The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 20.1

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The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect, and begetting in them faith and repentance;⁠¹⁠ in this promise the gospel, as to the substance of it, was revealed, and [is] therein effectual for the conversion and salvation of sinners.⁠²⁠

expand_more [1] Genesis 3:15

expand_more [2] Revelation 13:8

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What is the gospel?

The covenant of works, God’s means that is profitable unto life

Faith and repentance, in itself, effectual to save sinners

The promise of Christ, God’s means of calling the elect

All of the above

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