Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 9

Of Free-will

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3. Man by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of Will to any spirituall good accompanying salvation:^a so as, a naturall man, being altogether averse from that good,^b and dead in sin,^c is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.^d

Proofs

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

aRomans 5:6; Romans 8:7; John 15:5
bRomans 3:10; Romans 3:12
cEphesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5; Colossians 2:13
dJohn 6:44; John 6:65; Ephesians 2:2–5; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Titus 3:3–5

Commentary

David Dickson, Truths Victory over Error (1684), on 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5

Related texts

Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 9.3
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing, 1677) 9.3
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 9.3
Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658) 9.3

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