Paragraph 8.1

Of the Westminster Confession of Faith (1646)

It pleased God, in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Son, to be the Mediator between God and Man;⁠1 the Prophet,⁠2 Priest,⁠3 and King,⁠4 the Head, and Saviour of his Church,⁠5 the Heir of all things,⁠6 and Judge of the World:⁠7 Unto whom He did from all eternity give a People, to be his Seed,⁠8 and to be by him in time Redeemed, Called, Justified, Sanctified, and Glorified.⁠9

The 1689 Baptist Confession

8.1

It pleased God, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only begotten Son, according to the Covenant made between them both, to be the Mediator between God and Man; the⁠1 Prophet,⁠2 Priest, and⁠3 King; Head and Saviour of his Church, the Heir of all things, and Judge of the World: Unto whom he did from all eternity⁠4 give a People to be his Seed, and to be by him in time redeemed, called, justified, sanctified, and glorified.⁠5