A34242:379
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. Assurance of grace & salvation not being of the essence of faithr, true believers may wait long before they obtain its, and after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertionst: yet are they never left with out such a presence & support of the ⟨p. 106⟩Spirit of God, as keeps them from sinking into utter despairu.
A. Assurance of grace & salvation not being of the essence of faithr, true believers may wait long before they obtain its, and after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakned and intermitted through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertionst: yet are they never left with out such a presence & support of the ⟨p. 106⟩Spirit of God, as keeps them from sinking into utter despairu.
- rEph. 1.131.
- sIsa. 50.10 Psal. 88. throughout.
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