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2ndcommandment ambrose ames aquinas augustine barker bavinck beale beeke berkhof bernard beza bierma bolton boston bower brakel bridge bucey burgess butner calvin carmichael carpenter carson casselli charnock cho christ clark confessionalism confessions davenant davis decampos dennison dickson dolezal dpoythress duby duguid dunnam durham farrel ferguson fesko flavel fortunato frame gaffin gamble garcia garner gatiss gerstner giles gillespie gonzalez goodwin gootjes gouge guthrie henry hiestand history hperkins jacomb jones jue kevan klauber kline knox krans kruger lane leigh letham lewis lillback lindberg luther lynch mackay manetsch marriage mcgrath mcgraw mcwilliams muller murray oberman oliphint opc osborne owen packer pentecost perkins phillips pictet poythress predestination ralphdavis rcross resurrection roberts roney rutherford salazar shannon shedd sibbes silva sinnema spiritualgifts sproul strange svisser swain synopsis teellinck theonomy thompson tipton trueman tuckney turretin urcna vanasselt vandixhoorn vanmastricht vanraalte vantil venema versteeg vos waddington wallace warfield watson white whitman willemteellinck williams witsius woolsey zwingli { timeline }

Episcopius and Faith

Episcopius therefore raised the objection that the testimony of the Holy Spirit cannot be a ground of faith because it is something that only comes later (John 7:38; 14:17; Acts 5:32; Gal. 3:2; 4:6). But from the very beginning faith itself is the work of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:3) and receives its seal and confirmation in the Spirit of adoption. Believing itself is a witness of the Holy Spirit in our hearts and through our spirit.

 

Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics: Prolegomena, ed. John Bolt, trans. John Vriend, vol. 1 (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2003), 593-594.


2ndcommandment ambrose ames aquinas augustine barker bavinck beale beeke berkhof bernard beza bierma bolton boston bower brakel bridge bucey burgess butner calvin carmichael carpenter carson casselli charnock cho christ clark confessionalism confessions davenant davis decampos dennison dickson dolezal dpoythress duby duguid dunnam durham farrel ferguson fesko flavel fortunato frame gaffin gamble garcia garner gatiss gerstner giles gillespie gonzalez goodwin gootjes gouge guthrie henry hiestand history hperkins jacomb jones jue kevan klauber kline knox krans kruger lane leigh letham lewis lillback lindberg luther lynch mackay manetsch marriage mcgrath mcgraw mcwilliams muller murray oberman oliphint opc osborne owen packer pentecost perkins phillips pictet poythress predestination ralphdavis rcross resurrection roberts roney rutherford salazar shannon shedd sibbes silva sinnema spiritualgifts sproul strange svisser swain synopsis teellinck theonomy thompson tipton trueman tuckney turretin urcna vanasselt vandixhoorn vanmastricht vanraalte vantil venema versteeg vos waddington wallace warfield watson white whitman willemteellinck williams witsius woolsey zwingli { timeline }