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The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 17.2

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This perseverance of the saints depends not upon their own free will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election,1 from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof.2 the oath of God,3 the abiding of his Spirit, and the seed of God within them,4 and the nature of the covenant of grace;5 from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof.
expand_more [1] Romans 8:30; 9:11, 16
expand_more [2] Romans 5:9–10; John 14:19
expand_more [3] Hebrews 6:17–18
expand_more [4] 1 John 3:9
expand_more [5] Jeremiah 32:40

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Upon what does the perseverance of the saints depend?
The free will of the saint
The saint’s oath to God
The unchangeability of the saint’s love for God
The immutability of God’s decree of election

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