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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism

Name: The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
Author: Westminster Assembly

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.

Westminster Assembly 1643–1652Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671

116 [i.e. 196], 55 p. · 46k words · Wing C5769 · ESTC R27273

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The practical use of Saving Knowledge, Contained in Scripture, and… › 1. For convincing a man of sin by the Law: consider, Jer. 17.9, 10.The practical use of Saving Knowledge, Contained in Scripture, and… › 1. For convincing a man of sin by the Law: consider, Ier. 17.9, 10.

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Hence let every man reason thus:

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What God and my guilty conscience beareth witness of, I am convinced that it is true.

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But God and my guilty conscience beareth witness, that my heart is deceitful above all things▪ and desperately wicked; and that all •he imaginations of my heart, by nature, are only evil continually.

But God and my guilty conscience beareth witness, that my heart is deceitful above all •hings▪ and desperately wicked; and that all •he imaginations of my heart, by nature, are only evil continually.

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Therefore I am convinced that this is true.

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• For convincing a man of righteousness by the Law, consider, Gal. 3.10.