THE WESTMINSTER

CONFESSION OF FAITH.

With Introduction and Notes

BY

THE REV. JOHN MACPHERSON, M.A.,

FINDHORN.

EDINBURGH:

T. & T. CLARK, 38 GEORGE STREET.

1881.

CHAP.

INTRODUCTION.

I. THE PLACE AND PURPOSE OF CONFESSIONS OF FAITH,
II. THE EARLIER CONFESSIONS OF THE SCOTTISH CHURCH,
III. THE WESTMINSTER CONFESSION,

THE CONFESSION OF FAITH.

I. OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURE,

II. OF GOD, AND OF THE HOLY TRINITY,

III. OF GOD'S ETERNAL DECREE,

IV. OF CREATION,

V. OF PROVIDENCE,

VI. OF THE FALL OF MAN, OF SIN, AND OF THE PUNISHMENT THEREOF,
VII. OF GOD'S COVENANT WITH MAN,

XX. OF CHRISTIAN LIBERTY AND LIBERTY OF CONSCIENCE,
XXI. OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND THE SABBATH DAY,

XXII. OF LAWFUL OATHS AND VOWS,

XXXII. OF THE STATE OF MEN AFTER DEATH, AND OF THE RESURREG-

TION OF THE DEAD,

XXXIII. OF THE LAST JUDGMENT,

INDEX,

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