6:11) and in secret, each one by himself; (Matt. 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, (John 1:1, 14, 1 John 5:20, Phil. 11:33) and of humility, diligence, and abundant consolation to all that sincerely obey the Gospel. As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof; (Ps. 4:6), 1. 25:22, 32–34, Ps. 1:10, Rom. 1:15, Jer. Although drawn up by the 1646 Westminster Assembly, largely of the Church of England, it became and remains the 'subordinate standard' of doctrine in the Church of Scotland, and has been influential within Presbyterian churches worldwide.. 7:9, 14, 24) together with a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ, and the perfection of His obedience. (1 Tim. 8:9–10, Acts 10:1–2, Rev. (Gal. (Rom. (Heb. 4:15–16, John 4:24, Luke 24:39) or passions; (Acts 14:11,15) immutable, (James 1:17, Mal. I. 5:1) yet is it not alone in the person justified, but is ever accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but worketh by love. 33:5–6) in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things therein whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days; and all very good. Westminster Confession of Faith Index CHAPTER 1 - Of the Holy Scripture CHAPTER 2 - Of God, and of the Holy Trinity CHAPTER 3 - Of God's Eternal Decree CHAPTER 4 - Of Creation CHAPTER 5 - Of Providence CHAPTER 6 - Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof (Heb. 6:5) of regeneration, (Tit. 12:2, 2 Cor. (Ps. 5:17, Rom. 9:32–33) hating all sin, (Ps. (1 Cor. To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed; by virtue whereof, they have power, respectively, to retain, and remit sins; to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the Word, and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the Gospel; and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require (Matt. 2:2), 4. (Micah 7:7–9, Jer. (Acts 10:38, Heb. It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, to be (the Mediator) between God and man, (Isa. 15:8, Exod. 3:17) And therefore it is the duty of every one to give all diligence to make his calling and election sure, (2 Pet. (John 1:12, Acts 16:31, Gal. 3:9), 1. 20:8, Exod. 4:34–35, Ps. 6:14, 16) or be admitted thereunto. 7:36–38) Yet it is the duty of Christians to marry only in the Lord. 5:8–10, 19, 1 Tim. Repentance unto life is an evangelical grace, (Zech. 8:15, 32, 2 Cor. 4:4–5, Gen. 3:15, Rev. 15:9, Isa. 5:10–11, 2 Thess. The Epistle to the Hebrews 12:22–27, Jer. 12:14), 2. T he Westminster Confession of Faith is a Reformed confession produced in 1646 by the Westminster Assembly in London. 1:2, 1 Cor. The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God so far manifest themselves in His providence, that it extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men; (Rom. 119:32) the proper fruits of this assurance; so far is it from inclining men to looseness. 4:11, Col. 2:11–12) of his ingrafting into Christ, (Gal. 8:30, Rom. 13:1–4, 1 Pet. 22:20), VI. (1 Cor. 4:1–3, Col. 2:17) and partly, holding forth divers instructions of moral duties. 4:10) And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day. 73:15, Ps. 26:26–27) so that the popish sacrifice of the mass (as they call it) is most abominably injurious to Christ’s one, only sacrifice, the only propitiation for all the sins of His elect. 5:1, Acts 15:10–11) and in greater boldness of access to the throne of grace, (Heb. 1:25) and, since the fall, not without a Mediator; nor in the mediation of any other but of Christ alone. Of Effectual Calling; XI. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. 8:20, Lam. 10:5, Rom. 5:17), 5. 23:8–10, 2 Thess. 4:25, 35) In His sight all things are open and manifest, (Heb. 20:7, Lev. 3:3, 1 John 2:19), 3. 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. 28:19, 1 Cor. The Westminster Confession of Faith asserts the real presence in the Sacrament, the supreme authority of God’s Word, and the catholicity of the Church, made distinctive by three characteristics: the true preaching of the Word, the right administration of … 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. (Isa. 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. 6:14, 1 John 5:4, Eph. (Exod. 2:11), 3. (1 John 5:16), 5. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, (Rom. 55:10–11) yet is free to work without, (Hos. Confession of faith, formal statement of doctrinal belief ordinarily intended for public avowal by an individual, a group, a congregation, a synod, or a church; confessions are similar to creeds, although usually more extensive. 1:9, 1 Thess. 19:12, 2 Cor. 10:16,21), 2. 11:25–26, Gal. 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: (1 John 5:7. 3:24, Eph. 11:6) and withal, most just, and terrible in His judgments, (Neh. 9:5, 1 Pet. 3:5, Eph. II Kings 90:2, 1 Tim. 1:1) and afterwards, for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the Church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto writing: (Prov. 12:28–29), 7. But is it? (Matt. (1 Cor. to Timothy I CHAPTER 23 . (Matt. Zephaniah 7:23–24, 27, Heb. 14:4) and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men, which are, in any thing, contrary to His Word; or beside it, if matters of faith, or worship. 40:13–17, Job 9:32–33, 1 Sam. 25:41) are predestinated unto everlasting life; and others foreordained to everlasting death. 1:22) Nor can the Pope of Rome, in any sense, be head thereof. 10:16), 8. 26:26–28) albeit, in substance and nature, they still remain truly and only bread and wine, as they were before. 2:4) but likewise all persons that have lived upon earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ, to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds; and to receive according to what they have done in the body, whether good or evil. 26:1–14, 2 Cor. (Ps. The Acts of the Apostles 3:6, 14–15, 1 Cor. 65;2) and, that it may be accepted, it is to be made in the name of the Son, (John 14:13–14, 1 Pet. 6:12, 1 John 1:7, 9, 1 John 2:1–2) and, although they can never fall from the state of justification, (Luke 22:32, John 10:28, Heb. 12:6, 14) 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. 2:2, Acts 20:32, Rom. 2:28–29, 1 Pet. 25:31–46, Rom. 3:28, Rom. 28:19, 1 Cor. 15:51–52) and all the dead shall be raised up, with the self-same bodies, and none other (although with different qualities), which shall be united again to their souls for ever. 5:1–2, 5, Rom. 2:8, Rev. (Heb. 2:10–12, 1 Tim. 4:1, Heb. God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which He bound him and all his posterity, to personal, entire, exact, and perpetual obedience, promised life upon the fulfilling, and threatened death upon the breach of it, and endued him with power and ability to keep it. Corrections? (Rom. (1 Tim. (Gen. 2:24, Matt. 5:1–2) and their yielding obedience unto Him, not out of slavish fear, but a child-like love and willing mind. 8:32) and His obedience and satisfaction accepted in their stead; (2 Cor. Mr. Manton's Epistle to the Reader 3. As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous Judge, for former sins, doth blind and harden, (Rom. 26, 27) was crucified, and died, (Phil. 1:5–10) edify their brethren, (2 Cor. Q. Christ, in the work of mediation, acts according to both natures, by each nature doing that which is proper to itself; (Heb. (1 Cor. 2:14, 16–17, Heb. 1:9), 1. 107, Esth. 12:36) so there is no sin so great, that it can bring damnation upon those who truly repent. Westminster Confession of Faith. 10:10) who is infinite in being and perfection, (Job 11:7–9, Job 26:14) a most pure spirit, (John 4:24) invisible, (1 Tim. 18:3, Rom. Ecclesiastes 2:1–2) to honour their persons, (1 Pet. 9:27, Eph. 1:3–4, Ps. It belongeth 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. 24:14, Mark 12:33) But the acceptable way of worshipping the true God is instituted by Himself, and so limited by His own revealed will, that He may not be worshipped according to the imaginations and devices of men, or the suggestions of Satan, under any visible representation, or any other way not prescribed in the Holy Scripture. Thessalonians II 2:18, Col. 3:17), 3. 1:11, John 15:8) whose workmanship they are, created in Christ Jesus thereunto, (Eph. 2:5, 9–12, 1 Tim. 3:27, Rom. (Phil. 4:28, 1 Pet. Every sin, both original and actual, being a transgression of the righteous law of God, and contrary thereunto, (1 John 3:4) doth in its own nature, bring guilt upon the sinner, (Rom. Jeremiah 72:17, Ps. 1:20–21, Acts 15:15–16), 10. These good works, done in obedience to God’s commandments, are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively faith: (James 2:18, 22) and by them believers manifest their thankfulness, (Ps. 1:19–20, John 3:16, 1 Tim. (Luke 17:10, Neh. According to the confession, the doctrine of the eternal decree (predestination) is that “some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life, and others foreordained to everlasting death,” and yet “neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of creatures.”. 5:1, 5, 11, 13, 2 John 1:10–11, 2 Thess. 4:30, 2 Cor. 12:2), 1. Leviticus Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom, and power to will and to do that which was good and well pleasing to God; (Eccl. 23:3, 1 Pet. Westminster Confession, confession of faith of English-speaking Presbyterians. 2:4, Cant. (Gen. 1:26–27, Gen. 2:17, Rom. 5:1, Amos 2:7) Nor can such incestuous marriage ever be made by any law of man or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife. 4:15–16, 1 Cor. 28:19, Mark 10:13–16, Luke 18:15), 5. 3:5) yet are they not hereupon to grow negligent, as if they were not bound to perform any duty unless upon a special motion of the Spirit; but they ought to be diligent in stirring up the grace of God that is in them. By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion, with God, (Gen. 3:6–8, Eccl. 9:22, 25–26, 28) but only a commemoration of that one offering up of Himself, by Himself, upon the cross, once for all: and a spiritual oblation of all possible praise unto God, for the same: (1 Cor. 1:2–3, Exod. 2:5) by the help of His Spirit, (Rom. 6:3–4, 1 Cor. 5:11,14, Rom. 8–10, Rom. 2:8) was buried, and remained under the power of death, yet saw no corruption. Mark Nehemiah 1:11–12,14, 1 John 3:16–18, Gal. 1:10) and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath. Paul’s Epistles 9:10, 19–22, Acts 2:41, Acts 16:33, Mark 7:4), 4. 7:19, Ps. 11:36) and hath most sovereign dominion over them, to do by them, for them, or upon them whatsoever Himself pleaseth. 2:14) are effectually called unto faith in Christ by His Spirit working in due season, are justified,adopted, sanctified, (Rom. 61:8, Ps. Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead. 14:4, Ps. Judges (Isa. 15:19), 5. 4:14,16, Heb. 6:6–7, Job 1:5, 2 Sam. 4. 5:7, Matt. 19:10, Rom. 3:16–19, John 1:16, Eph. 3:10) and so made subject to death, (Rom. 3:15–17, Gal. 1:2) and Judge of the world: (Acts 17:31) unto whom He did from all eternity give a people, to be His seed, (John 17:6, Ps. 1:7, Matt. 7:1, Rom. 26:37–38, Luke 22:44, Matt. 7:9, Rom. 13:4, 1 Tim. The We stminster Confession of Faith Chapter I Of the Holy Scripture I. 5:1) and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also. 30:6, Ezek. 2:8), 8. Of Free Will; X. 4:1–2, Rom. 1:12) the testimony of the Spirit of adoption witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God, (Rom. 16;23, 25–26, 29–30, Exod. 8:1, Isa. 16:19, 1 Cor. (1 John. Nevertheless, they may, through the temptations of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of the means of their preservation, fall into grievous sins; (Matt. The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, (Heb. 4:2, Ps. The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to do good alone in the state of glory only. (Acts 2:44–45, 1 John 3:17, 2 Cor. 3:27, Gal. (Matt. 1:30), 2. 50:10) and be the which, in the mean time, they are supported from utter despair. 5:12, 2 Thess. 9:14, 1 Pet. 1:24, Matt. 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. 8:7, Eph. 13:4, 1 Tim. 6:17, Rom. For then shall the righteous go into everlasting life, and receive that fullness of joy and refreshing, which shall come from the presence of the Lord: but the wicked, who know not God, and obey not the Gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast into eternal torments, and be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power. 25:29) and exposeth them to such objects as their corruption make occasion of sin; (Deut. 5:7) But, under the new testament, the liberty of Christians is further enlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of the ceremonial law, to which the Jewish Church was subjected; (Gal. This law, after his fall, continued to be a perfect rule of righteousness; and, as such, was delivered by God upon Mount Sinai, in ten commandments, and written in two tables: (James 1:25, James 2:8, 10–12, Rom. 29:19, John 8:41) (which hope of theirs shall perish): (Matt. 7:3, Exod. 11:23–26) but to none who are not then present in the congregation. 3:21) but upon the work of the Spirit, (Matt. (Tit. 30:5, 8, 12–13) In which respects, popish monastical vows of perpetual single life, professed poverty, and regular obedience, are so far from being degrees of higher perfection, that they are superstitious and sinful snares, in which no Christian may entangle himself. 5:31–32) and, after the divorce, to marry another, as if the offending party were dead. 11:4, 6) nor are done in a right manner,according to the Word; (1 Cor. 3:14, 16, Acts 15:11, Rom. 13:5, Tit. (Heb. (Nah. 2:1–2, John 17:20, 2 Sam. 6:30,32, 1 Pet. 10:25, Prov. 6:17–18) the inward evidence of those graces unto which these promises are made, (2 Pet. (John 5:22, 27, Matt. 7:12) To Him is due from angels and men, and every other creature, whatsoever worship, service, or obedience He is pleased to require of them. 89:31–32, 1 Cor. 10:6–7, 12) yet so, as the sinfulness thereof proceedeth only from the creature, and not from God, who, being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin. 8:26) according to His will, (1 John 5:14) with understanding, reverence, humility, fervency, faith, love, and perseverance; (Ps. 132:2–5), 7. 2:5–6, Phil. The Westminster Confession of Faith is our standard of doctrine as found in Scripture. 22:1, Ps. 2:10–12, Isa. The Lord Jesus hath, in this ordinance, appointed His ministers to declare His word of institution to the people; to pray, and bless the elements of bread and wine, and thereby to set them apart from a common to an holy use; and to take and break the bread, to take the cup, and (they communicating also themselves) to give both to the communicants; (Matt. 34:12–16, Heb. 9:15,18) yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, (James 1:13,17, 1 John 1:5) nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures; nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established. 21:1, 1 Kings 22:22–23, 1 Chron. 9:24, 26, Isa. 1:7, Jer. According to the Westminster Confession of Faith, assurance is a true hope and a certainty of salvation for those who truly believe and love Jesus and who seek to live a life pleasing to Him. 2:7), 4. 11:20), 4. The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of His Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate. (Isa. 2:1–5, 2 Tim. 6:11–12, Eph. 1:20–21, 24, Prov. 2:20, Acts 15:11), 3. The Song of Songs 18:15–17, 1 Tim. 29:29) that men, attending the will of God revealed in His Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election. God alone is Lord of the conscience, (James 4:12, Rom. 6:4, 1 Cor. 1:19, John 6:44–45) yet so, as they come most freely, being made willing by His grace. (Gen. 1:26, 28), 1. A lawful oath is part of religious worship, (Deut. In which war, although the remaining corruption, for a time, may much prevail; (Rom. 135:6, Acts 17:25–26,28) from the greatest even to the least, (Matt. (Gal. 119:4–6, 1 Cor. 6:22–23), 2. 6:16–18), 2. 1:8–9, 2 Thess. 8:14–15, 1 John 4:18) All which were common also to believers under the law. 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