1689 9.5

9.5. Of Free Will

The Will of Man is made perfectly, and immutably free to good alone, in the state of Glory only.

Proof texts

• Ephesians 4:13 — [13] until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Ephesians 4:13 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. WCF 9.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
3. WCF 9.2 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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