IAR 3.6
Irish Articles of Religion
3.6. Of God's Eternal Decree and Predestination
The godlike consideration of predestination and our election in Christ is full of sweet, pleasant, and unspeakable comfort to godly persons, and such as feel in themselves the working of the spirit of Christ, mortifying the works of the flesh and their earthly members, and drawing up their minds to high and heavenly things: as well because it doth greatly confirm and establish their faith of eternal salvation, to be enjoyed through Christ, as because it doth fervently kindle their love towards God; and, on the contrary side, for curious and carnal persons lacking the spirit of Christ to have continually before their eyes the sentence of God's predestination is very dangerous.
For discussion
- WCF 3.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
- SC60 4.3 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?