Question 23
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Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
God having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life,a did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.b
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
Commentary
- Benjamin Beddome, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism (1752), on this question
Related texts
- The Baptist Catechism (modernized, 1695) Q. 23
- Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 30
- Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 20
Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism
Cite this
The Baptist Catechism (1695) Q. 23, symbolics.dev/bc1695/23
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