Confession Library / Westminster Confession of Faith
8 paragraphs
It pleased God, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only-begotten Son, to be the Mediator between God and man, 1 the Prophet, 2 Priest, 3 and King; 4 the Head and Saviour of his Church, 5 the Heir of all things, 6 and Judge of the world; 7 unto whom h…
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The Son of God, the second person in the Trinity, being very and eternal God, of one substance, and equal with the Father, did, when the fulness of time was come, take upon him man’s nature, 1 with all the essential properties and common infirmities thereof, yet without sin: 2 be…
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The Lord Jesus, in his human nature thus united to the divine, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit above measure; 1 having in him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, 2 in whom it pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell; 3 to the end that, being holy,…
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This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake, 1 which, that he might discharge, he was made under the law, 2 and did perfectly fulfill it; 3 endured most grievous torments immediately in his soul, 4 and most painful sufferings in his body; 5 was crucified, and died; 6…
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The Lord Jesus, by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which he through the eternal Spirit once offered up unto God, hath fully satisfied the justice of his Father, 1 and purchased not only reconciliation, but an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, for a…
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Although the work of redemption was not actually wrought by Christ till after his incarnation, yet the virtue, efficacy, and benefits thereof were communicated unto the elect, in all ages successively from the beginning of the world, in and by those promises, types, and sacrifice…
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Christ, in the work of mediation, acteth according to both natures; by each nature doing that which is proper to itself; 1 yet, by reason of the unity of the person, that which is proper to one nature is sometimes, in Scripture, attributed to the person denominated by the other n…
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To all those for whom Christ hath purchased redemption he doth certainly and effectually apply and communicate the same; 1 making intercession for them, 2 and revealing unto them, in and by the Word, the mysteries of salvation; 3 effectually persuading them by his Spirit to belie…
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