Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Westminster Assembly and Synod of New York and Philadelphia · PDF
Chapter 3: Of God’s Eternal Decree
The rest of mankind, God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or with-holdeth mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
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Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 3.7
The rest of mankind, God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or with-holdeth mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 3.7
The rest of man-kinde God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsell of his own Will, whereby he extendeth, or with-holdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his Soveraign Power over his creatures, to passe by; and, to ordain them to dishonour and wrath, for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
Westminster Confession of Faith (American revision, 1788), Paragraph 3.7
The rest of mankind, God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or with-holdeth mercy as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by, and to ordain them to dishonour and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 3.7, which this paragraph revises
Did God from all eternity, by the most holy, and wise Counsel of his Will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass? Yes. Is the Decree of Predestination, (namely…
On Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 3.7, which this paragraph revises
The subject of this paragraph is a peculiarly solemn one, and the Westminster divines have expressed themselves in regard to it with admirable caution and moderation. The doctrine…
