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ENDORSEMENT<\/h2>\n

‘This edition of the Confession of Faith is what our forefathers would have called a Vade Mecum\u2014literally a \u201cGo with me\u201d\u2014a book small enough to take anywhere, but substantial enough to be useful everywhere.’ — SINCLAIR B. FERGUSON<\/p>\n

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Agreed upon by the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, with the assistance of commissioners from The Church of Scotland, as part of the Covenanted Uniformity in religion betwixt the churches of Christ in the Kingdoms of Scotland, England, and Ireland.<\/p>\n

This edition contains the Westminster Confession of Faith as approved by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1647. It also includes Chapters 20, 23, 31, as altered, amended, and adopted as the Doctrinal Part of the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church in American, 1788. Additional footnotes have been inserted at Chapters 22.111, 24.IV, and 25.VI, to indicate other places where the Confession has been altered in the editions adopted by the OPC and the PCA.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nThe Contents of the Chapters in the Confession of Faith<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nOf the Holy Scripture<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nOf God, and of the Holy Trinity<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nOf God\u2019s Eternal Decree<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nOf Creation<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nOf Providence<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nOf the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nOf God\u2019s Covenant with Man<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nOf Christ the Mediator<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nOf Free-Will<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nOf Effectual Calling<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nOf Justification<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nOf Adoption<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nOf Sanctification<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nOf Saving Faith<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nOf Repentance unto Life<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nOf Good Works<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nOf the Perseverance of the Saints<\/td>\n72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nOf the Assurance of Grace and Salvation<\/td>\n74<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nOf the Law of God<\/td>\n78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nOf Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nOf Religious Worship, and the Sabbath Day<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nOf Lawful Oaths and Vows<\/td>\n97<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nOf the Civil Magistrate<\/td>\n101<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nOf Marriage and Divorce<\/td>\n108<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nOf the Church<\/td>\n111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nOf Communion of Saints<\/td>\n114<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nOf the Sacraments<\/td>\n116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nOf Baptism<\/td>\n118<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nOf the Lord\u2019s Supper<\/td>\n121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nOf Church Censures<\/td>\n126<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nOf Synods and Councils<\/td>\n128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nOf the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead<\/td>\n133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nOf the Last Judgment<\/td>\n135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

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