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Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) · Chapter 17

Of Perseverance of the Saints

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2. This perseverance of the Saints depends not upon their own free will; but upon the immutability of the decree of Election flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christa and Union with him, theb oath of God, the abiding of his Spirit & thec seed of God within them, and the nature of thed Covenant of Grace from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof.e

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

  1. aRomans 8:30; 9:11, 16
  2. bRomans 5:9–10; John 14:19
  3. cHebrews 6:17–18
  4. d1 John 3:9
  5. eJeremiah 32:40

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