Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 3

Of Gods Eternall Decree

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1. God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy Counsell of his own Will, freely, and unchangeably ordaine whatsoever comes to passe:^a yet so as thereby neither is God the Author of sin,^b nor is violence offered to the will of the Creatures, nor is the Liberty or contingencie of second Causes taken away, but rather established.^c

Proofs

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

aEphesians 1:11; Romans 11:33; Hebrews 6:17; Romans 9:15; Romans 9:18
bJames 1:13; James 1:17; 1 John 1:5
cActs 2:23; Matthew 17:12; Acts 4:27–28; Job 19:11; Proverbs 16:33

Commentary

David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8

Related texts

Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 3.1
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 3.1
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 3.1
Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 3.1

Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689 · Westminster and the 1689

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