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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism

Name: The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
Author: Westminster Assembly

The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.

Westminster Assembly 1643–1652Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671

116 [i.e. 196], 55 p. · 46k words · Wing C5769 · ESTC R27273

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THE CONFESSION OF FAITH First agreed upon by the Assembly of Divine… › Chapter 31: Of Synods and Councils.

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II. As Magistrates may lawfully call a Synod of Ministers, and other fit persons, to consult and advise with, about matters of Religion^b: So, if Magistrates be open Enemies to the Church, the Ministers of Christ, of themselves, by virtue of their Office; or they, with other fit persons, upon delegation from their Churches, may meet together in such assemblies^c.

II. As Magistrates may lawfully call a Synod of Ministers, and other fit persons, to consult and advise with, about matters of Religion^b: So, if Magistrates be open Enemies to the Church, the Ministers of Christ, of themselves, by vertue of their Office; or they, with other fit persons, upon delegation from their Churches, may meet together in such assemblies^c.

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III. It belongeth to Synods and Councils, Ministerially to determine Controversies of Faith, and cases of Conscience, to set down rules and Directions for the better ordering of the public worship o God, and Government of his Church: to receive complaints in cases of malice, administration: and authoritatively, to determine the same; which Decrees and Determinations, if consonant to the word of God, are to be received with reverence, and submission: not only for their agreement with the word, but also for the power whereby they are made as being an Ordinance of God appointed thereunto in his Word

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Westminster Assembly 1643–1652

Place

Edinbourg

Printer

George Swinton and Thomas Brown

Year

1671

Size

116 [i.e. 196], 55 p.

Words

46,092

Catalogue

Wing C5769 · ESTC R27273

Text

EEBO-TCP A34242

Passages

1,049

Sections

Title page

The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism

CHAP. XXXII· Of the state of men after death, and of the Resurrection of the dead.

CHAP. XXXIII. Of the last judgment.

The LARGER CATECHISM, First agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. And now appointed by the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, to be a part of Uniformity in Religion, between the Kirks of Christ, in the three Kingdoms.

The LARGER CATECHISM, First agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. And now appointed by the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, to be a part of Uniformi•y in Religion, between the Kirks of Christ, in the three Kingdomes.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

CHAP. XXXII· Of the state of men after death, and of the Resurrection of the dead.

CHAP. XXXIII. Of the last judgment.

The LARGER CATECHISM, First agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. And now appointed by the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, to be a part of Uniformity in Religion, between the Kirks of Christ, in the three Kingdoms.

The LARGER CATECHISM, First agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster. And now appointed by the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, to be a part of Uniformi•y in Religion, between the Kirks of Christ, in the three Kingdomes.