4:2; Luke 8:18 382. Web Page by unknown. The 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith was written by Calvinistic, Particular Baptists in England who desired an official statement for their beliefs. Ps. 1:1 252. Zech. 1:11, 2. Gen. 1:28 415. which makes the constant preaching of repentance necessary. May 30 Of God's Decree Brian Malcolm. have access to the throne of grace with boldness, are enabled to cry Abba, Father. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which was good and well-pleasing to God,175 but yet was unstable, so that he might fall from it.176, 3. 1:24-26, 28, 11:7-8 100. The revelation of the gospel to sinners, made in divers times and by sundry parts, with the addition of promises and precepts for the obedience required therein, as to the nations and persons to whom it is granted, is merely of the sovereign will and good pleasure of God; not being annexed by virtue of any promise to the due improvement of men's natural abilities, by virtue of common light received without it, which none ever made, or can do so; and therefore in all ages, the preaching of the gospel has been granted unto persons and nations, as to the extent or straitening of it, in great variety, according to the counsel of the will of God. 9:13, 7. 2 Tim. As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God's appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, he has particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto him. 1:18-19; Isa. John 17:17; Eph. 1:4 350. James 4:12; Rom. as it bears forth the glory of God in his attributes, the excellency of Christ in his nature and offices, and the power and fullness of the Holy Spirit in his workings and operations: and so is enabled to cast his soul upon the truth consequently believed; and also acts differently upon that which each particular passage thereof contains; yielding obedience to the commands. 24:1; 1 Chron. Titus 1:15; Gen. 6:5; Jer. and the several lusts of it are more and more weakened and mortified. In cases of difficulties or differences, either in point of doctrine or administration, wherein either the churches in general are concerned, or any one church, in their peace, union, and edification; or any member or members of any church are injured, in or by any proceedings in censures not agreeable to truth and order: it is according to the mind of Christ, that many churches holding communion together, do, by their messengers, meet to consider, and give their advice in or about that matter in difference, to be reported to all the churches concerned; howbeit these messengers assembled, are not intrusted with any church-power properly so called; or with any jurisdiction over the churches themselves, to exercise any censures either over any churches or persons; or to impose their determination on the churches or officers. Heb. 18:17-18; 1 Cor. Eph. The most wise, righteous, and gracious God does often times leave for a season His own children to manifold temptations and the corruptions of their own hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of corruption and deceitfulness of their hearts, that they may be humbled; and to raise them to a more close and constant dependence for their support upon Himself; and to make them more watchful against all future occasions of sin, and for other just and holy ends. Christ, in the work of mediation, acts according to both natures, by each nature doing that which is proper to itself; yet by reason of the unity of the person, that which is proper to one nature is sometimes in Scripture, attributed to the person denominated by the other nature.164, 8. Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, He is pleased in His appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call,184 by His Word and Spirit, out of that state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ;185 enlightening their minds spiritually and savingly to understand the things of God;186 taking away their heart of stone, and giving to them a heart of flesh;187 renewing their wills, and by His almighty power determining them to that which is good, and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ;188 yet so as they come most freely, being made willing by His grace.189, 184. and by His grace alone enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually good; yet so as that by reason of his remaining corruptions, he does not perfectly, nor only will, that which is good, but does also will that which is evil. Although temporary believers and other unregenerate men, may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favor of God and in a state of salvation, which hope of theirs shall perish; yet such as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love him in sincerity, endeavouring to walk in all good conscience before him, may in this life be certainly assured that they are in the state of grace, and may rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3:18 151. Good works are only such as God has commanded in his Holy Word,264 and not such as without the warrant thereof are devised by men out of blind zeal, or upon any pretense of good intentions.265, 264. 28:19 369. 4:6 278. 2:10-12 104. Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments, which are these:OF THE OLD TESTAMENT:GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaudgesRuthI SamuelII SamuelI KingsII KingsI ChroniclesII ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesThe Song of SolomenIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiOF THE NEW TESTAMENT: Ezek. Religious worship is to be given to God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and to him alone; not to angels, saints, or any other creatures; and since the fall, not without a mediator. John 1:14, 18 51. Elect infants dying in infancy are regenerated and saved by Christ through the Spirit; who works when, and where, and how He pleases; so also are all elect persons, who are incapable of being outwardly called by the ministry of the Word. Matt. 14:4 360. Web Page by Color coded. The Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 has its roots firmly in the Westminster Confession of Faith of 1647. 8:15, 32; Isa. To each of these churches therefore gathered, according to his mind declared in his word, he has given all that power and authority, which is in any way needful for their carrying on that order in worship and discipline, which he has instituted for them to observe; with commands and rules for the due and right exerting, and executing of that power.434, 434. 1:19-20. Gal. 1:18-32, 4. They who are united to Christ, effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them through the virtue of Christ's death and resurrection, are also farther sanctified, really and personally,228 through the same virtue, by his Word and Spirit dwelling in them;229 the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed,230 and the several lusts of it are more and more weakened and mortified,231 and they more and more quickened and strengthened in all saving graces,232 to the practice of all true holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.233, 228. John 6:37, 10:15-16, 17:9; Rom. God, in his ordinary providence makes use of means,89 yet is free to work without,90 above,91 and against them92 at His pleasure. Ps. Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this ordinance, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually receive, and feed upon Christ crucified, and all the benefits of his death; the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally, but spiritually present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are to their outward senses.477, 8. 12:1-13, 1. The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption; but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them. 15:9; Isa. 1. whereby a person, being by the Holy Spirit made sensible of the manifold evils of his sin, does, by faith in Christ, humble himself for it with godly sorrow, detestation of it, and self-abhorrancy. John 15:4-5 274. God, the supreme Lord and King of all the world, has ordained civil magistrates to be under him, over the people, for his own glory and the public good; and to this end has armed them with the power of the sword, for defence and encouragement of them that do good, and for the punishment of evil doers.407, 2. 336. 13:8, 7. Genesis 17:1 31. Used by permission. God alone is Lord of the conscience,359 and has left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or not contained in it.360 So that to believe such doctrines, or obey such commands out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience;361 and the requiring of an implicit faith, an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience and reason also.362, 359. Amos 5:21-22; Rom. but even to common sense and reason, overthrows the nature of the ordinance, and has been, and is, the cause of manifold superstitions, yea, of gross idolatries. 27:46 153. 2-3 425. 2:1-2, 1. Rom. 36:27; Eph. diligence, and abundant consolation to all that sincerely obey the gospel. In the execution of this power wherewith he is so intrusted, the Lord Jesus calls out of the world unto himself, through the ministry of his word, by his Spirit, those that are given unto him by his Father,429 that they may walk before him in all the ways of obedience, which he prescribes to them in his word.430 Those thus called, he commands to walk together in particular societies, or churches, for their mutual edification, and the due performance of that public worship, which he requires of them in the world.431, 429. 1:12 246. 15:21-22, 45, 49 112. The members of these churches are saints by calling, visibly manifesting and evidencing (in and by their profession and walking) their obedience unto that call of Christ;432 and do willingly consent to walk together, according to the appointment of Christ; giving up themselves to the Lord, and one to another, by the will of God, in professed subjection to the ordinances of the Gospel.433, 432. The Lord Jesus, in His human nature thus united to the divine, in the person of the Son, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit above measure. This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from anything at all foreseen in man, nor from any power or agency in the creature,190 being wholly passive therein, being dead in sins and trespasses, until being quickened and renewed by the Holy Spirit;191 he is thereby enabled to answer this call, and to embrace the grace offered and conveyed in it, and that by no less power than that which raised up Christ from the dead.192, 190. Gal. 12:14; Matt. Although it be incumbent on the bishops or pastors of the churches, to be instant in preaching the word, by way of office, yet the work of preaching the word is not so peculiarly confined to them but that others also gifted and fitted by the Holy Spirit for it, and approved and called by the church, may and ought to perform it.444, 12. Rom. For a discussion of how robust a confession of faith should be, see B.H. 3:5; Phil. yet he is still the same, and they shall be sure to be kept by the power of God unto salvation, where they shall enjoy their purchased possession, they being engraved upon the palm of his hands, and their names having been written in the book of life from all eternity. Neither are the aforementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the Gospel, but do sweetly comply with it,337 the Spirit of Christ subduing and enabling the will of man to do that freely and cheerfully which the will of God, revealed in the law, requires to be done.338, 1. founded on the blood and righteousness of Christ revealed in the Gospel; and also upon the inward evidence of those graces of the Spirit unto which promises are made. Those whom God hath predestinated unto life, He is pleased in His appointed, and accepted time, effectually to call. The sabbath is then kept holy unto the Lord, when men, after a due preparing of their hearts, and ordering their common affairs aforehand, do not only observe a holy rest all day, from their own works, words and thoughts, about their worldly employment and recreations. II Corinthians All persons throughout the world, professing the faith of the gospel, and obedience unto God by Christ according unto it, not destroying their own profession by any errors everting the foundation, or unholiness of conversation, are and may be called visible saints; and of such ought all particular congregations to be constituted. Jun 1 Of the Holy Scriptures Brian Malcolm. God the good Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures and things,83 from the greatest even to the least,84 by His most wise and holy providence, to the end for the which they were created, according unto His infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of His own will; to the praise of the glory of His wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness, and mercy.85, 83. for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power. Matt. Rom. Isa. 25:46; Mark 9:48; 2 Thess. All saints that are united to Jesus Christ, their head, by his Spirit, and faith, although they are not made thereby one person with him, have fellowship in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory; and, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each others gifts and graces. Matt. stop the mouths of the adversaries, and glory God. 1 Tim. Rom. 8:30, 9:11, 16 292. 11:34-36 43. 110:3; Luke 1:74-75, 1. Heb. And forasmuch, as that Confession is not now commonly to be had; and also that many others have since embraced the same truth which is owned therein; it was judged necessary by us to joyn together in giving a testimony to the world; of our firm adhering to those wholesome Principles, by the publication of this which is now in your hand. Whereas there is none that does good and does not sin. Heb. 15:3-4 155. II Timothy "We regard the London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689 (excepting the assertions regarding the salvation of the mentally incompetent [10:3]) and the identity of the antichrist [26:4] and the Canons of Dortrecht (excluding Article 17 of the first head of doctrine) as excellent, though not inspired, expressions of the teaching of the Word of God. 1 Cor. 3:13 349. Heb. 16:1-2; Acts 20:7; Rev. The end of God's appointing this day, is for the manifestation of the glory of his mercy, in the eternal salvation of the elect; and of his justice, in the eternal damnation of the reprobate, who are wicked and disobedient; for then shall the righteous go into everlasting life, and receive that fulness of joy and glory with everlasting rewards, in the presence of the Lord; but the wicked, who do not know God, and do not obey the gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast aside into everlasting torments. yet they may, by their sins, fall under God’s fatherly displeasure; and in that condition they usually do not have the light of his countenance restored to them, until they humble themselves, beg pardon, and renew their faith and repentance. 4:6; Eph. 3:31 226. Matt. In which war, although the remaining corruption for a time may much prevail,237 yet, through the continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, the regenerate part does overcome;238 and so the saints grow in grace, perfecting holiness in the fear of God, pressing after an heavenly life, in evangelical obedience to all the commands which Christ as Head and King, in his Word has prescribed to them.239, 237. 1:10, 8. The way appointed by Christ for the calling of any person, fitted and gifted by the Holy Spirit, unto the office of bishop or elder in a church, is, that he be chosen thereunto by the common suffrage of the church itself;436 and solemnly set apart by fasting and prayer, with imposition of hands of the eldership of the church, if there be any before constituted therein;437 and of a deacon that he be chosen by the like suffrage, and set apart by prayer, and the like imposition of hands.438, 436. The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonour; the bodies of the just, by his Spirit, unto honour, and be made conformable to his own glorious body.487, 487. and power to fulfill it, and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject to change. not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous; not for anything wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ's sake alone; not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing, or any other evangelical obedience to them, as their righteousness; but by imputing Christ's active obedience unto the whole law, and passive obedience in his death for their whole and sole righteousness by faith. 5:12-19; 1 Cor. Christ, in the work of mediation, acts according to both natures, by each nature doing that which is proper to itself; yet by reason of the unity of the person, that which is proper to one nature is sometimes in Scripture, attributed to the person denominated by the other nature. It was a Calvinistic confession that differed with the other Calvinistis confessions over believers baptism and the Lord’s Supper. A vow, which is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone, is to be made and performed with all religious care and faithfulness; but popish monastical vows of perpetual single life. London Baptist Confession of 1646. Matt. Rom. So that whatsoever befalls any of His elect is by His appointment, for His glory, and their good. 2 Thess. the servants of sin, the subjects of death. 2 Sam. Deut. Ps. Rom. Rom. which hope shall never make them ashamed. Rom. John 1:18 172. Matt. Eph. The moral law does for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof. Exod. Although in relation to the foreknowledge and decree of God, the first cause, all things come to pass immutably and infallibly;86 so that there is not anything befalls any by chance, or without His providence;87 yet by the same providence He ordered them to fall out according to the nature of second causes, either necessarily, freely, or contingently.88, 86. Christ, by his obedience and death, did fully discharge the debt of all those who are justified; and did, by the sacrifice of himself in the blood of his cross, undergoing in their stead the penalty due to them, make a proper, real, and full satisfaction to God’s justice in their behalf; yet, in as much as he was given by the Father for them, and his obedience and satisfaction accepted in their stead, and both freely, not for anything in them. May not the grosse ignorance, and instability of many; with the prophaneness of others, be justly charged upon their Parents and Masters; who have not trained them up in the way wherein they ought to walk when they were young? Man, by his fall into a state of sin, has wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation;177 so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin,178 is not able by his own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.179, 177. yet shall they renew their repentance and be preserved through faith in Christ Jesus to the end. Heb. Phil. 2 Cor. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the church of God to an high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scriptures; and the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, and the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole (which is to give all glory to God), the full discovery it makes of the only way of man's salvation, and many other incomparable excellencies, and entire perfections thereof, are arguments whereby it doth abundantly evidence itself to be the Word of God; yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth, and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts.8, 8. THE BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH OF 1689 WITH SCRIPTURE PROOFS. John 1:14 145. Chapter 2 - God and the Holy Trinity. 2:13 182. The light of nature shows that there is a God, who has lordship and sovereignty over all; is just, good and does good to all; and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served, with all the heart and all the soul, and with all the might. Acts 2:23 87. Those thus called, he commands to walk together in particular societies, or churches, for their mutual edification, and the due performance of that public worship, which he requires of them in the world. Gal. Such of the elect that are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers pleasures, God in their effectual calling gives them repentance to life.255, 2. and did perfectly fulfill it, and underwent the punishment due to us, which we should have born and suffered. 6:9-10; 1 Pet. 1 John 4:13; Heb. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil,116 do proceed all actual transgressions.117, 116. most loving, gracious, merciful, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin; the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. God gave to Adam a law of universal obedience written in his heart, and a particular precept of not eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; by which he bound him and all his posterity to personal, entire, exact, and perpetual obedience; promised life upon the fulfilling, and threatened death upon the breach of it, and endued him with power and ability to keep it. Although God knoweth whatsoever may or can come to pass, upon all supposed conditions. All those that are justified, God conferred, in and for the sake of his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption,216 by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God,217 have his name put on them,218 receive the spirit of adoption,219 have access to the throne of grace with boldness, are enabled to cry Abba, Father,220 are pitied,221 protected,222 provided for,223 and chastened by him as by a Father,224 yet never cast off,225 but sealed to the day of redemption,226 and inherit the promises as heirs of everlasting salvation.227, 216. Heb. John 15:14 247. 1 Cor. A Summary of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith 1. 2:5, 3. 58:13; Neh. that they may walk before him in all the ways of obedience, which he prescribes to them in his word. 1 Cor. 12:14 301. 3. Nehemiah 9:32-33 36. Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of positive and sovereign institution, appointed by the Lord Jesus, the only lawgiver, to be continued in his church to the end of the world. Ps. 2 Cor. 1:6; 2 Tim. Proverbs 22:19-21; Romans 15:4; 2 Peter 1:19-20, 2. In the beginning it pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,73 for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power,74 wisdom, and goodness, to create or make the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good.75, 73. All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all;12 yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed and observed for salvation, are so clearly propounded and opened in some place of Scripture or other, that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due use of ordinary means, may attain to a sufficient understanding of them.13, 12. Gen. 3:6, 3. Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times and in divers manners to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church; and afterward 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 writing; which maketh the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary, those former ways of God's revealing his will unto his people being now ceased. John 1:12; Rom. Chapter 2. Ps. 29:4 101. Rom. 469. 5:7 223. 2:8 388. 1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; Deuteronomy 6:4 23. Neither prayer nor any other part of religious worship, is now under the gospel, tied unto, or made more acceptable by any place in which it is performed, or towards which it is directed; but God is to be worshipped everywhere in spirit and in truth; so more solemnly in the public assemblies, which are not carelessly nor wilfully to be neglected or forsaken, when God by his word or providence calls thereunto. This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election. 30:6; Ezek. 1 Cor. Gal. 43:2, 6. 1 Cor. and yet their neglect of them is more sinful and displeasing to God. 2:1, 5 179. without any other thing in the creature as a condition or cause moving Him thereunto. 6:6 391. 5:9 63. The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in His providence, that His determinate counsel extends itself even to the first fall, and all other sinful actions both of angels and men;93 and that not by a bare permission, which also He most wisely and powerfully binds, and otherwise orders and governs,94 in a manifold dispensation to His most holy ends;95 yet so, as the sinfulness of their acts proceeds only from the creatures, and not from God, who, being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin.96, 93. 16:1-2; 3 John 8-10, 15. And though they may, through the temptation of Satan and of the world, the prevalency of corruption remaining in them, and the neglect of means of their preservation, fall into grievous sins, and for a time continue therein,296 whereby they incur God's displeasure and grieve his Holy Spirit,297 come to have their graces and comforts impaired,298 have their hearts hardened, and their consciences wounded,299 hurt and scandalize others, and bring temporal judgments upon themselves,300 yet shall they renew their repentance and be preserved through faith in Christ Jesus to the end.301, 296. 4:4, 6, 1. Rom. 2:8-10 202. The outward elements in this ordinance, duly set apart to the use ordained by Christ, have such relation to him crucified, as that truly, although in terms used figuratively, they are sometimes called by the names of the things they represent, in other words, the body and blood of Christ. Isa. 14:26; 1 Pet. Exodus 3:14 25. 2 Sam. which God was pleased, according to His wise and holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it to His own glory. yet, through the continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, the regenerate part does overcome; and so the saints grow in grace, perfecting holiness in the fear of God, pressing after an heavenly life, in evangelical obedience to all the commands which Christ as Head and King, in his Word has prescribed to them. 13:8 163. 2:13 65. 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