and common sense of the words, without equivocation, or mental reservation. (o) I Tim. 1:12. 18:30, 31; Ezek. God did, from all eternity, decree to justify all the elect,(l) and Christ did, in the fulness of time, die for their sins, and rise again for their justification:(m) nevertheless, they are not justified, until the Holy Spirit doth, in due time, actually apply Christ unto them. (c) Matt. Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes, and carnal presumptions of being in the favour of God, and estate of salvation;(a) which hope of theirs shall perish:(b) yet such as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love Him in sincerity, endeavouring to walk in all good conscience before Him, may, in this life, be certainly assured that they are in the state of grace,(c) and may rejoice in the hope of the glory of God, which hope shall never make them ashamed. (w) Job. 89:31, 32; I Cor. ; Heb. 11:23. 26:1 to 14 with II Cor. 10:1, 2, 3, 4.Chapter XXVIII.Of Baptism.I. 13:25; Ezra 10:5.III. 3:15. 1:19, 20; Rev. 5:1. 19:21 with Eccles. 15:3, 4. (h) Ps. 8:15, 16; Rom. 1:20; Jer. 51:4; Jer. (a) This their sin God was pleased, according to His wise and holy counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to His own glory. (g)(e) II Chron. 28:19, 20; Isa. 6:4; I Cor. 10:5; Rom. 8:14, 15; I John 4:18. 10:10, 14; Dan. 5:7. (b) Acts 3:22. 2:4. 8:33 to the end; John 17:11, 24; Luke 22:32; Heb. 13:8, 9, 10; Eph. (q)(n) I John 5:14. (f) Col. 2:14, 16, 17; Dan. 28:19; Eph. 11:3. 5:2; Rom. 1:5. 9:32, 33; I Sam. 13:6 to 12; Rom. (m)(l) Mark 16:15, 16; Acts 8:37, 38. ; I Tim. 4:3, 6, 16, 17, 23, 24; Heb. 5:9. 10:1; Gal. 11:32.II. 1:19. 1:10, 22, 23; Eph. 3:24; Rom. 11:27 to the end, with Jude ver. 5:23. CHAPTER 26. 2:18. 12:23; I John 3:2; Jude ver. 7:39. (i)(g) Rom. 3:11; I Cor. 8:34; Heb. 1:11; Rom. 16:4.IV. 10:25; Deut. 34:33; II Chron. (i) John 7:38, 39; II Cor. 13:4; I Tim. I. Of the Holy Scripture. 5:12; Acts 20:17, 28; Heb. 3:25, 26. 13:22; Job 9:2, 3; Gal. 6; II Pet. 2:12; I John 4:13; Heb. Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife,(b) for the increase of mankind with a legitimate issue, and of the Church with an holy seed;(c) and for preventing of uncleanness. (q) I John 5:16.V. 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. 2:15, 16; Isa. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good,(h) and wholly inclined to all evil,(i) do proceed all actual transgressions. 6:2, 5, 16. It includes doctrines common to most of Christendom such as the Trinity and Jesus' sacrificial death and resurrection, and it contains doctrines specific to Protestantism such as sola scriptura and sola fide. 1:30.II. 12:25; I Pet. 5:12; Matt. (g) Isa. 14:17; Rom. 45:7, with Heb. (e) Ezek. (n) I Thess. 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. As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden,(w) from them He not only withholdeth His grace, whereby they might have been enlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts;(x) but sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had,(y) and exposeth them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin;(z) and, withal, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan:(a) whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves, even under those means which God useth for the softening of others. 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