The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith Paragraph 3.5

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Those of mankind that are predestinated to life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to His eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of His will, hath chosen in Christ unto everlasting glory, out of His mere free grace and love,⁠¹⁠ without any other thing in the creature as a condition or cause moving Him thereunto.⁠²⁠

expand_more [1] Ephesians 1:4, 9, 11; Romans 8:30; 2 Timothy 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:9

expand_more [2] Romans 9:13, 16; Ephesians 2:5, 12

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Upon what condition does God predestine a man to life?

The good pleasure of God’s will

The determination of a secret council

The faith of the man

The obedience of the man

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