Chapter 16: Of Good Works — Chapter 17: Of The Perseverance Of The Saints

Of Good Works

Paras
1 I. The norm of good works
A. Positively stated
B. Negatively stated
2 II. The importance of good works
A. Because of their testimony
B. Because of their results
C. Because of their role
3 III. The cause of good works
A. Its emphatic assertion
B. Its common perversion
4-5 IV. The limitations of good works
4 A. Works of [130]supererogation are impossible
5 B. Works of merit are impossible
6-7 V. The acceptance of good works
6 A. The good works of believers
7 B. The good works of unregenerate men

From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 207. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________

Of The Perseverance Of The Saints

Paras
1 I. The fact of perseverance
A. Stated

1. The subjects of perseverance
2. The significance of perseverance
B. Expanded
1. The cause of perseverance
2. The obstacles to perseverance

3. The assurances of perseverance
2 II. The grounds of perseverance
A. Their presupposition
B. Their identity

1. The immutability of the decree of election
2. The efficacy of the work of Christ
3. The perpetuity of the indwelling Spirit
4. The dependability of the oath of God

5. The infallibility of the covenant of grace
C. Their result
3 III. The difficulty with perseverance
A. The various causes of backsliding
B. The tragic fruits of backsliding
C. The positive resolution of backsliding

From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 215-216. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________