CONFESSION OF FAITH

To set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us.... that thou mightest know the certainty of those things wherein thou hast been instructed, we send forth the commonly believed confession of faith held among us, as follows:

• I. OF THE SCRIPTURE
• II. OF THE TRUE GOD
• III. OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
• IV. OF THE DEVIL, OR SATAN
• V. OF THE CREATION
• VI. OF THE FALL OF MAN
• VII. OF THE VIRGIN BIRTH
• VIII. OF THE ATONEMENT FOR SIN
• IX. OF GRACE IN THE NEW CREATION
• X. OF THE FREENESS OF SALVATION
• XI. OF JUSTIFICATION
• XII. OF REPENTANCE AND FAITH
• XIII. OF THE CHURCH
• XIV. OF BAPTISM AND THE LORD’S SUPPER
• XV. OF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS
• XVI. OF THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED
• XVII. OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT
• XVIII. OF THE RESURRECTION, RETURN OF CHRIST AND RELATED EVENTS
• XIX. OF MISSIONS
• XX. OF THE GRACE OF GIVING