Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 18
Of the assurance of Grace and Salvation
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4. True beleevers may have the assurance of their salvation divers wayes shaken, diminished, and intermitted; as, by negligence in preserving of it, by falling into some speciall sin, which woundeth the conscience, and grieveth the spirit; by, some sudden, or vehement temptation, by Gods withdrawing the light of his countenance, and suffering even such as fear him to walk in darknesse and to have no light:a yet are they never utterly destitute of that seed of God, and life of faith, that love of Christ and the brethren, that sincerity of heart, and conscience of duty, out of which, by the operation of the Spirit, this Assurance may, in due time, be revived;b & by the which, in the mean time, they are supported from utter despair.c
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
- aSong of Solomon 5:2–3; Song of Solomon 5:6; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 51:12; Psalm 51:14; Ephesians 4:30–31; Psalm 77:1–10; Matthew 26:69–72; Psalm 31:22; Psalm 88; Isaiah 50:10
- b1 John 3:9; Luke 22:32; Job 13:15; Psalm 73:15; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 51:12; Isaiah 50:10
- cMicah 7:7–9; Jeremiah 32:40; Isaiah 54:7–10; Psalm 22:1; Psalm 88
Commentary
- David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 18.1, 18.2, 18.3, 18.4
Related texts
- Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 18.4
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 18.4
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 18.4
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 18.4
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