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<h2 class="titleHead">The 1677-89 (2nd) London Baptist Confession
of Faith (2LBCF)</h2>
<div class="author" ></div><br />
<div class="date" ><span
class="cmr-12x-x-120">03/07/2021</span></div>
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<!--l. 18--><p class="indent" > This expression of the 2LBCF was taken from the <a
href="http://ozreformedbaptist.org/the-167789-lbcf/" >Oz Reformed Baptists</a>
website.
<h2 class="likechapterHead"><a
id="x1-1000"></a>Contents</h2>
<div class="tableofcontents">
<span class="chapterToc" >1 <a
href="#x1-20001" id="QQ2-1-2">CHAPTER 1: OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >2 <a
href="#x1-30002" id="QQ2-1-3">CHAPTER 2: OF GOD AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >3 <a
href="#x1-40003" id="QQ2-1-4">CHAPTER 3: OF GOD’S DECREE</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >4 <a
href="#x1-50004" id="QQ2-1-5">CHAPTER 4: OF CREATION</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >5 <a
href="#x1-60005" id="QQ2-1-6">CHAPTER 5: OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >6 <a
href="#x1-70006" id="QQ2-1-7">CHAPTER 6: OF THE FALL OF MAN, OF SIN, AND OF
THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >7 <a
href="#x1-80007" id="QQ2-1-8">CHAPTER 7: OF GOD’S COVENANT</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >8 <a
href="#x1-90008" id="QQ2-1-9">CHAPTER 8: OF CHRIST THE MEDIATOR</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >9 <a
href="#x1-100009" id="QQ2-1-10">CHAPTER 9: OF FREE WILL</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >10 <a
href="#x1-1100010" id="QQ2-1-11">CHAPTER 10: OF EFFECTUAL CALLING</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >11 <a
href="#x1-1200011" id="QQ2-1-12">CHAPTER 11: OF JUSTIFICATION</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >12 <a
href="#x1-1300012" id="QQ2-1-13">CHAPTER 12: OF ADOPTION</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >13 <a
href="#x1-1400013" id="QQ2-1-14">CHAPTER 13: OF SANCTIFICATION</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >14 <a
href="#x1-1500014" id="QQ2-1-15">CHAPTER 14: OF SAVING FAITH</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >15 <a
href="#x1-1600015" id="QQ2-1-16">CHAPTER 15: OF REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE AND SALVATION</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >16 <a
href="#x1-1700016" id="QQ2-1-17">CHAPTER 16: OF GOOD WORKS</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >17 <a
href="#x1-1800017" id="QQ2-1-18">CHAPTER 17: OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >18 <a
href="#x1-1900018" id="QQ2-1-19">CHAPTER 18: OF THE ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >19 <a
href="#x1-2000019" id="QQ2-1-20">CHAPTER 19: OF THE LAW OF GOD</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >20 <a
href="#x1-2100020" id="QQ2-1-21">CHAPTER 20: OF THE GOSPEL, AND OF THE EXTENT
OF THE GRACE THEREOF</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >21 <a
href="#x1-2200021" id="QQ2-1-22">CHAPTER 21: OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AND LIBERTY
OF CONSCIENCE</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >22 <a
href="#x1-2300022" id="QQ2-1-23">CHAPTER 22: OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND THE
SABBATH DAY</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >23 <a
href="#x1-2400023" id="QQ2-1-24">CHAPTER 23: OF LAWFUL OATHS AND VOW</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >24 <a
href="#x1-2500024" id="QQ2-1-25">CHAPTER 24: OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >25 <a
href="#x1-2600025" id="QQ2-1-26">CHAPTER 25: OF MARRIAGE</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >26 <a
href="#x1-2700026" id="QQ2-1-27">CHAPTER 26: OF THE CHURCH</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >27 <a
href="#x1-2800027" id="QQ2-1-28">CHAPTER 27: OF THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >28 <a
href="#x1-2900028" id="QQ2-1-29">CHAPTER 28: OF BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >29 <a
href="#x1-3000029" id="QQ2-1-30">CHAPTER 29: OF BAPTISM</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >30 <a
href="#x1-3100030" id="QQ2-1-31">CHAPTER 30: OF THE LORD’S SUPPER</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >31 <a
href="#x1-3200031" id="QQ2-1-32">CHAPTER 31: OF THE STATE OF MAN AFTER DEATH
AND OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD</a></span>
<br /> <span class="chapterToc" >32 <a
href="#x1-3300032" id="QQ2-1-33">CHAPTER 32: OF THE LAST JUDGMENT</a></span>
</div>
<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 1</span><br /><a
id="x1-20001"></a>CHAPTER 1: OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2002x1">The Holy Scripture is the only sufficient, certain, and infallible rule
of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience, 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 inexcusable;
yet are they not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and his will
which is necessary unto salvation. Therefore it pleased the Lord at
sundry times and in divers manners to reveal himself, and to declare
that his will unto his church; and afterward 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;
which maketh the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary, those former
ways of God’s revealing his will unto his people being now ceased.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Isaiah 8:20; Luke 16:29, 31; Ephesians 2:20;
Romans 1:19-21; Romans 2:14,15; Psalms 19:1-3; Hebrews 1:1; Proverbs
22:19-21; Romans 15:4; 2 Peter 1:19,20 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2004x2">Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now
contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments, which are
these:<br
class="newline" />Of the Old Testament:
<ul class="itemize1">
<li class="itemize">Genesis
</li>
<li class="itemize">Exodus
</li>
<li class="itemize">Leviticus
</li>
<li class="itemize">Numbers
</li>
<li class="itemize">Deuteronomy
</li>
<li class="itemize">Joshua
</li>
<li class="itemize">Judges
</li>
<li class="itemize">Ruth
</li>
<li class="itemize">I Samuel
</li>
<li class="itemize">II Samuel
</li>
<li class="itemize">I Kings
</li>
<li class="itemize">II Kings
</li>
<li class="itemize">I Chronicles
</li>
<li class="itemize">II Chronicles
</li>
<li class="itemize">Ezra
</li>
<li class="itemize">Nehemiah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Esther
</li>
<li class="itemize">Job
</li>
<li class="itemize">Psalms
</li>
<li class="itemize">Proverbs
</li>
<li class="itemize">Ecclesiastes
</li>
<li class="itemize">The Song of Solomon
</li>
<li class="itemize">Isaiah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Jeremiah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Lamentations,
</li>
<li class="itemize">Ezekiel
</li>
<li class="itemize">Daniel
</li>
<li class="itemize">Hosea
</li>
<li class="itemize">Joel
</li>
<li class="itemize">Amos
</li>
<li class="itemize">Obadiah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Jonah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Micah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Nahum
</li>
<li class="itemize">Habakkuk
</li>
<li class="itemize">Zephaniah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Haggai
</li>
<li class="itemize">Zechariah
</li>
<li class="itemize">Malachi</li></ul>
<!--l. 70--><p class="noindent" >Of the New Testament:
<ul class="itemize1">
<li class="itemize">Matthew
</li>
<li class="itemize">Mark
</li>
<li class="itemize">Luke
</li>
<li class="itemize">John
</li>
<li class="itemize">The Acts of the Apostles
</li>
<li class="itemize">Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
</li>
<li class="itemize">I Corinthians
</li>
<li class="itemize">II Corinthians
</li>
<li class="itemize">Galatians
</li>
<li class="itemize">Ephesians
</li>
<li class="itemize">Philippians, Colossians
</li>
<li class="itemize">I Thessalonians
</li>
<li class="itemize">II Thessalonians
</li>
<li class="itemize">I Timothy
</li>
<li class="itemize">II Timothy
</li>
<li class="itemize">To Titus
</li>
<li class="itemize">To Philemon
</li>
<li class="itemize">The Epistle to the Hebrews
</li>
<li class="itemize">Epistle of James
</li>
<li class="itemize">The first and second Epistles of Peter
</li>
<li class="itemize">The first, second, and third Epistles of John
</li>
<li class="itemize">The Epistle of Jude
</li>
<li class="itemize">The Revelation</li></ul>
<!--l. 96--><p class="noindent" >All of which are given by the inspiration of God, to be the rule of faith and
life.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Timothy 3:16)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2006x3">The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are
no part of the canon or rule of the Scripture, and, therefore, are of no
authority to the church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved or made
use of than other human writings.<br
class="newline" />( Luke 24:27, 44; Romans 3:2 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2008x4">The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed,
dependeth not upon the testimony of any man or church, but wholly upon
God (who is truth itself), the author thereof; therefore it is to be received
because it is the Word of God.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Peter 1:19-21; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 John 5:9
)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2010x5">We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the church of God to an
high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scriptures; and the heavenliness of the
matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, and 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, and many
other incomparable excellencies, and entire perfections 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.<br
class="newline" />( John 16:13,14; 1 Corinthians 2:10-12; 1 John 2:20, 27)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2012x6">The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his
own glory, man’s salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set
down or necessarily contained in the Holy Scripture: unto which
nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelation of the
Spirit, or traditions of men. 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, 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.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Timothy 3:15-17; Galatians 1:8,9; John 6:45; 1 Corinthians 2:9-12; 1
Corinthians 11:13, 14; 1 Corinthians 14:26,40)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2014x7">All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto
all; yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed and observed
for salvation, are so clearly propounded and opened in some place of
Scripture or other, that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due
use of ordinary means, may attain to a sufficient understanding of
them.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Peter 3:16; Psalms 19:7; Psalms 119:130)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2016x8">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 authentic; so as in all controversies of religion, the church
is finally to appeal to them. But because these original tongues are not
known to all the people of God, who have a right unto, and interest in
the Scriptures, and are commanded in the fear of God to read and
search them, therefore they are to be translated into the vulgar
language of every nation unto which they come, that the Word of God
dwelling plentifully in all, they may worship him in an acceptable
manner, and through patience and comfort of the Scriptures may have
hope.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 3:2; Isaiah 8:20; Acts 15:15; John 5:39; 1 Corinthians 14:6, 9, 11,
12, 24, 28; Colossians 3:16 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2018x9">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 by other
places that speak more clearly.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Peter 1:20, 21; Acts 15:15, 16)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-2020x10">The supreme judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be
determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines
of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we
are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by
the Spirit, into which Scripture so delivered, our faith is finally
resolved.<br
class="newline" />( Matthew 22:29, 31, 32; Ephesians 2:20; Acts 28:23)</li></ol>
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<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 2</span><br /><a
id="x1-30002"></a>CHAPTER 2: OF GOD AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-3002x1">The Lord our God is but one only living and true God; whose
subsistence is in and of himself, infinite in being and perfection;
whose essence cannot be comprehended by any but himself; a most
pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, who only
hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach
unto; who is immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty,
every way infinite, most holy, most wise, most free, most absolute;
working all things according to the counsel of his own immutable and
most righteous will for his own glory; most loving, gracious, merciful,
long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity,
transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek him,
and withal most just and terrible in his judgments, hating all sin, and
who will by no means clear the guilty.<br
class="newline" />( 1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Deuteronomy 6:4; Jeremiah 10:10; Isaiah 48:12;
Exodus 3:14; John 4:24; 1 Timothy 1:17; Deuteronomy 4:15, 16; Malachi
3:6; 1 Kings 8:27; Jeremiah 23:23; Psalms 90:2; Genesis 17:1; Isaiah
6:3; Psalms 115:3; Isaiah 46:10; Proverbs 16:4; Romans 11:36; Exodus
34:6, 7; Hebrews 11:6; Nehemiah 9:32, 33; Psalms 5:5, 6; Exodus 34:7;
Nahum 1:2, 3 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-3004x2">God, having all life, glory, goodness, blessedness, in and of himself, is
alone in and unto himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any
creature which he hath made, nor deriving any glory from them, 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, and he hath most sovereign dominion over all creatures, to
do by them, for them, or upon them, whatsoever himself pleaseth; in
his sight all things are open and manifest, his knowledge is infinite,
infallible, and independent upon the creature, so as nothing is to him
contingent or uncertain; he is most holy in all his counsels, in all his
works, and in all his commands; to him is due from angels and men,
whatsoever worship, service, or obedience, as creatures they owe unto
the Creator, and whatever he is further pleased to require of them.<br
class="newline" />( John 5:26; Psalms 148:13; Psalms 119:68; Job 22:2, 3; Romans
11:34-36; Daniel 4:25, 34, 35; Hebrews 4:13; Ezekiel 11:5; Acts 15:18;
Psalms 145:17; Revelation 5:12-14 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-3006x3">In this divine and infinite Being there are three subsistences, the Father,
the Word or Son, and Holy Spirit, of one substance, power, and eternity,
each having the whole divine essence, yet the essence undivided: the
Father is of none, neither begotten nor proceeding; the Son is eternally
begotten of the Father; the Holy Spirit proceeding from the Father and
the Son; all infinite, without beginning, therefore but one God, who
is not to be divided in nature and being, but distinguished by several
peculiar relative properties and personal relations; which doctrine of
the Trinity is the foundation of all our communion with God, and
comfortable dependence on him.<br
class="newline" />( 1 John 5:7; Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Exodus 3:14; John
14:11; 1 Corinthians 8:6; John 1:14,18; John 15:26; Galatians 4:6 )</li></ol>
<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 3</span><br /><a
id="x1-40003"></a>CHAPTER 3: OF GOD’S DECREE</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-4002x1">God hath decreed in himself, from all eternity, by the most wise
and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably, all things,
whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby is God neither the author
of sin nor hath fellowship with any therein; nor is violence offered to
the will of the creature, nor yet is the liberty or contingency of second
causes taken away, but rather established; in which appears his wisdom
in disposing all things, and power and faithfulness in accomplishing his
decree.<br
class="newline" />( Isaiah 46:10; Ephesians 1:11; Hebrews 6:17; Romans 9:15, 18; James
1:13; 1 John 1:5; Acts 4:27, 28; John 19:11; Numbers 23:19; Ephesians
1:3-5 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-4004x2">Although God knoweth whatsoever may or can come to pass, upon
all supposed conditions, yet hath he not decreed anything, because he
foresaw it as future, or as that which would come to pass upon such
conditions.<br
class="newline" />( Acts 15:18; Romans 9:11, 13, 16, 18 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-4006x3">By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and
angels are predestinated, or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus
Christ, to the praise of his glorious grace; others being left to act in
their sin to their just condemnation, to the praise of his glorious justice.<br
class="newline" />( 1 Timothy 5:21; Matthew 25:34; Ephesians 1:5, 6; Romans 9:22, 23;
Jude 4 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-4008x4">These angels and men thus predestinated and foreordained, are
particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain
and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Timothy 2:19; John 13:18 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-4010x5">Those of mankind that are predestinated to life, God, before the
foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and
immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his
will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free
grace and love, without any other thing in the creature as a condition
or cause moving him thereunto.<br
class="newline" />( Ephesians 1:4, 9, 11; Romans 8:30; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Thessalonians
5:9; Romans 9:13, 16; Ephesians 2:5, 12 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-4012x6">As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so he hath, by the eternal
and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto;
wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by
Christ, are effectually called unto faith in Christ, by his Spirit working
in due season, are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power
through faith unto salvation; neither are any other redeemed by Christ,
or effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but the
elect only.<br
class="newline" />( 1 Peter 1:2; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Thessalonians 5:9, 10; Romans
8:30; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:5; John 10:26; John 17:9; John
6:64 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-4014x7">The doctrine of the high mystery of predestination is to be handled
with special prudence and care, 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;
so shall this doctrine afford matter of praise, reverence, and admiration
of God, and of humility, diligence, and abundant consolation to all that
sincerely obey the gospel.<br
class="newline" />( 1 Thessalonians 1:4, 5; 2 Peter 1:10; Ephesians 1:6; Romans 11:33;
Romans 11:5, 6, 20; Luke 10:20 )</li></ol>
<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 4</span><br /><a
id="x1-50004"></a>CHAPTER 4: OF CREATION</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-5002x1">In the beginning it pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, for the
manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness,
to create or make the world, and all things therein, whether visible or
invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good.<br
class="newline" />( John 1:2, 3; Hebrews 1:2; Job 26:13; Romans 1:20; Colossians 1:16;
Genesis 1:31 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-5004x2">After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and
female, with reasonable and immortal souls, rendering them fit unto
that life to God for which they were created; being made after the
image of God, in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness; having
the law of God written in their hearts, and power to fulfil it, and yet
under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their
own will, which was subject to change.<br
class="newline" />( Genesis 1:27; Genesis 2:7; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Genesis 1:26; Romans
2:14, 15; Genesis 3:6 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-5006x3">Besides the law written in their hearts, they received a command not
to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, which whilst they kept,
they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over
the creatures.<br
class="newline" />( Genesis 2:17; Genesis 1:26, 28 )</li></ol>
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<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 5</span><br /><a
id="x1-60005"></a>CHAPTER 5: OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-6002x1">God the good Creator of all things, in his infinite power and wisdom
doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things, from
the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and holy providence, to
the end for the which they were created, according unto his infallible
foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will; to
the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness,
and mercy.<br
class="newline" />( Hebrews 1:3; Job 38:11; Isaiah 46:10, 11; Psalms 135:6; Matthew
10:29-31; Ephesians 1:11 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-6004x2">Although in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first
cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly; so that there
is not anything befalls any by chance, or without his providence; yet
by the same providence he ordereth them to fall out according to the
nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.<br
class="newline" />( Acts 2:23; Proverbs 16:33; Genesis 8:22)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-6006x3">God, in his ordinary providence maketh use of means, yet is free to
work without, above, and against them at his pleasure.<br
class="newline" />( Acts 27:31, 44; Isaiah 55:10, 11; Hosea 1:7; Romans 4:19-21; Daniel
3:27 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-6008x4">The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of
God, so far manifest themselves in his providence, that his determinate
counsel extendeth itself even to the first fall, and all other sinful actions
both of angels and men; and that not by a bare permission, which also
he most wisely and powerfully boundeth, and otherwise ordereth and
governeth, in a manifold dispensation to his most holy ends; yet so, as
the sinfulness of their acts proceedeth only from the creatures, and not
from God, who, being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be
the author or approver of sin.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 11:32-34; 2 Samuel 24:1, 1 Chronicles 21:1; 2 Kings 19:28;
Psalms 76;10; Genesis 1:20; Isaiah 10:6, 7, 12; Psalms 1:21; 1 John 2:16
)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-6010x5">The most wise, righteous, and gracious God doth oftentimes leave for a
season his own children to manifold temptations and the corruptions 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; 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 other
just and holy ends. So that whatsoever befalls any of his elect is by his
appointment, for his glory, and their good.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Chronicles 32:25, 26, 31; 2 Corinthians 12:7-9; Romans 8:28 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-6012x6">As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as the righteous
judge, for former sin doth blind and harden; from them he not only
withholdeth his grace, whereby they might have been enlightened in
their understanding, and wrought upon their hearts; but sometimes
also withdraweth the gifts which they had, and exposeth them to such
objects as their corruption makes occasion of sin; and withal, gives
them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the
power of Satan, whereby it comes to pass that they harden themselves,
under those means which God useth for the softening of others.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 1:24-26, 28; Romans 11:7, 8; Deuteronomy 29:4; Matthew
13:12; Deuteronomy 2:30; 2 Kings 8:12, 13; Psalms 81:11, 12; 2
Thessalonians 2:10-12; Exodus 8:15, 32; Isaiah 6:9, 10; 1 Peter 2:7, 8 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-6014x7">As the providence of God doth in general reach to all creatures, so after
a more special manner it taketh care of his church, and disposeth of all
things to the good thereof.<br
class="newline" />( 1 Timothy 4:10; Amos 9:8, 9; Isaiah 43:3-5 )</li></ol>
<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 6</span><br /><a
id="x1-70006"></a>CHAPTER 6: OF THE FALL OF MAN, OF SIN, AND OF THE
PUNISHMENT THEREOF</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-7002x1">Although God created man upright and perfect, and gave him a
righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened
death upon the breach thereof, yet he did not long abide in this honour;
Satan using the subtlety of the serpent to subdue Eve, then by her
seducing Adam, who, without any compulsion, did willfully transgress
the law of their creation, and the command given unto them, in eating
the forbidden fruit, which God was pleased, according to his wise and
holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory.<br
class="newline" />( Genesis 2:16, 17; Genesis 3:12,13; 2 Corinthians 11:3 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-7004x2">Our first parents, by this sin, fell from their original righteousness and
communion with God, and we in them whereby death came upon all:
all becoming dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and
parts of soul and body.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 3:23; Romans 5:12, etc; Titus 1:15; Genesis 6:5; Jeremiah
17:9; Romans 3:10-19 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-7006x3">They being the root, and by God’s appointment, standing in the
room and stead of all mankind, the guilt of the sin was imputed, and
corrupted nature conveyed, to all their posterity descending from them
by ordinary generation, being now conceived in sin, and by nature
children of wrath, the servants of sin, the subjects of death, and all
other miseries, spiritual, temporal, and eternal, unless the Lord Jesus
set them free.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 5:12-19; 1 Corinthians 15:21, 22, 45, 49; Psalms 51:5; Job
14:4; Ephesians 2:3; Romans 6:20 Romans 5:12; Hebrews 2:14, 15; 1
Thessalonians 1:10 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-7008x4">From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed,
disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil,
do proceed all actual transgressions.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 8:7; Colossians 1:21; James 1:14, 15; Matthew 15:19 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-7010x5">The corruption of nature, during this life, doth remain in those that are
regenerated; and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified,
yet both itself, and the first motions thereof, are truly and properly sin.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 7:18,23; Ecclesiastes 7:20; 1 John 1:8; Romans 7:23-25;
Galatians 5:17 )</li></ol>
<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 7</span><br /><a
id="x1-80007"></a>CHAPTER 7: OF GOD’S COVENANT</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-8002x1">The distance between God and the creature is so great, that although
reasonable creatures do owe obedience to him as their creator, yet they
could never have attained the reward of life but by some voluntary
condescension on God’s part, which he hath been pleased to express by
way of covenant.<br
class="newline" />( Luke 17:10; Job 35:7,8 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-8004x2">Moreover, man having brought himself under the curse of the law by
his fall, it pleased the Lord to make a 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; and promising to give
unto all those that are ordained unto eternal life, his Holy Spirit, to
make them willing and able to believe.<br
class="newline" />( Genesis 2:17; Galatians 3:10; Romans 3:20, 21; Romans 8:3; Mark
16:15, 16; John 3:16; Ezekiel 36:26, 27; John 6:44, 45; Psalms 110:3 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-8006x3">This covenant is revealed in the gospel; first of all to Adam in the
promise of salvation by the seed of the woman, and afterwards by
farther steps, until the full discovery thereof was completed in the
New Testament; and it is founded in that eternal covenant transaction
that was between the Father and the Son about the redemption of
the elect; and it is alone by the grace of this covenant that all the
posterity of fallen Adam that ever were saved did obtain life and blessed
immortality, man being now utterly incapable of acceptance with God
upon those terms on which Adam stood in his state of innocency.<br
class="newline" />( Genesis 3:15; Hebrews 1:1; 2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:2; Hebrews 11:6,
13; Romans 4:1, 2, &c.; Acts 4:12; John 8:56 )</li></ol>
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<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 8</span><br /><a
id="x1-90008"></a>CHAPTER 8: OF CHRIST THE MEDIATOR</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9002x1">It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord
Jesus, his only begotten Son, according to the covenant made between
them both, to be the mediator between God and man; the prophet,
priest, and king; head and saviour of the church, the heir of all things,
and judge of the world; unto whom he did from all eternity give a people
to be his seed and to be by him in time redeemed, called, justified,
sanctified, and glorified.<br
class="newline" />( Isaiah 42:1; 1 Peter 1:19, 20; Acts 3:22; Hebrews 5:5, 6; Psalms 2:6;
Luke 1:33; Ephesians 1:22, 23; Hebrews 1:2; Acts 17:31; Isaiah 53:10;
John 17:6; Romans 8:30 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9004x2">The Son of God, the second person in the Holy Trinity, being very and
eternal God, the brightness of the Father’s glory, of one substance and
equal with him who made the world, who upholdeth and governeth all
things he hath made, did, when the fullness of time was come, take
upon him man’s nature, with all the essential properties and common
infirmities thereof, yet without sin; being conceived by the Holy Spirit
in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit coming down upon
her: and the power of the Most High overshadowing her; and so was
made of a woman of the tribe of Judah, of the seed of Abraham and
David according to the Scriptures; so that two whole, perfect, and
distinct natures were inseparably joined together in one person, without
conversion, composition, or confusion; which person is very God and
very man, yet one Christ, the only mediator between God and man.<br
class="newline" />( John 1:14; Galatians 4;4; Romans 8:3; Hebrews 2:14, 16, 17; Hebrews
4:15; Matthew 1:22, 23; Luke 1:27, 31, 35; Romans 9:5; 1 Timothy 2:5
)
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9006x3">The Lord Jesus, in his human nature thus united to the divine, in
the person of the Son, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy
Spirit above measure, having in Him all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge; in whom it pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell,
to the end that being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of grace and
truth, he might be throughly furnished to execute the office of mediator
and surety; which office he took not upon himself, but was thereunto
called by his Father; who also put all power and judgement in his hand,
and gave him commandment to execute the same.<br
class="newline" />( Psalms 45:7; Acts 10:38; John 3:34; Colossians 2:3; Colossians 1:19;
Hebrews 7:26; John 1:14; Hebrews 7:22; Hebrews 5:5; John 5:22, 27;
Matthew 28:18; Acts 2:36 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9008x4">This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake, which that he
might discharge he was made under the law, and did perfectly fulfil
it, and underwent the punishment due to us, which we should have
borne and suffered, being made sin and a curse for us; enduring most
grievous sorrows in his soul, and most painful sufferings in his body;
was crucified, and died, and remained in the state of the dead, yet saw
no corruption: on the third day he arose from the dead with the same
body in which he suffered, with which he also ascended into heaven,
and there sitteth at the right hand of his Father making intercession,
and shall return to judge men and angels at the end of the world.<br
class="newline" />( Psalms 40:7, 8; Hebrews 10:5-10; John 10:18; Gal 4:4; Matthew 3:15;
Galatians 3:13; Isaiah 53:6; 1 Peter 3:18; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Matthew
26:37, 38; Luke 22:44; Matthew 27:46; Acts 13:37; 1 Corinthians 15:3,
4; John 20:25, 27; Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9-11; Romans 8:34; Hebrews 9:24;
Acts 10:42; Romans 14:9, 10; Acts 1:11; 2 Peter 2:4 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9010x5">The Lord Jesus, by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which
he through the eternal Spirit once offered up unto God, hath fully
satisfied the justice of God, procured reconciliation, and purchased an
everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, for all those whom
the Father hath given unto Him.<br
class="newline" />( Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 10:14; Romans 3:25, 26; John 17:2; Hebrews
9:15 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9012x6">Although the price of redemption was not actually paid by Christ till
after his incarnation, yet the virtue, efficacy, and benefit thereof were
communicated to the elect in all ages, successively from the beginning
of the world, in and by those promises, types, and sacrifices wherein
he was revealed, and signified to be the seed which should bruise the
serpent’s head; and the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,
being the same yesterday, and to-day and for ever.<br
class="newline" />( 1 Corinthians 4:10; Hebrews 4:2; 1 Peter 1:10, 11; Revelation 13:8;
Hebrews 13:8 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9014x7">Christ, in the work of mediation, acteth according to both natures, by
each nature doing that which is proper to itself; yet by reason of the
unity of the person, that which is proper to one nature is sometimes in
Scripture, attributed to the person denominated by the other nature.<br
class="newline" />( John 3:13; Acts 20:28 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9016x8">To all those for whom Christ hath obtained eternal redemption, he
doth certainly and effectually apply and communicate the same, making
intercession for them; uniting them to himself by his Spirit, revealing
unto them, in and by his Word, the mystery of salvation, persuading
them to believe and obey, governing their hearts by his Word and Spirit,
and 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; and all of free and absolute grace, without
any condition foreseen in them to procure it.<br
class="newline" />( John 6:37; John 10:15, 16; John 17:9; Romans 5:10; John 17:6;
Ephesians 1:9; 1 John 5:20; Romans 8:9, 14; Psalms 110:1; 1 Corinthians
15:25, 26; John 3:8; Ephesians 1:8 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9018x9">This office of mediator between God and man is proper only to Christ,
who is the prophet, priest, and king of the church of God; and may not
be either in whole, or any part thereof, transferred from him to any
other.<br
class="newline" />( 1 Timothy 2:5 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-9020x10">This number and order of offices is necessary; for in respect of our
ignorance, we stand in need of his prophetical office; and in respect of
our alienation from God, and imperfection of the best of our services,
we need his priestly office to reconcile us and present us acceptable unto
God; and in respect to our averseness and utter inability to return to
God, and for our rescue and security from our spiritual adversaries, we
need his kingly office to convince, subdue, draw, uphold, deliver, and
preserve us to his heavenly kingdom.<br
class="newline" />( John 1:18; Colossians 1:21; Galatians 5:17; John 16:8; Psalms 110:3;
Luke 1:74, 75 )</li></ol>
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<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 9</span><br /><a
id="x1-100009"></a>CHAPTER 9: OF FREE WILL</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-10002x1">God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty and power
of acting upon choice, that it is neither forced, nor by any necessity of
nature determined to do good or evil.<br
class="newline" />( Matthew 17:12; James 1:14; Deuteronomy 30:19 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-10004x2">Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do
that which was good and well-pleasing to God, but yet was unstable,
so that he might fall from it.<br
class="newline" />( Ecclesiastes 7:29; Genesis 3:6 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-10006x3">Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to
any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being
altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able by his
own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 5:6; Romans 8:7; Ephesians 2:1, 5; Titus 3:3-5; John 6:44 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-10008x4">When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace,
he freeth him from his natural bondage under sin, and by his grace
alone enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually
good; yet so as that by reason of his remaining corruptions, he doth
not perfectly, nor only will, that which is good, but doth also will that
which is evil.<br
class="newline" />( Colossians 1:13; John 8:36; Philippians 2:13; Romans 7:15, 18, 19, 21,
23 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-10010x5">This will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to good alone
in the state of glory only.<br
class="newline" />( Ephesians 4:13 )</li></ol>
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<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 10</span><br /><a
id="x1-1100010"></a>CHAPTER 10: OF EFFECTUAL CALLING</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-11002x1">Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, he is pleased in his
appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and
Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to
grace and salvation by Jesus Christ; enlightening their minds spiritually
and savingly to understand the things of God; taking away their heart
of stone, and giving unto them a heart of flesh; renewing their wills,
and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good,
and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ; yet so as they come most
freely, being made willing by his grace.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 8:30; Romans 11:7; Ephesians 1:10, 11; 2 Thessalonians 2:13,
14; Ephesians 2:1-6; Acts 26:18; Ephesians 1:17, 18; Ezekiel 36:26;
Deuteronomy 30:6; Ezekiel 36:27; Ephesians 1:19; Psalm 110:3; Song of
Solomon 1:4 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-11004x2">This effectual call is of God’s free and special grace alone, not from
anything at all foreseen in man, nor from any power or agency in
the creature, being wholly passive therein, being dead in sins and
trespasses, until being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit; he is
thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered
and conveyed in it, and that by no less power than that which raised
up Christ from the dead.<br
class="newline" />( 2 Timothy 1:9; Ephesians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 2:5; John
5:25; Ephesians 1:19, 20 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-11005x2">Elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated and saved by Christ
through the Spirit; who worketh when, and where, and how he pleases;
so also are all elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called
by the ministry of the Word.<br
class="newline" />( John 3:3, 5, 6; John 3:8 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-11007x3">Others not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the
Word, and may have some common operations of the Spirit, yet not
being effectually drawn by the Father, they neither will nor can truly
come to Christ, and therefore cannot be saved: much less can men that
receive not the Christian religion be saved; be they never so diligent to
frame their lives according to the light of nature and the law of that
religion they do profess.<br
class="newline" />( Matthew 22:14; Matthew 13:20, 21; Hebrews 6:4, 5; John 6:44, 45,
65; 1 John 2:24, 25; Acts 4:12; John 4:22; John 17:3 )</li></ol>
<h2 class="chapterHead"><span class="titlemark">Chapter 11</span><br /><a
id="x1-1200011"></a>CHAPTER 11: OF JUSTIFICATION</h2>
<ol class="enumerate1" >
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-12002x1">Those whom God effectually calleth, he also freely justifieth, not by
infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by
accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for anything
wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ’s sake alone; not
by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical
obedience to them, as their righteousness; but by imputing Christ’s
active obedience unto the whole law, and passive obedience in his death
for their whole and sole righteousness by faith, which faith they have
not of themselves; it is the gift of God.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 3:24; Romans 8:30; Romans 4:5-8; Ephesians 1:7; 1
Corinthians 1:30, 31; Romans 5:17-19; Philippians 3:8, 9; Ephesians
2:8-10; John 1:12; Romans 5:17 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-12004x2">Faith thus receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness, is
the alone instrument of justification; yet it is not alone in the person
justified, but is ever accompanied with all other saving graces, and is
no dead faith, but worketh by love.<br
class="newline" />( Romans 3:28; Galatians 5:6; James 2:17, 22, 26 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-12006x3">Christ, by his obedience and death, did fully discharge the debt of all
those that are justified; and did, by the sacrifice of himself in the blood
of his cross, undergoing in their stead the penalty due unto them, make
a proper, real, and full satisfaction to God’s justice in their behalf; yet,
inasmuch as he was given by the Father for them, and his obedience and
satisfaction accepted in their stead, and both freely, not for anything
in them, their justification is only of free grace, that both the exact
justice and rich grace of God might be glorified in the justification of
sinners.<br
class="newline" />( Hebrews 10:14; 1 Peter 1:18, 19; Isaiah 53:5, 6; Romans 8:32; 2
Corinthians 5:21; Romans 3:26; Ephesians 1:6,7; Ephesians 2:7 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-12008x4">God did from all eternity decree to justify all the elect, and Christ
did in the fullness of time die for their sins, and rise again for their
justification; nevertheless, they are not justified personally, until the
Holy Spirit doth in time due actually apply Christ unto them.<br
class="newline" />( Galatians 3:8; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Timothy 2:6; Romans 4:25; Colossians
1:21,22; Titus 3:4-7 )
</li>
<li
class="enumerate" id="x1-12010x5">God doth continue to forgive the sins of those that are justified, and
although they can never fall from the state of justification, yet they