Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 4

Of Creation

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1. It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,^a for the manifestation of the glory of his eternall power, wisedome, and goodnesse,^b in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the World, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six daies; and all very good.^c

Proofs

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

aHebrews 1:2; John 1:2–3; Genesis 1:2; Job 26:13; Job 33:4
bRomans 1:20; Jeremiah 10:12; Psalm 104:24; Psalm 33:5–6
cGenesis 1; Hebrews 11:3; Colossians 1:16; Acts 17:24

Commentary

David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 4.1, 4.2

Related texts

Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 4.1
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 4.1
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 4.1
Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 4.1

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