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The Westminster Confession of Faith

Westminster Assembly

Produced by the Westminster Assembly for the great Parliament, this time-honored treasure of the faith bears striking resemblance to the Irish Articles, but is far abler, fuller, and superior to any of its predecessors, and gives proof that the Assembly was steadily dominated by its aim to state nothing therein which is not expressly taught in the Word of God, or derivable therefrom by good and necessary reference.

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2. Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments, which are these,

Of the Old Testament

GenesisEcclesiastes

ExodusThe Song of Songs

LeviticusIsaiah

NumbersJeremiah

DeuteronomyLamentations

JoshuaEzekiel

JudgesDaniel

RuthHosea

I. SamuelJoel

II. SamuelAmos

I. KingsObadiah

II. KingsJonah

I. ChroniclesMicah

II. ChroniclesNahum

EzraHabakkuk

NehemiahZephaniah

EstherHaggai

JobZechariah

PsalmsMalachi

Proverbs

Of the New Testament

The Gospels according toThessalonians I

MatthewThessalonians II

MarkTo Timothy I

LukeTo Timothy II

JohnTo Titus

The Acts of the ApostlesTo Philemon

Paul’s Epistles to the RomansThe Epistle to Hebrews

Corinthians IThe Epistle of James

Corinthians IIThe first and second Epistles of Peter

GalatiansThe first, second and third Epistles of John

EphesiansThe Epistle of Jude

PhilippiansThe Revelation of John

Colossians

All which are given by inspiration of God to be the rule of faith and life. (Luke 16:29,31, Eph. 2:20, Rev. 22:18–19, 2 Tim. 3:16)

The Westminster Confession of Faith

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