IAR 4.9

Irish Articles of Religion

4.9. Of the Fall of Man, Original Sin, and the State of Man before Justification

Works done before the grace of Christ and the inspiration of his Spirit are not pleasing unto God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ, neither do they make men meet to receive grace, or (as the School Authors say) deserve grace of congruity: yea, rather, for that they are not done in such sort as God hath willed and commanded them to be done, we doubt not but they are sinful.

For discussion

  1. WCF 6.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  2. SC60 2.2 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 6.1 · SC60 2.2 · SHC 2.3 · SHC 2.4