He also notes in dealing with Larger Catechism 5 in particular that here we find the principal parts of the only rule we should have, to wit 1. Truth to be believed. Duty to be done. It was Green who also noted the divisions within the catechisms. It is interesting to note that the Westminster Confession of Faith itself doesn t give this same division an equity of attention.
Salvation is proclaimed, but never taught as such.
This absence reduces any argument for a work based salvation to rubble without one word being exchanged. This is similar to the book of Esther where one doesn t find God named once, and yet His presence in His providential care of His people literally screams at you from every page. I do not think I can overstate the importance of Scripture to not only the Westminster Divines of Westminster, but Calvin, Luther and others involved in the birth of the Protestant churches. There was a respect and reverence for the Bible that has long since passed from the American scene, and as a whole the church world. Man has not been kind to the faith paid for with the blood of the martyrs of the sixteenth and early seventeenth century.