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Second London Baptist Confession of Faith · Chapter 16

Of Good Works

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2. These good Works, done in Obedience to God’s Commandments, are the Fruits and Evidences of a true and lively Faith; and by them Believers manifest theira Thankfulness, strengthen theirb Assurance, edifie theirc Brethren, adorn the Profession of the Gospel, stop the Mouths of the Adversaries, and glorified God, whose Workmanship they are, created in Christ Jesuse thereunto, that having their Fruit unto Holiness, they may have the endf Eternal Life.g

Proofs

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

  1. aJames 2:18, 22
  2. bPsalm 116:12–13
  3. c1 John 2:3, 5; 2 Peter 1:5–11
  4. dMatthew 5:16
  5. e1 Timothy 6:1; 1 Peter 2:15; Philippians 1:11
  6. fEphesians 2:10
  7. gRomans 6:22

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