Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 3
Of Gods Eternall Decree
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7. The rest of man-kinde God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsell of his own Will, whereby he extendeth, or with-holdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his Soveraign Power over his creatures, to passe by; and, to ordain them to dishonour and wrath, for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.a
Proofs
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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) 3.7
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 3.7
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