13:15, 17, 21, 22, 25, 30; II Kings 23:5, 6, 9, 20, 21; II Chron. (p) Deut. 2:4.V. (c) I Cor. 2:20; Acts 15:11.III. 1:7, 8, 9; John 17:6. 8:28; Ps. 5:4, 5. 14:26. 16:33.II. (e) Jam. 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). (k) Heb. 2:6; Gal. (m) Matt. 14:17; Rom. 15:19.V. 119:32. (f) Gen. 1:26; Col. 3:10; Eph. (p) Gal. 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. (i)(i) Matt. 15:4. III. (g)(d) Rom. 6:12, 14, 15; Col. 4:2; Eph. A: God is a Spirit, 1 infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, 2 wisdom, 3 power, 4 holiness, 5 justice, 6 goodness, 7 and truth. 5:2; Rom. 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. 8:30; Rom. 30:19.II. (d) Beside these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none. 4:4, 5; Rom. 51:4; Jer. 7:24, 25; Rom. (c) Phil. 10:16; I Cor. 1:24; Matt. 3:5. 5:21; Matt. 10:39. 49:23; Ps. Man by his fall having made himself incapable of life by that covenant, the Lord was pleased to make a second,(e) commonly called the covenant of grace; wherein He freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in Him, that they may be saved,(f) and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto life His Holy Spirit, to make them willing and able to believe. 6:11. 2:13. 10:12; Ps. 3:14. (y) Isa. 5:1; Acts 15:10, 11. 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. 4:2, 3; Col. 2:15.Chapter IX.Of Free Will.I. 94:8, 9, 10, 11. Fix that problem! The Old Testament in Hebrew (which was the native language of the people of God of old), and the New Testament in Greek (which, at the time of the writing of it was most generally known to the nations), being immediately inspired by God, and, by His singular care and providence kept pure in all ages, are therefore authentical;(r) so as, in all controversies of religion, the Church is finally to appeal unto them. (d)(a) Acts 17:31. 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. 1:2, 19, 20; Rom. (c) Rom. 88 throughout.Chapter XIX.Of the Law of God.I. 18:17 and Matt. (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). (r) Matt. 4:30. 73:15; Ps. Truly, though perhaps also tritely, history is his story! 6:11, 12; II Pet. (i) Gen. 6:5; Gen. 8:21; Rom. and who will by no means clear the guilty. 4:11; Acts 10:2, 4, 22, 31, 45, 47. (i) Gal. 2:19, 20; Jude ver. (c) Heb. 12:28; Eph. 4; I Pet. neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternall begotten of the Father; the Holy ; Matt. 5:5, 6. 3:16, 17, 18, 19. 5:1. 11:24, 25, 26; Matt. 4:15, 16; I Cor. 10:6, 9; Gal. (n) II Kings 6:6; Dan. 3:13. (u) I Cor. (x) Rom. What do the Scriptures principally teach? 16:2; Job 22:2, 3; Job 35:7, 8. 3:15, 16, 17; Gal. 8, 9, 10 chapters; Rom. (b) Dan. 4:15, 16; John 4:24, with Luke 24:39. 28:19; Mark 10:13, 14, 15, 16; Luke 18:15.V. 10:4, 13, 14; II Sam. Malachi 3:6. ; I Tim. Private masses, or receiving this sacrament by a priest or any other alone;(g) as likewise, the denial of the cup to the people,(h) worshipping the elements, the lifting them up or carrying them about for adoration, and the reserving them for any pretended religious use; are all contrary to the nature of this sacrament, and to the institution of Christ. 1:24, 26, 28; Rom. 1:13, 17; I John 1:5. (l) John 6:37; Ezek. (g) Luke 13:3, 5; Acts 17:30, 31.IV. 32:40. 34:7.II. 2:8. (x) Heb. (i) Mark 6:18; Lev. 34:33; II Chron. (o) Rom. 1:23, II Chron. 3:13, 17, 18.II. When the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America was formed in 1788, it adopted (with minor revisions) the Westminster Confession of Faith, Larger and Shorter Catechisms (1647), as its secondary standards (the Bible itself being the only infallible rule of faith and practice). 10, 11, and II Thess. The outward element to be used in this sacrament is water, wherewith the party is to be baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, by a minister of the Gospel, lawfully called thereunto. 49:23; Zech. 1:10. 2:2, 3, 4, 5; I Cor. (g) Ps. (b)(a) Micah 6:8; Rom. (f) Hosea 14:2, 4; Rom. 56:2, 4, 6, 7. (i) I Kings 8:27; Jer. 13:19; Heb. 49:23; I Tim. 9:16; Titus 3:5. 12:14.II. 1:5, 6, 7; Luke 21:27, 28; Rom. 2:14; Tit. 3:5, 7; Eph. 12:2.Chapter XV.Of Repentance unto Life.I. They who are once effectually called and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them, are further sanctified, really and personally, through the virtue of Christ’s death and resurrection,(a) by His Word and Spirit dwelling in them:(b) the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed,(c) and the several lusts thereof are more and more weakened and mortified;(d) and they more and more quickened and strengthened in all saving graces,(e) to the practice of true holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord. (b) Exod. KingsII. 3:18; II Cor. knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature; so as nothing is to 4:17; I Cor. (b) I Thess. 3:16. 6:18. 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. God hath all life,(a) glory,(b) goodness,(c) blessedness,(d) in and of Himself; and is alone in and unto Himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which He hath made,(e) nor deriving any glory from them,(f) but only manifesting His own glory in, by, unto, and upon them: He is the alone fountain of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things;(g) and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever Himself pleaseth. 3:20; Rom. (h)(h) II Tim. 8:9, 14; Rom. The purest Churches under heaven are subject both to mixture and error:(k) and some have so degenerated, as to become no Churches of Christ, but synagogues of Satan. 20:7; I Cor. 32:5, 6. 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. (d) II Cor. Works done by unregenerate men, although, for the matter of them, they may be things which God commands, and of good use both to themselves and others:(y) yet, because they proceed not from a heart purified by faith;(z) nor are done in a right manner according to the Word;(a) nor to a right end, the glory of God;(b) they are therefore sinful, and cannot please God, or make a man meet to receive grace from God. 45:7, with Heb. 13:25; Ezra 10:5.III. 28:19, 20.II. (o)(m) John 15:4, 5; Ezek. (a)(a) I Cor. 2:13, 14, 16; Rom. 6:18; Rev. 23:23, 24. 1:2; I Cor. The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to do good alone, in the state of glory only. 1:16, 17.II. (n)(k) Acts 27:31, 44; Isa. 2:28, 29; I Pet. (o)(o) Gal. (b) Rom. 11:7, 8. (d)(a) Heb. 4:4, 5; Gen. 3:15; Rev. The original text of 1646, from the manuscript of Cornelius Burges, Assessor to the Westminster Assembly, with the Assembly’s proof texts, as published in the modern critical edition of 1937 by S. W. Carruthers.Chapter I.Of the Holy Scripture.I. (l)(k) Rom. (p) Ephes. (c) And yet, their neglect of them is more sinful, and displeasing unto God. 28:19. 12:13.II. 1:11, 14; John 17:2; Heb. (c) Heb. 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. 135:6; Acts 17:25, 26, 28; Job 38 to 41 chapters. (c)(c) I Cor. (d)(d) Acts 15:15, 19, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31; Acts 16:4; Matt. We cannot, by our best works, merit pardon of sin, or eternal life at the hand of God, by reason of the great disproportion that is between them and the glory to come; and the infinite distance that is between us and God, whom, by them, we can neither profit, nor satisfy for the debt of our former sins,(q) but when we have done all we can, we have done but our duty, and are unprofitable servants;(r) and because, as they are good, they proceed from His Spirit;(s) and as they are wrought by us, they are defiled, and mixed with so much weakness and imperfection, that they cannot endure the severity of God’s judgment. 2:5; II Cor. 10:25; Deut. This catholic Church hath been sometimes more, sometimes less visible. 10:14. 5:2, 3, 4, 6. (m) Matt. 12:36, 37.II. (b) Matt. 9:12, 13, 14, 15; Rom. No man may vow to do anything forbidden in the Word of God, or what would hinder any duty therein commanded, or which is not in his own power, and for the performance whereof he hath no promise of ability from God. (q)(o) Matt. 25:31 to the end; Rom. 2:5, 6; Phil. 1:10, 22, 23; Eph. 3:21, 22, 23; Col. (e) Tit. 24:4. 90:2; I Tim. 40:13, 14, 15, 16, 17; Job. 28:19; I Cor. 8:1; Isa. 7:1; Rom. (o) I Cor. 10:2; John 16:2; I Sam. 1:21; I Cor. (p)(o) Ps. (k) Rom. 1:20; I Cor. 8:30; II Tim. (e) I Tim. 45:7; John 3:34. 20:7; Jer. 10:20. (d) Ps. 6:11, 12; Heb. 6:15; Rom. 6:1, 2; Tit. 8:1. (w) Job. 5:1. 3:17; Eph. 8:14; I Pet. (o) The Father is of none, neither begotten, nor proceeding: the Son is eternally begotten of the Father:(p) the Holy Ghost eternally proceeding from the Father and the Son. 13:4; I Tim. 11:20.IV. 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. (s) Gal. 3:12. 3:15; II Pet. 1:12. 1:6, 12.VI. 8:14, 15; I John 4:18. 1:4, 5, 10, 11; I John 2:3; I John 3:14; II Cor. 50:14; Gen. 28:20, 21, 22; I Sam. (f)(d) Heb. (e) I Cor. 1:10; Gal. 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. 15:3, 4. 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. In which war, although the remaining corruption, for a time, may much prevail;(k) yet through the continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, the regenerate part doth overcome;(l) and so, the saints grow in grace,(m) perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 14:26, 40.VII. (f) I Cor. 10:5; Rom. 5:19, 21; Rom. (l) I Sam. 28:19, 20.IV. 4:1, 2, 3; Col. (r) Rom. (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. He is most holy in all his counsels, in all his works, and in (b)(a) Deut. (o) I Tim. 6:6; Eph. 3:11; John 1:33; Matt. (d)(d) I Thess. 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. (r) John 15:13, 15; Eph. 8:34; Heb. 5:19; Heb. 81:11, 12; II Thess. 8. 2 and 3; Matt. 8:34. eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, 3:10.Chapter XXXI.Of Synods and Councils.I. 1:3. (h) I Pet. 2:15, 16.IV. 107 throughout; Esther 9:22. (o)(n) I Cor. (l) Rev. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which was good, and well pleasing to God;(b) but yet, mutably, so that he might fall from it. 11:6. (e) Rom. 15:12, 13, 16; Dan. 64:7; II Tim. Of God, and of the Holy Trinity There is but one only, (Deut. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation:(d) so as, a natural man, being altogether averse from that good,(e) and dead in sin,(f) is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto. (h) But the principal acts of saving faith are accepting, receiving, and resting upon Christ alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by virtue of the covenant of grace. 11:20. 12:12, 13; Ps. 1:11; Ps. 6:10; Matt. (r)(r) Matt. 1:8, 9; II Thess. 13:8; Heb. (n)(k) Exod. (i) Matt. 20:8, 10, 11; Isa. 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. 55:7; Rom. (o)(a) Eph. It was this Assembly which also produced the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. (d) Luke 3:14; Rom. Of God, and of the Holy Trinity. 14. 5:23. (d) Prov. 6:22.III. 5:23, 27, 32; Col. 1:18.II. 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. 6:16, 17, 18.II. 5:7. It is lawful for Christians to accept and execute the office of a magistrate, when called thereunto;(b) in the managing whereof, as they ought especially to maintain piety, justice, and peace, according to the wholesome laws of each commonwealth;(c) so for that end, they may lawfully now, under the New Testament, wage war, upon just and necessary occasion. 1:3, 4; I Tim. ; Ex. and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creatures which he hath made, 50:21.V. 2:1, 5; Col. (p) Ps. Neither are the forementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the Gospel, but do sweetly comply with it;(w) the Spirit of Christ subduing and enabling the will of man to do that, freely and cheerfully, which the will of God, revealed in the law, requireth to be done. (t)(p) John 6:37, 39; John 10:15, 16. 4:2. (o)(l) Ps. God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (i) Rom. (d) Gal. (m) Ps. 29:29. (d) Ps. (l)(k) I Tim. (l) Luke 22:31, 32; Eph. 6; II Pet. 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. 29:13; I Pet. 13:2, 3.Chapter XXI.Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day.I. 21:13 with Deut. 5:17.VI. 2:1, 10, 11; Jude ver. (o)(n) Col. 1:18; Eph. (u)(n) I John 3:4. (d) Rom. Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ,(a) not only for the solemn admission of the party baptized into the visible Church;(b) but also, to be unto him a sign and seal of the covenant of grace,(c) of his ingrafting into Christ,(d) of regeneration,(e) of remission of sins,(f) and of his giving up unto God through Jesus Christ, to walk in the newness of life. (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. (d) I Cor. 6:17, 18. (k)(k) Matt. (n) John 3:8. (o) Rom. 7:23; Matt. 4:15. 3:3; I John 2:19.III. 25:21; Acts 3:19; II Thess. Although, in relation to the fore-knowledge and decree of God, the first Cause, all things come to pass immutably, and infallibly:(h) yet, by the same providence, He ordereth them to fall out, according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently. 10:10. 15:21, 22, 49. 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