English Confession 1647: saving faith and assurance of being in grace are distinct
English Confession (1647) separates saving faith from certainty of being in grace.
Ch. 18: that certainty is not so of faith’s essence that a true believer cannot lack it.
He may await it and struggle with many difficulties before sharing in it.
Latin
XXXVI. Sed praeterea huic sententiae aperte favet Confessio Anglicana anni 1647. nam separatis capitibus agit de Fide salutari, & de certitudine quam quis habet quod sit in Dei gratia, supponens haec esse inter se diversa. Et capite 18. ubi agit de ista certitudine, dicit eam non ita esse de essentia fidei, quin vere fidelis possit eadem carere, & eam expectare, & luctari cum multis difficultatibus, priusquam certitudinis ejus particeps fiat.