1689 20.1
1689 London Baptist Confession
20.1. Of the Gospel, and of the Extent of the Grace Thereof
The Covenant of Works being broken by Sin, and made unprofitable unto Life; God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the Seed of the Woman, as the means of calling the Elect, and begetting in them Faith and Repentance; in this Promise, the Gospel, as to the substance of it, was revealed, and therein Effectual, for the Conversion and Salvation of Sinners.
Proof texts
- Genesis 3:15 — [15] I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
- Revelation 13:8 — [8] and all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.
For discussion
- The Assembly cited Genesis 3:15 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
- 2 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
- SD 20.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- SD 20.2 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?