The Westminster Confession
A Commentary
195 in stock
Weight | 1.58 lbs |
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Dimensions | 8.8 × 5.75 × 1.2 in |
ISBN | 9780851518282 |
Binding | Cloth-bound |
Topic | Catechisms/Confessions, General Theology |
Original Pub Date | 1869 |
Banner Pub Date | Jun 1, 1958 |
Page Count | 432 |
Scripture | Whole Bible |
Format | Book |
ENDORSEMENT
‘Sound theology, clear thinking and helpful exposItion, with a fresh and direct style.’ — IRISH EVANGELICAL
Book Description
In this commentary A.A. Hodge, son and successor of Charles Hodge at Princeton Theological Seminary, analyses the chapters and sections of the Confession, gives proofs and illustrations of its teaching, and helps the learner and teacher by adding a series of questions to each chapter. The result is a fine handbook of Christian doctrine explaining all the leading doctrines of Scripture in simple language.
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INTRODUCTION | ||
CHAPTER I-A SHORT HISTORY ·OF CREEDS AND CONFESSIONS | ||
THE Scriptures the only Standard of faith and practice… | 1 | |
CHAPTER II-SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION AND CATECHISMS | ||
THE usual mode in which the Protestant Confessions were produced… | 14 | |
COMMENTARY ON THE CONFESSION OF FAITH | ||
CHAPTER I-OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE | ||
SECTION I teaches-(l) The light of nature sufficient to leave men without excuse… | 25 | |
CHAPTER II-OF GOD AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(l) There is but one living and true God | 46 | |
CHAPTER III-OF GOD’S ETERNAL DECREE | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(l) God has from eternity followed an unchangeable plan in all his works… | 63 | |
CHAPTER IV-OF CREATION | ||
SECTION I teaches-I(1) Neither the elementary substance nor the form of the universe nor of any of its parts is self-existent or eternal… | 80 | |
CHAPTER V-OF PROVIDENCE | ||
SECTION I teaches-(1) God continues to uphold all his creatures in being, and… | 91 | |
CHAPTER VI-OF THE FALL OF MAN, OF SIN, AND OF THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF | ||
SECTION I teaches-(l) Our first parents being created holy, and endowed with sufficient knowledge, sinned… | 105 | |
CHAPTER VII-OF GOD’S COVENANT WITH MAN | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(1) Every creature is under an essential and unlimited debt to its Creator… | 120 | |
CHAPTER VIII-OF CHRIST THE MEDIATOR | ||
SECTION I teaches-(1) The covenanted Head of the Church is the God-man… | 133 | |
CHAPTER IX-OF FREE WILL | ||
SECTION I teaches that man is endowed with a rational and moral power of self-determination | 159 | |
CHAPTER X-OF EFFECTUAL CALLING | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(1) That there is an internal as well as an external call necessary to save men… | 168 | |
CHAPTER XI-OF JUSTIFICATION | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(1) All those and only those effectually called are justified… | 179 | |
CHAPTER XII-OF ADOPTION | ||
THE relation of regeneration, faith, justification, sanctification, and adoption The elements and consequences of adoption… | 191 | |
CHAPTER XIII-OF SANCTIFICATION | ||
THIS chapter teaches- (1) The gracious principle implanted in regeneration is gradually developed in sanctification… | 194 | |
CHAPTER XIV-OF SAVING FAITH | ||
SAVING faith defined SECTION I teaches-(1) That saving faith is the work of the Holy Ghost… | 202 | |
CHAPTER XV-OF REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(1) True repentance rests on (a) sense of guilt and pollution, (b) apprehension of mercy in Christ… | 210 | |
CHAPTER XVI-OF GOOD WORKS | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(l) Every work in order to be good (a) must be commanded ; (b) must spring from a good motive… | 220 | |
CHAPTER XVII-OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS | ||
THIS Chapter teaches-(l) The true believer can never finally fall away… | 232 | |
CHAPTER XVIII-OF ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND SALVATION | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(l) There is a false assurance which disappoints… | 238 | |
CHAPTER XIX-OF THE LAW OF GOD | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach- (1) Man was created a moral agent, subject to a moral law of absolute perfection… | 248 | |
CHAPTER XX-OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE | ||
SECTION I teaches-(1) Christian liberty is common to all believers in all ages, and includes… | 260 | |
CHAPTER XXI-OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND THE SABBATH-DAY | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(1) The obligation of worship is a dictate of nature… | 270 | |
CHAPTER XXII-OF LAWFUL OATHS AND VOWS | ||
SRCTIONS I, II, III, AND IV teach-(1) The nature of a lawful oath… | 286 | |
CHAPTER XXIII-OF THE CIVIL MAGISTRATE | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(l) Civil government originates, not with the people, but with God: this proved… | 293 | |
CHAPTER XXIV-OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE | ||
SECTIONS I, II, AN]) III teach-(l) Marriage is a divine institution, and a religious as well as a civil contract… | 301 | |
CHAPTER XXV-OF THE CHURCH | ||
SECTIONS I, II, AND III teach-(l) The scriptural doctrine as to the invisible catholic Church… | 310 | |
CHAPTER XXVI-OF COMMUNION OF SAINTS | ||
THIS chapter teaches-(1) Of the union of Christ and his people… | 321 | |
CHAPTER XXVII-OF THE SACRAMENTS | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach -(1) A sacrament is an ordinance instituted by Christ… | 327 | |
SECTIONS I, II, AND III teach-(l) Baptism is a New Testament sacrament… | 338 | |
CHAPTER XXIX-OF THE LORD’S SUPPER | ||
SECTION I teaches-(1) Of the time and the person by whom this ordinance was instituted… | 355 | |
CHAPTER XXX-OF CHURCH CENSURES | ||
SECTION I teaches-(l) Christ has appointed a government for the Church… | 366 | |
CHAPTER XXXI-OF SYNODS AND COUNCILS | ||
SECTION I teaches of synods and councils, and the right of church officers to call them… | 373 | |
CHAPTER XXXII-OF THE STATE OF MEN AFTER DEATH, AND OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD | ||
SECTION I teaches-(l) Man consists of soul and body… | 380 | |
CHAPTER XXXIII-OF THE LAST JUDGMENT | ||
SECTIONS I AND II teach-(l) God has appointed a day of general judgment… | 389 | |
APPENDIX | ||
I What is Presbyterianism? | 399 | |
II What is meant by Adopting the Westminster Confession? | 420 | |
III On the Passages of the Confession concerning the Magistrate’s Power as to Religion and the Church | 427 | |
INDEX TO THE COMMENTARY | 431 |
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