Chapter 20: Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship. So that to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commandments out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience; and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also.
Changes from Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 20.2
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, if in matters of faith or worship. So that to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commandments out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience; and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also.
God alone is Lord of the Conscience, and hath left it free from the Doctrines and Commandements of men, which are, in any thing contrary to his Word; or beside it, if matters of Faith, or Worship. So that, to beleeve such Doctrines, or to obey such Commands, out of Conscience, is to betray true Liberty of Conscience: and the requiring of an implicite Faith, and an absolute and blinde obedience, is, to destroy Liberty of Conscience, and Reason also.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 20.2
God alone is Lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship. So that to believe such doctrines, or to obey such commandments out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience; and the requiring of an implicit faith, and an absolute and blind obedience, is to destroy liberty of conscience, and reason also.
Is GOD alone Lord of the Conscience, and hath left it free from the Doctrines, and Commandments of men, which are in any thing contrary to to his Word, or beside it, in matters of…
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