WCF 16.1
Good works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy Word, 1 and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men out of blind zeal, or upon any pretense of good intention. 2
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Confession Library / Westminster Confession of Faith
On Good Works
7 paragraphs
WCF 16.2
These good works, done in obedience to God’s commandments, are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively faith; 1 and by them believers manifest their thankfulness, 2 strengthen their assurance, 3 edify their brethren, 4 adorn the profession of the gospel, 5 stop the mouths o…
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WCF 16.3
Their ability to do good works is not at all of themselves, but wholly from the Spirit of Christ. 1 And that they may be enabled thereunto, besides the graces they have already received, there is required an actual influence of the same Holy Spirit to work in them to will and to…
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WCF 16.4
They who in their obedience attain to the greatest height which is possible in this life, are so far from being able to supererogate and to do more than God requires, as that they fall short of much which in duty they are bound to do. 1
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WCF 16.5
We cannot, by our best works, merit pardon of sin, or eternal life at the hand of God, by reason of the great disproportion that is between them and the glory to come, and the infinite distance that is between us and God, whom by them we can neither profit nor satisfy for the deb…
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WCF 16.6
Yet notwithstanding, the persons of believers being accepted through Christ, their good works also are accepted in him, 1 not as though they were in this life wholly unblamable and unreprovable in God’s sight; 2 but that he, looking upon them in his Son, is pleased to accept and…
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WCF 16.7
Works done by unregenerate men, although for the matter of them they may be things which God commands, and of good use both to themselves and others; 1 yet because they proceed not from a heart purified by faith, 2 nor are done in a right manner, according to the Word, 3 nor to a…
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