Table of Contents
Foreword by James M. Renihan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Original Letter to the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
The Baptist Confession of Faith
Chapter 1: Of the Holy Scriptures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2: Of God and of the Holy Trinity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 3: Of God’s Decree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 4: Of Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 5: Of Divine Providence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin,
and of the Punishment Thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Chapter 7: Of God’s Covenant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 8: Of Christ the Mediator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 9: Of Free Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 10: Of Effectual Calling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 11: Of Justification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 12: Of Adoption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 13: Of Sanctification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 14: Of Saving Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 15: Of Repentance unto Life and Salvation . . . . . . . . 32
Chapter 16: Of Good Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 17: Of the Perseverance of the Saints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 18: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation . . . . . . 38
Chapter 19: Of the Law of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 20: Of the Gospel and of the Extent
of the Grace Thereof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 21: Of Christian Liberty and
Liberty of Conscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 22: Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath Day . . . . 47
Chapter 23: Of Lawful Oaths and Vows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 24: Of the Civil Magistrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 25: Of Marriage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chapter 26: Of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 27: Of the Communion of the Saints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Chapter 28: Of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Chapter 29: Of Baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Chapter 30: Of the Lord’s Supper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter 31: Of the State of Man after Death,
and of the Resurrection of the Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Chapter 32: Of the Last Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Ending Statement and Signatories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
An Appendix on Baptism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Foreword to the Baptist Catechism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
The Baptist Catechism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
