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- God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither forced, nor by any absolute necessity of nature determined to good or evil.
- Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which is good and well-pleasing to God; but yet mutably, so that he might fall from it.
- Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.
- When God converts a sinner and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his natural bondage under sin, and, by his grace alone, enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually good; yet so as that, by reason of his remaining corruption, he doth not perfectly, nor only, will that which is good, but doth also will that which is evil.
- The will of man is made perfectly and immutable free to good alone, in the state of glory only.
Entries in this series:
- WCF Chapter XXXIII - Of the Last Judgment
- WCF Chapter XXXII - Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead
- WCF Chapter XXXI - Of Synods and Councils
- WCF Chapter XXX - Of Church Censures
- WCF Chapter XXIX - Of the Lord’s Supper
- WCF Chapter XXVIII - Of Baptism
- WCF Chapter XXVII - Of the Sacraments
- Chapter XXVI - Of the Communion of the Saints
- WCF Chapter XXV - of the Church
- WCF Chapter XXIV - Of Marriage and Divorce
- WCF Chapter XXIII - Of the Civil Magistrate
- WCF Chapter XXII - Of Lawful Oaths and Vows
- WCF Chapter XXI - Of Religious Worship and the Sabbath-day
- WCF Chapter XX - Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience
- WCF Chapter XIX - Of the Law of God
- WCF Chapter XVII - Of The Perseverance of the Saints
- WCF Chapter XVI - Of Good Works
- WCF Chapter XV - Of Repentance Unto Life
- WCF Chapter XIV - Of Saving Faith
- WCF Chapter XIII - Of Sanctification
- WCF Chapter XII - Of Adoption
- WCF Chapter XI - Of Justification
- WCF Chapter X - Of Effectual Calling
- WCF Chapter IX - Of Free Will
- WCF Chapter VIII - Of Christ the Mediator
- WCF Chapter VII - Of God’s Covenant with Man
- WCF Chapter VI - Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
- WCF Chapter V - Of Providence
- WCF Chapter IV - Of Creation
- WCF Chapter III - Of God’s Eternal Decree
- WCF Chapter II - Of God, and of the Holy Trinity
- WCF Chapter I - Of the Holy Scripture
- Confession: Introduction