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07 - The Westminster Confession of Faith · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty one of Synods and Councils. One, for the
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  Speaker 1: better government and further edification of the Church, there ought
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  Speaker 1: to be such assemblies as are commonly called synods or councils. Two,
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  Speaker 1: as magistrates may lawfully call a senate of ministers and
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  Speaker 1: other fit persons to consult and advise with about matters
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  Speaker 1: of religion. So if magistrates be open enemies to the Church,
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  Speaker 1: the ministers of Christ of themselves by virtue of their office,
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  Speaker 1: or they with other fit persons upon delegation from their churches,
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  Speaker 1: may meet together in such assemblies. Three. It belongs to
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  Speaker 1: synods and councils ministerially to determine controversies of faith and
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  Speaker 1: cases of conscience, to set down rules and directions for
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  Speaker 1: the better ordering of the public worship of God and
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  Speaker 1: government of His Church, to receive complaints in cases of maladministration,
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  Speaker 1: and authoritatively to determine the same. Which decrees and determinations,
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  Speaker 1: if consonant to the Word of God, are to be
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  Speaker 1: received with reverence and submission, not only for their agreement
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  Speaker 1: with the Word, but also for the power whereby they
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  Speaker 1: are made as being an ordinance of God appointed thereunto
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  Speaker 1: in His Word four. All synods or councils since the Apostles, times,
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  Speaker 1: whether general or particular, may err, and many have aired. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: they are not to be made the rule of faith
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  Speaker 1: or practice, but to be used as a help in both. Four.
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  Speaker 1: Synods and counsels are to handle or conclude nothing but
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  Speaker 1: that which is ecclesiastical, and are not to inter my
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  Speaker 1: mettle with civil affairs which concern the commonwealth, and less
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  Speaker 1: by way of humble petition in cases extraordinary, or by
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  Speaker 1: way of advice for satisfaction of conscience, if they be
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  Speaker 1: thereunto required by the civil magistrate. Chapter thirty two of
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  Speaker 1: the State of Men after Death and of the Resurrection
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  Speaker 1: of the Dead one The bodies of men after death
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  Speaker 1: return to dust and see corruption, but their souls, which
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  Speaker 1: neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately returned
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  Speaker 1: to God who gave them. The souls of the righteous,
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  Speaker 1: being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the
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  Speaker 1: highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in
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  Speaker 1: light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies.
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  Speaker 1: And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell,
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  Speaker 1: where they remain in torments and utter darkness. Reserved to
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  Speaker 1: the judgment of the Great Day. Beside these two places
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  Speaker 1: for souls separated from their bodies, the scripture acknowledges none.
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  Speaker 1: Two At the last Day, such as are found alive
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  Speaker 1: shall not die, but be changed, And all the dead
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  Speaker 1: shall be raised up with the self same bodies, and
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  Speaker 1: none other, although with different qualities, which shall be united
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  Speaker 1: again to their souls forever. Three the bodies of the
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  Speaker 1: unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to
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  Speaker 1: dishonor the bodies of the just by His spirit unto honor,
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  Speaker 1: and be made conformable to his own glorious body. Chapter
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  Speaker 1: thirty three of the Last Judgment. One. God has appointed
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  Speaker 1: a day wherein He will judge the world in righteousness,
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  Speaker 1: by Jesus Christ, to whom all power and judgment is
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  Speaker 1: given of the Father. In which day not only the
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  Speaker 1: apostate angels shall be judged, but likewise all persons that
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  Speaker 1: have lived upon earth shall appear before the tribunal of Christ,
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  Speaker 1: to give an account of their thoughts, words, and deeds,
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  Speaker 1: and to receive according to what they have done in
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  Speaker 1: the body, whether good or evil. Two. The end of
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  Speaker 1: God's appointing this day is for the manifestation of the
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  Speaker 1: glory of His mercy in the eternal salvation of the elect,
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  Speaker 1: and of his justice in the damnation of the reprobate,
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  Speaker 1: who are wicked and disobedient. For then shall the righteous
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  Speaker 1: go into everlasting life and receive that fullness of joy
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  Speaker 1: and refreshing which shall come from the presence of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: But the wicked, who know not God and obey not
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast into eternal
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  Speaker 1: torments and be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord and from the glory of his power. Three,
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  Speaker 1: as Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that
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  Speaker 1: there shall be a day of judgment, both to deter
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  Speaker 1: all men from sin and for the greater consolation of
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  Speaker 1: the godly in their adversity, So will He have that
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  Speaker 1: day unknown to men, that they may shake off all
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  Speaker 1: carnal security and be always watchful, because they know not
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  Speaker 1: at what hour the Lord will come, and may be
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  Speaker 1: ever prepared to say, come, Lord Jesus, come quickly a man.
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  Speaker 1: End of Chapter thirty three, end of the Westminster Confession
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