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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
THE CONFESSION OF FAITH First agreed upon by the Assembly of Divine… › Chapter 9: Of Free Will.
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.
CHAP. IX. Of Free Will.
GOD hath endued the Will of Man with that natural liberty that is neither forced, nor by any absolute necessity of Nature determined to do good or evila.
GOD hath indued the Will of Man with that natural liberty that is neither forced, nor by any absolute necessity of Nature determined to do good or evila.
- aMat. 17.12 Jam. 1.14. D••t. 30.15
II. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power, to will, and to do, that which was good, & well-pleasing to Godb; but yet, mutably, ⟨p. 27⟩