IAR 5.13

Irish Articles of Religion

5.13. Of Sanctification and Good Works

Albeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after justification, can not make satisfaction for our sins and endure the surety of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing to God, and accepted of him in Christ, and do spring from a true and lively faith, which by them is to be discerned, as a tree by the fruit.

For discussion

  1. WCF 10.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  2. SC60 5.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 10.1 · SC60 5.1 · SC60 5.2 · SC60 5.3 · SC60 5.4 · SHC 5.1 · SHC 5.2 · SHC 5.3