Second London Baptist Confession of Faith · Chapter 20
Of the Gospel, and of the extent of the Grace thereof
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3. The Revelation of the Gospel unto Sinners, made in divers times, and by sundry parts, with the addition of Promises, and Precepts, for the Obedience required therein, as to the Nations, and Persons, to whom it is granted, is meerly of the Soveraign Will and good Pleasure of God; not being annexed by vertue of any Promise, to the due improvement of Men’s natural Abilities, by vertue of common light received, without it; which none ever dida make, or can so do: and therefore in all Ages the Preaching of the Gospel hath been granted unto Persons and Nations, as to the extent, or streightning of it, in great variety, according to the Counsel of the Will of God.b
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Related texts
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689) 20.3
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 20.3
- Philadelphia Confession of Faith (1742) 20.3
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 20.3
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