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Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 20

Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience

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1. The Liberty which Christ hath purchased for Beleevers, under the Gospel, consists, in their freedome from the guilt of sin, the condemning Wrath of God, the Curse of the Moral Law;a and, in their being delivered from this present evil World, bondage to Satan, and Dominion of sin;b from the evil of afflictions, the sting of death, the victory of the grave, and everlasting damnation;c as also, in their free accesse to God,d and their yeelding obedience unto him, not out of slavish fear, but a Childe-like love and willing minde.e All which, were common also to Beleevers under the Law.f But, under the New Testament, the liberty of Christians is further inlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of the Ceremonial Law, to which the Jewish Church was subjected;g and in greater boldnesse of accesse to the Throne of Grace,h and in fuller communications of the free Spirit of God, than Beleevers, under the Law, did ordinarily partake of.i

Proofs

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

  1. aTitus 2:14; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; Galatians 3:13
  2. bGalatians 1:4; Colossians 1:13; Acts 26:18; Romans 6:14
  3. cRomans 8:28; Psalm 119:71; 1 Corinthians 15:54–57; Romans 8:1
  4. dRomans 5:1–2
  5. eRomans 8:14–15; 1 John 4:18
  6. fGalatians 3:9; Galatians 3:14
  7. gGalatians 4:1–3; Galatians 4:6–7; Galatians 5:1; Acts 15:10–11
  8. hHebrews 4:14; Hebrews 4:16; Hebrews 10:19–22
  9. iJohn 7:38–39; 2 Corinthians 3:13; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 3:18

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