confession

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

2LCF · 1689 · 32 chapters, 160 paragraphs

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By: Elders and brethren of the Particular Baptist churches in London and the country
Dates: first published 1677; adopted by the General Assembly of the Particular Baptist churches, 1689
Tradition: baptist, reformed
Also called: 1689 Confession; Second London Confession; London Baptist Confession of Faith
Related: Another printing of Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677); The same text as Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689); Adapted by Philadelphia Confession of Faith (1742); Revises Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658); Revises Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)
Follows: A Confession of Faith. Put forth by the Elders and Brethren of many Congregations of Christians (baptized upon Profession of their Faith) in London and the Country, the fifth edition, 1720 (London) · the scan (PDF) , from Google Drive
Transcribed: From a source not recordedChecked against the scan: the preface and the General Assembly’s recommendation (`prose/preface`, `prose/recommendation`), word by word, by Claude, for cco3, 2026-10-29Checked against a copy at archive.org: Spurgeon’s prefatory notes (`prose/spurgeon`), word by word, by Claude, for cco3, 2026-10-29
License: Public domain
Notes: First printed in 1677, and owned by the General Assembly of 1689. The text has been corrected against this scan (“Correct lbcf1689 from fifth edition”); the corrections are in its commit history. The scan is Google’s, of the copy at Google Books; archive.org has the fourth edition (1719) but not this one. Its front matter is in prose/: the General Assembly’s recommendation of 1689 with its thirty-seven names (prose/recommendation; the churches and counties some modern lists give beside the names are not in this printing), and the preface “To the Judicious and Impartial Reader” (prose/preface), both as this printing has them, made from phila1742’s, which follows it closely, and read against the scan word by word. The first printing, with its preface as printed in 1677 and its appendix on baptism, is lbcf1677. prose/spurgeon is not this printing’s: it is C. H. Spurgeon’s two prefatory notes to his reprint of the confession for the church at New Park Street (London, 1855), one to the household of faith, the other to his church. No scan of the 1855 printing has been found, so they follow his Autobiography, volume 2 (Chicago: Revell, 1899), pages 160–161, which quotes them in full (archive.org); they are kept here as the best-known commendation of this confession, which SVRBC’s baptistconfession.org printed with it. No public-domain transcription of the 1688 printing is known (EEBO-TCP has none).
Spelling: As printed; modernized in lbcf1689-modernized
Side by side: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689 Westminster and the 1689 The 1689 and its first printing, 1677 The 1689 and the Philadelphia Confession
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Prefaces and appendices

1
Of The Holy Scriptures
1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10
2
Of God and of the Holy Trinity
2.1 2.2 2.3
3
Of God’s Decree
3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7
4
Of Creation
4.1 4.2 4.3
5
Of Divine Providence
5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7
6
Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5
7
Of God’s Covenant
7.1 7.2 7.3
8
Of Christ the Mediator
8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10
9
Of Free Will
9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5
10
Of Effectual Calling
10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4
11
Of Justification
11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6
12
Of Adoption
12.1
13
Of Sanctification
13.1 13.2 13.3
14
Of Saving Faith
14.1 14.2 14.3
15
Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation
15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5
16
Of Good Works
16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7
17
Of Perseverance of the Saints
17.1 17.2 17.3
18
Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4
19
Of the Law of God
19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 19.6 19.7
20
Of the Gospel, and of the extent of the Grace thereof
20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4
21
Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
21.1 21.2 21.3
22
Of Religious Worship, and the Sabbath-Day
22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 22.7 22.8
23
Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5
24
Of the Civil Magistrate
24.1 24.2 24.3
25
Of Marriage
25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4
26
Of the Church
26.1 26.2 26.3 26.4 26.5 26.6 26.7 26.8 26.9 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 26.15
27
Of the Communion of Saints
27.1 27.2
28
Of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper
28.1 28.2
29
Of Baptism
29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4
30
Of the Lord’s Supper
30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 30.7 30.8
31
Of the state of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
31.1 31.2 31.3
32
Of the Last Judgment
32.1 32.2 32.3

Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

Prefaces and appendices

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