Paragraph 16.1
Chapter 16: Of Good Works
Good works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy word, and not such as without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal, or upon any pretence of good intention.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 16.1
No change, but in spelling and punctuation.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 16.1
Good works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy word, and not such as without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal, or upon any pretence of good intention.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 16.1
Good Works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy Word, and not such as, without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blinde zeal, or upon any pretence of good intention.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 16.1
Good works are only such as God hath commanded in his holy word, and not such as without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal, or upon any pretence of good intention.
Commentaries (2)
David Dickson, 1684, Truths Victory over Error
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 16.1, which this paragraph revises
Are Good Works onely such, as GOD hath commanded in his holy Word, and not such as without the warrant thereof, are devised by men, out of blind zeal, upon any pretence of good…
David Dickson’s text
John Macpherson, 1881, The Westminster Confession of Faith, with Introduction and Notes
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 16.1, which this paragraph revises
The rule of obedience is God’s own Word. That which is done because required of God can alone be regarded by Him as a good work. Thus in this section we have the first exclusion…
John Macpherson’s text