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Chapter 18
Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation
Paras | |
1 | I. Assurance is possible |
A. The danger of this possibility | |
B. The fact of this possibility | |
2 | II. Assurance is infallible |
A. The fact of its infallibility | |
1. Stated negatively | |
2. Stated positively | |
B The roots of its infallibility | |
1. The promises of the gospel | |
2. The marks of grace | |
3. The testimony of the Spirit | |
C. The fruits of its infallibility | |
3 | III. Assurance is attainable |
A. The difficulty of attaining assurance | |
B. The provision for attaining assurance | |
C. The duty of attaining assurance | |
4 | IV. Assurance is variable |
A. The fact of this variation | |
B. The reasons for this variation | |
C. The limits of this variation |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 225-226. Used by permission.
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