Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order · Chapter 18
Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
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3. This infallible Assurance doth not so belong to the essence of Faith, but that a true believer may wait long, and conflict with many difficulties before he be partaker of it; yet being inabled by the Spirit to know the things which are freely given him of God, he may without extraordinary revelation in the right use of ordinary means attain thereunto: And therefore it is the duty of every one to give all diligence to make his calling and election sure, that thereby his heart may be inlarged in peace and joy in the holy Ghost, in love and thankfulness to God, and in strength and chearfulness in the duties of obedience, the proper fruits of this assurance; so far is it from inclining men to loosness.
Related texts
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (modernized, 1658) 18.3
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 18.3
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 18.3
- Westminster Confession of Faith (1646) 18.3
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