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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
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.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
A. The Scriptures manifest themselves to be the Word of God, by their Majestyg, and purityh; by the consent of all the partsi, & the scope of the whole, which is to give all glory t• God kby their light and power to convince and convert sinners, to comfort and build up believers unto salvationl: But the Spirit of God bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in the heart of man, is alone able fully to persuade it, that they are the very word of Godm.
A. The Scriptures manifest themselves to be the Word of God, by their Majestyg, and purityh; by the consent of all the partsi, & the scope of the whole, which is to give al glory t• God kby their light and power to convince and convert sinners, to comfort and build up believers unto salvationl: But the Spirit of God bearing witness by and with the Scriptures in the heart of man, is alone able fully to perswade it, that they are the very word of Godm.
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