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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.
Q. 14. How doth God execute his Decrees?
A. God executeth his decrees in the works of Creation and Providence; according to his infallible foreknowledge and the free and immutable counsel of his own willz.
A. God executeth his decrees in the works of Creation and Providence; according to his infallible foreknowledg and the free and immutable counsel of his own willz.
Q. 15. What is the work of Creation?
A. The work of Creation, is that wherein God did, in the beginning, by the word of his power, make of nothing, the world and all things therein, for himself, within the space of six days, and all very good