article 9

1833

The New Hampshire Confession of Faith

TRANSLATED INTO CHEROKEE

ca. 1880 by unidentified translators

published in 1880 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma

IX. Of God’s Purpose of Grace ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᎬᏩᎸ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗ ᎨᏒᎢ

We believe that election is the eternal purpose of God, according to which he graciously

regenerates, sanctifies, and saves sinners; that being perfectly consistent with the free

agency of man, it comprehends all the means in connection with the end; that it is a most

glorious display of God's sovereign goodness, being infinitely free, wise, holy and

unchangeable; that it utterly excludes boasting, and promotes humility, love, prayer,

praise, trust in God, and active imitation of his free mercy; that it encourages the use of

means in the highest degree; that it may be ascertained by its effects in all who truly

believe the gospel, that it is the foundation of Christian assurance; and that to ascertain it

with regard to ourselves demands and deserves the utmost diligence.

II Tim. 1:8-9; Eph. 1:3-14; I Peter 1:1-2; Rom. 11:5-6; John 15;16; I John 4:19; II Thess.

2:13-14; Acts 13:48; John 10:16; Matt. 20:16; Acts 15:14; Ex. 33:18-19; Matt. 20:15;

Eph. 1:11; Rom. 9:23-24; Jer. 31:3; Rom.11:28-29; James 1:17-18; II Tim.1:9; Rom.

11:32-36; I Cor. 1:26-31; Rom.3:27; Rom. 4:16; Col.3:12; I Cor. 3:5-7; I Cor. 15:10; I

Peter 5:10; Acts 1:24; I Thess. 2:13; I Peter 2:9; Luke 18:7; John 15:16; I Thess. 2:12; II

Tim. 2:10; I Cor. 9:22; Rom. 8:28-30; John 6:37-40; I Thess 1:4-10; Isa. 42:16; Rom.

11:29; II Peter 1:10-11; Phil. 3:12; Heb. 6:11