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WCF
Westminster Confession of Faith
17
Of Free Will
The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to do good alone, in the …
Of Free Will
God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither forced, nor by any absolute …
Of Free Will
Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which was good, and well pleasing …
Of Free Will
… by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation: so as, a natural man, being altogether averse …
Of Free Will
When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, He freeth him from his natural bondage under sin; and, by His grace alone, enables him …
Of the Perseverance of the Saints
This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free …
Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the Gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, and condemning wrath of God, the curse of the …
Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
… body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense, eternal, incomprehensible, almighty, most wise, most holy, most free, most absolute, working all things according to the counsel of His own immutable and …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
… His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen, in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and …
Of God’s Eternal Decree
… hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath He, by the eternal and most free purpose of His will, fore-ordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they who are elected, …
WLC
Westminster Larger Catechism
12
How is justification an act of God's free grace?
… justification but faith, which also is his gift, their justification is to them of free grace.
What are the decrees of God?
God's decrees are the wise, free, and holy acts of the counsel of his will, whereby, from all eternity, he …
How doth God execute his decrees?
… in the works of creation and providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will.
What is effectual calling?
… calling is the work of God's almighty power and grace, whereby (out of his free and special love to his elect, and from nothing in them moving him thereunto …
What is justification?
Justification is an act of God's free grace unto sinners, in which he pardoneth all their sins, accepteth and accounteth their …
What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of the free grace of God, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, whereby all those …
Wherein do justification and sanctification differ?
… former, sin is pardoned; in the other, it is subdued: the one doth equally free all believers from the revenging wrath of God, and that perfectly in this life, …
Death, being the wages of sin, why are not the righteous delivered from death, seeing all their sins are forgiven in Christ?
… it; so that, although they die, yet it is out of God's love, to free them perfectly from sin and misery, and to make them capable of further communion …
How is the sabbath or the Lord's day to be sanctified?
… to dispose and seasonably dispatch our worldly business, that we may be the more free and fit for the duties of that day.
What are the sins forbidden in the ninth commandment?
… God; aggravating smaller faults; hiding, excusing, or extenuating of sins, when called to a free confession; unnecessary discovering of infirmities; raising false rumors, receiving and countenancing evil reports, and …
WSC
Westminster Shorter Catechism
4
What is justification?
Justification is an act of God's free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his …
What is adoption?
Adoption is an act of God's free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all …
What is sanctification?
Sanctification is the work of God's free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, …
What do we pray for in the fourth petition?
… which is, Give us this day our daily bread, we pray that of God's free gift we may receive a competent portion of the good things of this life, …
BCO
Book of Church Order (PCA)
3
Preliminary Principles
… the plan: 1. God alone is Lord of the conscience and has left it free from any doctrines or commandments of men (a) which are in any respect contrary …
20-6
… good hopes from our knowledge of your labors that your ministrations in the Gospel will be profitable to our spiritual interests, do earnestly call you to undertake the pastoral …
25-8
… of the Church may receive monies or properties from a local church only by free and voluntary action of the latter.