Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 11

Of Justification

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4. God did, from all eternity, decree to justifie all the elect,^a and Christ did, in the fullnesse of time, die for their sins, and rise again for their justification:^b neverthelesse, they are not justified, untill the holy Spirit doth, in due time, actually apply Christ unto them.^c

Proofs

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

aGalatians 3:8; 1 Peter 1:2; 1 Peter 1:19–20; Romans 8:30
bGalatians 4:4; 1 Timothy 2:6; Romans 4:25
cColossians 1:21–22; Galatians 2:16; Titus 3:4–7

Commentary

David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6

Related texts

Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 11.4
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 11.4
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 11.4
Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 11.4

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