Article 12. Of good works
Article 12. Of good works
The first fifteen Articles of the Church of England as revised by the Westminster Assembly, with their Scripture proofs, compared with the 1638 text; free PDF
Struck through: what the Assembly removed or changed. Underlined: what it added or put in its place.
Church of England (1638 edition)
ALbeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith, and follow after Iustification, cannot put away our sinnes, and endure the severity of Gods Iudgement, yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith, in so much that by them a lively faith may be as evidently knowen, as a tree discerned by the fruit.
The Assembly’s revision (1647)
Good works, which are the Fruits of Faitha, and follow after Justificationb, cannot put away our sinsc, and endure the severity of Gods Judgementd; yet are they, notwithstanding their imperfectionse, in the sight of God pleasing and acceptable unto him in and for Christf, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively Faithg, insomuch that by them a lively Faith may be evidently known, as a tree discerned by the fruitsh.
Scripture proofs of the 1647 print
- a. Galatians 5:6; James 2:17,18,22.
- b. Titus 2:14; Titus 3:7,8; Ephesians 2:8,9,10.
- c. Romans 3:20,21; Romans 4:4-9; Daniel 9:18,19.
- d. Nehemiah 13:22; Psalms 143:2; Job 9:14,15,19,20.
- e. Exodus 28:38; Revelation 8:3,4.
- f. 1 Peter 2:5; Hebrews 13:16,20,21; Colossians 1:10; Philippians 4:18.
- g. James 2:26; 1 Joh. 1.4..
- h. James 2:18,22; John 15:4,5; 1 John 2:3,5; Matthew 12:33.