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Westminster Confession of Faith
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Of the Holy Scripture
Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of …
Of the Holy Scripture
The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed and obeyed, dependeth not upon the …
Of the Holy Scripture
All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all: yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed, and observed for …
Of the Holy Scripture
The infallible rule of interpretation of Scripture is the Scripture itself: and therefore, when there is a question about the true and full sense of any Scripture (which …
Of the Holy Scripture
… by the testimony of the Church to a high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scripture. And the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty …
Of the Holy Scripture
… and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto writing: which maketh the Holy Scripture to be most necessary; those former ways of God’s revealing His will unto …
Of the Holy Scripture
… and in whose sentence we are to rest; can be no other but the Holy Spirit speaking in the Scripture.
Of the Holy Scripture
The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church …
Of the Holy Scripture
The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for His own glory, man’s salvation, faith, and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good …
Of the Holy Scripture
… to all the people of God, who have right unto, and interest in the Scriptures, and are commanded, in the fear of God, to read and search them, therefore …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
… of Satan, under any visible representation, or any other way not prescribed in the holy Scripture.
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
… He hath particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto Him: which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, …
Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
The bodies of men, after death, return to dust and see corruption: but their souls (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God …
Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
The reading of the Scriptures with godly fear, the sound preaching and conscionable hearing of the Word, in obedience …