About the Electronic Text
This electronic version of the 1677/89 London Baptist Confession of Faith has
been transcribed from a microfilm copy of an original 1677 Confession. All the old
english and even misspelled words have been retainined in an attempt to produce
a near facimile to the original text. Although the Confession was published in 1677,
it was done so anonymously due to the persecution of the times. It was not until
1689, after the “Glorious Revolution” under William and Mary of Orange that this
Confession was published with the names of the subscribers
and the churches they represented attached and has become known as the 1689 London
Baptist Confession of Faith or the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith. (See
also the sections on Origins of the Confession and the
Historical and Theological
background of the Confession for more details).