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The Works of Benjamin B. Warfield, Volume 6: The Westminster Assembly and Its Work is unavailable, but you can change that!

As one of the leading theologians of late-nineteenth century Presbyterianism, Warfield wrote extensively on the Westminster Confession and the Westminster Assembly. He begins this volume with an outline of the work of the Westminster Assembly, which, in his view, plants the historical and theological seeds of Presbyterianism in America. Warfield also includes a lengthy commentary on the first...

matters of faith and worship: so that to believe such doctrines or to obey such commandments out of conscience, is to betray true liberty of conscience” (xx. 2). In a word, the Confessional doctrine of the sufficiency or completeness of Scripture is the charter of liberty of conscience; God’s prescriptions for faith and conscience are required to be received with humility of heart, and none but God’s. It must be observed, however, that the teachings and prescriptions of Scripture are not confined
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