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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.
Although the light of Nature, and the works of Creation and Providence, do so far manifest the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, as to leave men ⟨p. 4⟩unexcusablea; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and of his Will, which is necessary un•o salvationb. Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times, and in divers manners, to reveal himself, and to declare that his Will unto his Churchc; and afterwards for the better preserving, and propagating of the Truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the Church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan and of the World; to commit the same wholly unto writingd; which makes the holy Scripture to be most necessarye; those former ways of Gods revealing his will unto his People, being now ceasedf.
ALthough the light of Nature, and the works of Creation and Providence, do so far manifest the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God, as to leave men ⟨p. 4⟩unexcusablea; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God and of his Will, which is necessary un•o salvationb. Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times, and in divers manners, to reveal himself, and to declare that his Will unto his Churchc