Chapter 20: Of the Gospel, and of the Extent of the Grace thereof
The Covenant of Works being broken by Sin, and made unprofitable unto Life, God was pleased to give forth the Promise of Christ, the Seed of the Woman, as the Means of calling the Elect, and begetting in them Faith and Repentance; in this Promise, thea Gospel, as to the Substance of it, was revealed, and therein effectual, for the Conversion and Salvation of Sinners.b
a. Genesis 3:15
Genesis 3:15
3:15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."
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b. Revelation 13:8
Revelation 13:8
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
13:8 And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast-all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
The Covenant of Works being broken by Sin, and made unprofitable unto Life, God was pleased to give forth the Promise of Christ, the Seed of the Woman, as the Means of calling the Elect, and begetting in them Faith and Repentance; in this Promise, the Gospel, as to the Substance of it, was revealed, and therein effectual, for the Conversion and Salvation of Sinners.
The Covenant of Works being broken by Sin, and made unprofitable unto Life, God was pleased to give forth the Promise of Christ, the Seed of the Woman, as the Means of calling the Elect, and begetting in them Faith and Repentance; in this Promise, the Gospel, as to the substance of it, was revealed, and therein effectual, for the Conversion and Salvation of Sinners.
Philadelphia Confession of Faith (1742), Paragraph 20.1
The Covenant of Works being broken by Sin, and made unprofitable unto Life, God was pleased to give forth the Promise of Christ, the Seed of the Woman, as the Means of calling the Elect, and begetting in them Faith and Repentance; in this Promise, the Gospel, as to the Substance of it, was revealed, and therein effectual, for the Conversion and Salvation of Sinners.
