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An Exposition of the Confession of Faith of the Westminister Assembly of Divines
An Exposition of the Confession of Faith of the Westminister Assembly of Divines Author:Robert Shaw General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1847 Original Publisher: Presbyterian board of publication Subjects: Westminster Assembly/ (1643-1652) Religion / Christianity / Catechisms Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christianity / Presbyterian Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the... more » original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: In concluding this chapter, we would impress upon the reader, that the gospel is " a doctrine according to godliness." " The grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men; teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world." Nothing but the most deplorable ignorance, or the most determined enmity against the truth, could ever have led men to set the gospel and morality in opposition to each other, or to allege that the doctrine of grace tends to licentiousness. Such men know not what they say, nor whereof they affirm. It is by inculcating morality upon gospel principles that we establish it upon the . firmest basis. " Do we make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." Though good works are excluded from having any meritorious influence in the matter of salvation, yet, as we have seen, they are of indispensable necessity, and serve many valuable purposes. Let it, therefore, be the study of all who " name the name of Christ" to be " fruitful in good works," that so they may silence the adversaries of the truth, recommend religion to all within the sphere of their influence, glorify their Father who is in heaven, and promote their own comfort and happiness. CHAPTER XVII. OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS. Section I. -- They whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectua...« less