Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 1
Of the Holy Scripture
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5. We may be moved and induced by the Testimony of the Church to an high and reverent esteeme of the holy Scripture:a And the heavenlinesse of the Matter, the efficacy of the Doctrine, the majesty of the Style, the consent of all the Parts, the Scope of the whole (which is, to give all glory to God,) the full discovery it makes of the only way of mans salvation, the many other incomparable Excellencies, and the intire perfection thereof, are Arguments whereby it doth abundantly evidence it self to be the Word of God: yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth, and Divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witnesse by and with the Word, in our hearts.b
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
Commentary
- David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10
Related texts
- Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 1.5
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 1.5
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 1.5
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 1.5
Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689 · Westminster and the 1689
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