Confession Chapter 23: Of the Civil Magistrate
Westminster Confession
June 18, 2008
1. God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, to be, under him, over the people, for his own
1. God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, to be, under him, over the people, for his own
1. A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth,
1. The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all, is good, and doth good unto all,
1. The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of
1. God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which he bound him and all his posterity to personal, entire, exact,
1. Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favor of God, and
1. They, whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called, and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the
1. Good works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy Word, and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by
1. Repentance unto life is an evangelical grace, the doctrine whereof is to be preached by every minister of the gospel, as well as that
1. The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of
1. God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates, to be, under him, over the people, for his own
1. A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein, upon just occasion, the person swearing solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth,
1. The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all, is good, and doth good unto all,
1. The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of
1. God gave to Adam a law, as a covenant of works, by which he bound him and all his posterity to personal, entire, exact,
1. Although hypocrites and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favor of God, and
1. They, whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called, and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the
1. Good works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy Word, and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by
1. Repentance unto life is an evangelical grace, the doctrine whereof is to be preached by every minister of the gospel, as well as that
1. The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of
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