{"id": "card_n_73c45ce9bd51", "kind": "note", "title": "1689 LBCF ch. 18: Of the Assurance of Grace and Salvation", "body": "Such believers as truly believe in the Lord Jesus, and love him in sincerity, endeavoring to walk in all good conscience before him, may in this life be certainly assured that they are in the state of grace.", "source": {"label": "1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith", "url": "/codex.html#lbcf-ch18", "ref": "Chapter 18", "authority_tier": "creed"}, "shelf": "codex", "box": "confession_1689", "bands": ["1689_baptist", "reformed_baptist", "chapter_18", "1 John 2:3", "1 John 3:14, 18-19, 21-24", "1 John 5:13"], "connections": [{"to_card_id": "card_n_8dcfe3d99ed5", "relationship": "proof_text", "via_connection_card_id": "card_c_2ac4666637f8"}, {"to_card_id": "card_n_c46da56beeb5", "relationship": "proof_text", "via_connection_card_id": "card_c_5be9e899bd0a"}], "author": "engine", "created_at": "2026-05-19T00:00:00Z", "visibility": "public", "lifecycle_stage": "public", "volatility": "permanent", "metrics": {"paperclips_count": 0, "helpful_count": 0, "not_helpful_count": 0, "cite_count": 4, "walks_through_count": 0, "flagged_count": 0}, "updated_at": "2026-05-19T13:00:17.985557+00:00", "source_hash": "21a000123c2071839a1cfa23b2b5d3252abdd2e7e3a9cda036248976014f11be", "witnesses": [{"class": "manuscript_tradition", "label": "Rufinus of Aquileia, Commentary on the Apostles' Creed (c. AD 404)", "ref": "Rufinus-Comm"}, {"class": "manuscript_tradition", "label": "Pirminius, De singulis libris canonicis scarapsus (c. AD 750) — earliest received form", "ref": "Pirminius-750"}, {"class": "translation", "label": "Latin (Symbolum Apostolicum) — Western Church", "ref": "Apostles-LA"}, {"class": "citation_tradition", "label": "Cited by every major catechism since 8th century", "ref": "universal-citation"}, {"class": "republication", "label": "CCEL — Creeds of Christendom (Schaff)", "url": "https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/creeds1.html", "ref": "CCEL-Schaff"}], "witness_status": "passed", "witness_status_reason": "5 witnesses across 4 independence classes: ['citation_tradition', 'manuscript_tradition', 'republication', 'translation']", "surface": "witness"}