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Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 5

Of Providence

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6. As for those wicked and ungodly men whom God, as a righteous judge, for former sinnes doth blinde and harden,a from them he not onely withholdeth his grace, whereby they might have been inlightened in their understandings, and wrought upon in their hearts;b but, sometimes also withdraweth the gifts which they had,c and exposeth them to such objects as their corruption makes occasions of sin;d and withall, gives them over to their own lusts, the temptations of the world, and the power of Satan:e whereby it comes to passe that they harden themselves, even under those meanes, which God useth for the softning of others.f

Proofs

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

  1. aRomans 1:24; Romans 1:26; Romans 1:28; Romans 11:7–8
  2. bDeuteronomy 29:4
  3. cMatthew 13:12; Matthew 25:29
  4. dDeuteronomy 2:30; 2 Kings 8:12–13
  5. ePsalm 81:11–12; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12
  6. fExodus 7:3; Exodus 8:15; Exodus 8:32; 2 Corinthians 2:15–16; Isaiah 8:14; 1 Peter 2:7–8; Isaiah 6:9–10; Acts 28:26–27

Commentary

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