Savoy Declaration of Faith
, London, England.
- Chapter 1: Of the Holy Scripture
Although the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence, do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable; yet are they not... - Chapter 2: Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
There is but one only living and true God, who is infinite in being and perfection, a most pure spirit, invisible, without body, parts, or passions, immutable, immense,... - Chapter 3: Of God's Eternal Decree
God from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass; yet so as thereby neither is God the... - Chapter 4: Of Creation
It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness, in the beginning, to create or make out of... - Chapter 5: Of Providence
God, the great Creator of all things, doth uphold, direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and... - Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof
God having made a covenant of works and life, thereupon, with our first parents and all their posterity in them, they being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan did... - Chapter 7: Of God's Covenant with Man
The distance between God and the creature is so great that although reasonable creatures do owe obedience unto him as their Creator, yet they could never have attained the... - Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator
It pleased God, in his eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, his only-begotten Son, according to a covenant made between them both, to be the Mediator between... - Chapter 9: Of Free Will
God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty and power of acting upon choice, that is neither forced nor by any absolute necessity of nature determined to good or evil. - Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling
All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call, by his Word and Spirit, out of that... - Chapter 11: Of Justification
Those whom God effectually calleth he also freely justifieth; not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their... - Chapter 12: Of Adoption
All those that are justified God vouchsafeth, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption; by which they are taken into the number, and... - Chapter 13: Of Sanctification
They that are united to Christ, effectually called and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them, through the virtue of Christ's death and resurrection,... - Chapter 14: Of Saving Faith
The grace of faith, whereby the elect are enabled to believe to the saving of their souls, is the work of the Spirit of Christ in their hearts, and is ordinarily wrought by the... - Chapter 15: Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation
Such of the elect as are converted at riper years, having sometime lived in the state of nature, and therein served divers lusts and pleasures, God in their effectual calling... - 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 pretense of... - Chapter 17: Of the Perseverance of the Saints
They whom God hath accepted in his Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace; but shall... - Chapter 18: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Although temporary believers and other unregenerate men may vainly deceive themselves with false hopes and carnal presumptions of being in the favour of God and estate of... - Chapter 19: Of the Law of God
God gave to Adam a law of universal obedience written in his heart, and a particular precept of not eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, as a covenant of... - Chapter 20: Of the Gospel and the Extent of Grace Thereof
The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give unto the elect the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of... - Chapter 21: Of Christian Liberty, and Liberty of Conscience
The liberty which Christ hath purchased for believers under the gospel consists in their freedom from the guilt of sin, the condemning wrath of God, the rigor and the curse of... - Chapter 22: Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day
The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all; is just, good, and doth good unto all; and is therefore to be feared, loved,... - Chapter 23: Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
A lawful oath is a part of religious worship, wherein the person swearing in truth, righteousness and judgment, solemnly calleth God to witness what he asserteth or promiseth;... - Chapter 24: Of the Civil Magistrate
God, the Supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates to be under him, over the people, for his own glory and the public good, and to this end hath... - Chapter 25: Of Marriage
Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one husband at the same time. - Chapter 26: Of the Church
The catholic or universal Church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the head... - Chapter 27: Of the Communion of Saints
All saints that are united to Jesus Christ their head, by his Spirit and by faith, although they are not made thereby one person with him have fellowship with him in his... - Chapter 28: Of the Sacraments
Sacraments are holy signs and seals of the covenant of grace, immediately instituted by Christ, to represent him and his benefits, and to confirm our interest in him: and... - Chapter 29: Of Baptism
Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, to be unto the party baptised a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, of his ingrafting into Christ, of... - Chapter 30: Of the Lord's Supper
Our Lord Jesus, in the night wherein he was betrayed, instituted the sacrament of his body and blood, called the Lord's Supper, to be observed in his churches, to the end of... - Chapter 31: Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
The bodies of men, after death, return to dust, and see corruption; but their souls (which neither die nor sleep), having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who... - Chapter 32: Of the Last Judgment
God hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in righteousness by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment is given of the Father. In which day, not only the...