confession_updated.c

#include <string.h>

// GBA Hardware registers
#define REG_DISPCNT *(volatile unsigned short*)0x4000000
#define REG_VCOUNT *(volatile unsigned short*)0x4000006
#define MODE_3 0x0003
#define BG2_ENABLE 0x0400

// Screen dimensions
#define SCREEN_WIDTH 240
#define SCREEN_HEIGHT 160

// Colors (RGB555 format)
#define BLACK 0x0000
#define WHITE 0x7FFF
#define BLUE 0x001F
#define RED 0x7C00
#define GREEN 0x03E0

// Video memory
#define VRAM ((volatile unsigned short*)0x6000000)

// Input registers
#define REG_KEYINPUT *(volatile unsigned short*)0x4000130
#define KEY_A 0x0001
#define KEY_B 0x0002
#define KEY_UP 0x0040
#define KEY_DOWN 0x0080
#define KEY_LEFT 0x0020
#define KEY_RIGHT 0x0010

// VSync function
void wait_vblank() {
    while (REG_VCOUNT < 160);  // Wait for VBlank start
    while (REG_VCOUNT >= 160); // Wait for VBlank end
}

// Simple font data (8x8 pixels per character)
static const unsigned char font_data[256][8] = {
    // Space (0x20)
    [32] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00},
    // A (0x41)
    [65] = {0x18, 0x3C, 0x66, 0x7E, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x00},
    [66] = {0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x7C, 0x00}, // B
    [67] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // C
    [68] = {0x78, 0x6C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x6C, 0x78, 0x00}, // D
    [69] = {0x7E, 0x60, 0x60, 0x78, 0x60, 0x60, 0x7E, 0x00}, // E
    [70] = {0x7E, 0x60, 0x60, 0x78, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00}, // F
    [71] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x60, 0x6E, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // G
    [72] = {0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x7E, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x00}, // H
    [73] = {0x3C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x3C, 0x00}, // I
    [74] = {0x1E, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x6C, 0x38, 0x00}, // J
    [75] = {0x66, 0x6C, 0x78, 0x70, 0x78, 0x6C, 0x66, 0x00}, // K
    [76] = {0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x7E, 0x00}, // L
    [77] = {0x63, 0x77, 0x7F, 0x6B, 0x63, 0x63, 0x63, 0x00}, // M
    [78] = {0x66, 0x76, 0x7E, 0x7E, 0x6E, 0x66, 0x66, 0x00}, // N
    [79] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // O
    [80] = {0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x7C, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00}, // P
    [81] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x0E, 0x00}, // Q
    [82] = {0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x7C, 0x78, 0x6C, 0x66, 0x00}, // R
    [83] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x60, 0x3C, 0x06, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // S
    [84] = {0x7E, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x00}, // T
    [85] = {0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // U
    [86] = {0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x18, 0x00}, // V
    [87] = {0x63, 0x63, 0x63, 0x6B, 0x7F, 0x77, 0x63, 0x00}, // W
    [88] = {0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x18, 0x3C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x00}, // X
    [89] = {0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x00}, // Y
    [90] = {0x7E, 0x0E, 0x1C, 0x38, 0x70, 0x7E, 0x7E, 0x00}, // Z
    // Add lowercase letters
    [97]  = {0x00, 0x00, 0x3C, 0x06, 0x3E, 0x66, 0x3E, 0x00}, // a
    [98]  = {0x60, 0x60, 0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x7C, 0x00}, // b
    [99]  = {0x00, 0x00, 0x3C, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x3C, 0x00}, // c
    [100] = {0x06, 0x06, 0x3E, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3E, 0x00}, // d
    [101] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x3C, 0x66, 0x7E, 0x60, 0x3C, 0x00}, // e
    [102] = {0x0E, 0x18, 0x18, 0x7E, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x00}, // f
    [103] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x3E, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3E, 0x06, 0x7C}, // g
    [104] = {0x60, 0x60, 0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x00}, // h
    [105] = {0x18, 0x00, 0x38, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x3C, 0x00}, // i
    [106] = {0x06, 0x00, 0x0E, 0x06, 0x06, 0x06, 0x66, 0x3C}, // j
    [107] = {0x60, 0x60, 0x66, 0x6C, 0x78, 0x6C, 0x66, 0x00}, // k
    [108] = {0x38, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x3C, 0x00}, // l
    [109] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x66, 0x7F, 0x7F, 0x6B, 0x63, 0x00}, // m
    [110] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x00}, // n
    [111] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x3C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // o
    [112] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x7C, 0x60, 0x60}, // p
    [113] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x3E, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3E, 0x06, 0x06}, // q
    [114] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x7C, 0x66, 0x60, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00}, // r
    [115] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x3E, 0x60, 0x3C, 0x06, 0x7C, 0x00}, // s
    [116] = {0x18, 0x18, 0x7E, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x0E, 0x00}, // t
    [117] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3E, 0x00}, // u
    [118] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x18, 0x00}, // v
    [119] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x63, 0x6B, 0x7F, 0x3E, 0x36, 0x00}, // w
    [120] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x18, 0x3C, 0x66, 0x00}, // x
    [121] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x66, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3E, 0x0C, 0x78}, // y
    [122] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x7E, 0x0C, 0x18, 0x30, 0x7E, 0x00}, // z
    // Numbers
    [48] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x6E, 0x76, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // 0
    [49] = {0x18, 0x18, 0x38, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x7E, 0x00}, // 1
    [50] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x06, 0x0C, 0x30, 0x60, 0x7E, 0x00}, // 2
    [51] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x06, 0x1C, 0x06, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // 3
    [52] = {0x06, 0x0E, 0x1E, 0x66, 0x7F, 0x06, 0x06, 0x00}, // 4
    [53] = {0x7E, 0x60, 0x7C, 0x06, 0x06, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // 5
    [54] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x60, 0x7C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // 6
    [55] = {0x7E, 0x66, 0x0C, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x00}, // 7
    [56] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // 8
    [57] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x66, 0x3E, 0x06, 0x66, 0x3C, 0x00}, // 9
    // Punctuation
    [46] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x18, 0x00}, // .
    [44] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x18, 0x30}, // ,
    [58] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00, 0x00}, // :
    [59] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x18, 0x30}, // ;
    [33] = {0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x18, 0x00, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00}, // !
    [63] = {0x3C, 0x66, 0x06, 0x0C, 0x18, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00}, // ?
    [40] = {0x0E, 0x18, 0x30, 0x30, 0x30, 0x18, 0x0E, 0x00}, // (
    [41] = {0x70, 0x18, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x0C, 0x18, 0x70, 0x00}, // )
    [45] = {0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x7E, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00}, // -
};

// Text content - Second London Baptist Confession chapters
// Generated Baptist Confession text for GBA
// Each line limited to 27 characters

static const char* confession_text[] = {
    "BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH",
    "OF 1689",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 1: OF THE HOLY",
    "SCRIPTURES",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Holy Scripture is the",
    "only sufficient, certain,",
    "and infallible rule of all",
    "saving Knowledge, Faith and",
    "Obedience; Although the",
    "light of Nature, and the",
    "works of Creation and",
    "Providence do so far",
    "manifest the goodness,",
    "wisdom and power of God, as",
    "to leave men unexcusable;",
    "yet are they not sufficient",
    "to give that knowledge of",
    "God and His will, which is",
    "necessary unto Salvation.",
    "Therefore it pleased the",
    "Lord at sundry times, and",
    "in divers manners, to",
    "reveal himself, and to",
    "declare that His will unto",
    "his Church; and afterward",
    "for the better preserving,",
    "and propagating of the",
    "Truth, and for the more",
    "sure Establishment, and",
    "Comfort of the Church",
    "against the corruption of",
    "the flesh, and the malice",
    "of Satan, and of the World,",
    "to commit the same wholly",
    "unto writing; which maketh",
    "the Holy Scriptures to be",
    "most necessary, those",
    "former ways of Gods",
    "revealing his will unto his",
    "people being now ceased.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Under the Name of Holy",
    "Scripture or the Word of",
    "God written; are now",
    "contained all the Books of",
    "the Old and New Testament",
    "which are these,",
    "",
    "Of the Old Testament.",
    "",
    "Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus,",
    "Numbers, Deuteronomy,",
    "Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1",
    "Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings,",
    "2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2",
    "Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah,",
    "Esther, Job, Psalms,",
    "Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, The",
    "Song of Songs, Isaiah,",
    "Jeremiah, Lamentations,",
    "Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea,",
    "Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah,",
    "Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk,",
    "Zephaniah, Haggai,",
    "Zechariah, Malachi.",
    "",
    "Of the New Testament.",
    "",
    "Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,",
    "The Acts of the Apostles,",
    "Pauls Epistle to the",
    "Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2",
    "Corinthians, Galatians,",
    "Ephesians, Phillippians,",
    "Colossians, 1",
    "Thessalonians, 2",
    "Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2",
    "Timothy, to Titus, to",
    "Philemon, the Epistle to",
    "the Hebrews, the Epistle of",
    "James, the First and Second",
    "Epistles of Peter, the",
    "First, Second and Third",
    "Epistles of John, the",
    "Epistle of Jude, the",
    "Revelation.",
    "",
    "All which are given by the",
    "inspiration of God, to be",
    "the rule of Faith and Life.",
    "",
    "",
    "3.",
    "The Books commonly called",
    "Apocrypha not being of",
    "Divine inspiration, are no",
    "part of the Canon (or rule)",
    "of the Scripture, and",
    "therefore are of no",
    "authority to the Church of",
    "God, nor to be any",
    "otherwise approved or made",
    "use of, then other humane",
    "writings.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "The Authority of the Holy",
    "Scripture for which it",
    "ought to be believed",
    "dependeth not upon the",
    "testimony of any man, or",
    "Church; but wholly upon God",
    "(who is truth it self) the",
    "Author thereof; therefore",
    "it is to be received,",
    "because it is the Word of",
    "God.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "We may be moved and induced",
    "by the testimony of the",
    "Church of God, to an high",
    "and reverent esteem of the",
    "Holy Scriptures; and the",
    "heavenliness of the matter,",
    "the efficacy of the",
    "Doctrine, and the Majesty",
    "of the stile, the consent",
    "of all the parts, the scope",
    "of the whole (which is to",
    "give all glory to God) the",
    "full discovery it makes of",
    "the only way of mans",
    "salvation, and many other",
    "incomparable Excellencies,",
    "and intire perfections",
    "thereof, are arguments",
    "whereby it doth abundantly",
    "evidence it self to be the",
    "Word of God; yet",
    "notwithstanding; our full",
    "perswasion, and assurance",
    "of the infallible truth,",
    "and divine authority",
    "thereof, is from the inward",
    "work of the Holy Spirit,",
    "bearing witness by and with",
    "the Word in our Hearts.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "The whole Councel of God",
    "concerning all things",
    "necessary for his own",
    "Glory, Mans Salvation,",
    "Faith and Life, is either",
    "expressely set down or",
    "necessarily contained in",
    "the Holy Scripture; unto",
    "which nothing at any time",
    "is to be added, whether by",
    "new Revelation of the",
    "Spirit, or traditions of",
    "men.",
    "",
    "Nevertheless we acknowledge",
    "the inward illumination of",
    "the Spirit of God, to be",
    "necessary for the saving",
    "understanding of such",
    "things as are revealed in",
    "the Word, and that there",
    "are some circumstances",
    "concerning the worship of",
    "God, and government of the",
    "Church common to humane",
    "actions and societies;",
    "which are to be ordered by",
    "the light of nature, and",
    "Christian prudence",
    "according to the general",
    "rules of the Word, which",
    "are always to be observed.",
    "",
    "",
    "7.",
    "All things in Scripture are",
    "not alike plain in",
    "themselves, nor alike clear",
    "unto all; yet those things",
    "which are necessary to be",
    "known, believed, and",
    "observed for Salvation, are",
    "so clearly propounded, and",
    "opened in some place of",
    "Scripture or other, that",
    "not only the learned, but",
    "the unlearned, in a due use",
    "of ordinary means, may",
    "attain to a sufficient",
    "understanding of them.",
    "",
    "8.",
    "The Old Testament in",
    "Hebrew, (which was the",
    "Native language of the",
    "people of God of old) and",
    "the New Testament in Greek",
    "(which at the time of the",
    "writing of it was most",
    "generally known to the",
    "Nations being immediately",
    "inspired by God, and by his",
    "singular care and",
    "Providence kept pure in all",
    "Ages, are therefore",
    "authentical; so as in all",
    "controversies of Religion",
    "the Church is finally to",
    "appeal unto them But",
    "because these original",
    "tongues are not known to",
    "all the people of God, who",
    "have a right unto, and",
    "interest in the Scriptures,",
    "and are commanded in the",
    "fear of God to read and",
    "search them, therefore they",
    "are to be translated into",
    "the vulgar language of",
    "every Nation, unto which",
    "they come, that the Word of",
    "God dwelling plentifully in",
    "all, they may worship him",
    "in an acceptable manner,",
    "and through patience and",
    "comfort of the Scriptures",
    "may have hope.",
    "",
    "9.",
    "The infallible rule of",
    "interpretation of Scripture",
    "is the Scripture it self:",
    "And therefore when there is",
    "a question about the true",
    "and full sense of any",
    "Scripture (which is not",
    "manifold but one) it must",
    "be searched by other places",
    "that speak more clearly.",
    "",
    "10.",
    "The supream judge by which",
    "all controversies of",
    "Religion are to be",
    "determined, and all Decrees",
    "of Councels, opinions of",
    "antient Writers, Doctrines",
    "of men, and private",
    "Spirits, are to be",
    "examined, and in whose",
    "sentence we are to rest,",
    "can be no other but the",
    "Holy Scripture delivered by",
    "the Spirit, into which",
    "Scripture so delivered, our",
    "faith is finally resolved.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 2: OF GOD AND OF",
    "THE HOLY TRINITY",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Lord our God is but one",
    "only living, and true God;",
    "whose subsistence is in and",
    "of himself, infinite in",
    "being, and perfection,",
    "whose Essence cannot be",
    "comprehended by any but",
    "himself; a most pure",
    "spirit, invisible, without",
    "body, parts, or passions,",
    "who only hath immortality,",
    "dwelling in the light,",
    "which no man can approach",
    "unto, who is immutable,",
    "immense, eternal,",
    "incomprehensible, Almighty,",
    "every way infinit, most",
    "holy, most wise, most free,",
    "most absolute, working all",
    "things according to the",
    "councel of his own",
    "immutable, and most",
    "righteous will, for his own",
    "glory, most loving,",
    "gracious, merciful, long",
    "suffering, abundant in",
    "goodness and truth,",
    "forgiving iniquity,",
    "transgression and sin, the",
    "rewarder of them that",
    "diligently seek him, and",
    "withall most just, and",
    "terrible in his judgements,",
    "hating all sin, and who",
    "will by no means clear the",
    "guilty.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "God having all life, glory,",
    "goodness, blessedness, in",
    "and of himself: is alone",
    "in, and unto himself",
    "all-sufficient, not",
    "standing in need of any",
    "Creature which he hath",
    "made, nor deriving any",
    "glory from them, but onely",
    "manifesting his own glory",
    "in, by, unto, and upon",
    "them, he is the alone",
    "fountain of all Being, of",
    "whom, through whom, and to",
    "whom are all things, and he",
    "hath most soveraign",
    "dominion over all",
    "creatures, to do by them,",
    "for them, or upon them,",
    "whatsoever himself",
    "pleaseth; in his sight all",
    "things are open and",
    "manifest, his knowledge is",
    "infinite, infallible, and",
    "independant upon the",
    "Creature, so as nothing is",
    "to him contingent, or",
    "uncertain; he is most holy",
    "in all his Councels, in all",
    "his Works, and in all his",
    "Commands; to him is due",
    "from Angels and men,",
    "whatsoever worship,",
    "service, or obedience as",
    "Creatures they owe unto the",
    "Creator, and whatever he is",
    "further pleased to require",
    "of them.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "In this divine and infinite",
    "Being there are three",
    "subsistences, the Father",
    "the Word (or Son) and Holy",
    "Spirit, of one substance,",
    "power, and Eternity, each",
    "having the whole Divine",
    "Essence, yet the Essence",
    "undivided, the Father is of",
    "none neither begotten nor",
    "proceeding, the Son is",
    "Eternally begotten of the",
    "Father, the holy Spirit",
    "proceeding from the Father",
    "and the Son, all infinite,",
    "without beginning,",
    "therefore but one God, who",
    "is not to be divided in",
    "nature and Being; but",
    "distinguished by several",
    "peculiar, relative",
    "properties, and personal",
    "relations; which doctrine",
    "of the Trinity is the",
    "foundation of all our",
    "Communion with God, and",
    "comfortable dependance on",
    "him.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 3: OF GODS DECREE",
    "",
    "1.",
    "God hath Decreed in himself",
    "from all Eternity, by the",
    "most wise and holy Councel",
    "of his own will, freely and",
    "unchangeably, all things",
    "whatsoever comes to passe;",
    "yet so as thereby is God",
    "neither the author of sin,",
    "nor hath fellowship with",
    "any therein, nor is",
    "violence offered to the",
    "will of the Creature, nor",
    "yet is the liberty, or",
    "contingency of second",
    "causes taken away, but",
    "rather established, in",
    "which appears his wisdom in",
    "disposing all things, and",
    "power, and faithfulness in",
    "accomplishing his Decree.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Although God knoweth",
    "whatsoever may, or can come",
    "to passe upon all supposed",
    "conditions; yet hath he not",
    "Decreed anything, because",
    "he foresaw it as future, or",
    "as that which would come to",
    "pass upon such conditions.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "By the decree of God for",
    "the manifestation of his",
    "glory some men and Angels,",
    "are predestinated, or",
    "fore-ordained to Eternal",
    "Life, through Jesus Christ",
    "to the praise of his",
    "glorious grace; others",
    "being left to act in their",
    "sin to their just",
    "condemnation, to the praise",
    "of his glorious justice.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "These Angels and Men thus",
    "predestinated, and",
    "fore-ordained, are",
    "particularly, and",
    "unchangeably designed; and",
    "their number so certain,",
    "and definite, that it",
    "cannot be either increased,",
    "or diminished.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "Those of mankind that are",
    "predestinated to life, God",
    "before the foundation of",
    "the world was laid,",
    "according to his eternal",
    "and immutable purpose, and",
    "the secret Councel and good",
    "pleasure of his will, hath",
    "chosen in Christ unto",
    "everlasting glory, out of",
    "his meer free grace and",
    "love; without any other",
    "thing in the creature as a",
    "condition or cause moving",
    "him thereunto.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "As God hath appointed the",
    "Elect unto glory, so he",
    "hath by the eternal and",
    "most free purpose of his",
    "will, fore-ordained all the",
    "means thereunto, wherefore",
    "they who are elected, being",
    "faln in Adam, are redeemed",
    "by Christ, are effectually",
    "called unto faith in",
    "Christ, by his spirit",
    "working in due season, are",
    "justifyed, adopted,",
    "sanctified, and kept by his",
    "power through faith unto",
    "salvation; neither are any",
    "other redeemed by Christ,",
    "or effectually called,",
    "justified, adopted,",
    "sanctified, and saved, but",
    "the Elect only.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "The Doctrine of this high",
    "mystery of predestination,",
    "is to be handled with",
    "special prudence, and care;",
    "that men attending the will",
    "of God revealed in his",
    "word, and yeilding",
    "obedience thereunto, may",
    "from the certainty of their",
    "effectual vocation, be",
    "assured of their eternal",
    "election; so shall this",
    "doctrine afford matter of",
    "praise, reverence, and",
    "admiration of God, and of",
    "humility, diligence, and",
    "abundant consolation, to",
    "all that sincerely obey the",
    "Gospel.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 4: OF CREATION",
    "",
    "1.",
    "In the beginning it pleased",
    "God the Father, Son, and",
    "Holy Spirit, for the",
    "manifestation of the glory",
    "of his eternal power,",
    "wisdom, and goodness, to",
    "Create or make the world,",
    "and all things therein,",
    "whether visible or",
    "invisible, in the space of",
    "six days, and all very",
    "good.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "After God had made all",
    "other Creatures, he Created",
    "man, male and female, with",
    "reasonable and immortal",
    "souls, rendring them fit",
    "unto that life to God; for",
    "which they were Created;",
    "being made after the image",
    "of God, in knowledge,",
    "righteousness, and true",
    "holyness; having the Law of",
    "God written in their",
    "hearts, and power to",
    "fulfill it; and yet under a",
    "possibility of",
    "transgressing, being left",
    "to the liberty of their own",
    "will, which was subject to",
    "change.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Besides the Law written in",
    "their hearts, they received",
    "a command not to eat of the",
    "tree of knowledge of good",
    "and evil; which whilst they",
    "kept, they were happy in",
    "their Communion with God,",
    "and had dominion over the",
    "Creatures.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 5: OF DIVINE",
    "PROVIDENCE",
    "",
    "1.",
    "God the good Creator of all",
    "things, in his infinite",
    "power, and wisdom, doth",
    "uphold, direct, dispose,",
    "and govern all Creatures,",
    "and things, from the",
    "greatest even to the least,",
    "by his most wise and holy",
    "providence, to the end for",
    "the which they were",
    "Created; according unto his",
    "infallible foreknowledge,",
    "and the free and immutable",
    "Councel of his own will; to",
    "the praise of the glory of",
    "his wisdom, power, justice,",
    "infinite goodness and",
    "mercy.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Although in relation to the",
    "foreknowledge and Decree of",
    "God, the first cause, all",
    "things come to pass",
    "immutably and infallibly;",
    "so that there is not any",
    "thing, befalls any by",
    "chance, or without his",
    "Providence; yet by the same",
    "Providence he ordereth them",
    "to fall out, according to",
    "the nature of second",
    "causes, either necessarily,",
    "freely, or contingently.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "God in his ordinary",
    "Providence maketh use of",
    "means; yet is free to work,",
    "without, above, and against",
    "them at his pleasure.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "The Almighty power,",
    "unsearchable wisdom, and",
    "infinite goodness of God,",
    "so far manifest themselves",
    "in his Providence, that his",
    "determinate Councel",
    "extendeth it self even to",
    "the first fall, and all",
    "other sinful actions both",
    "of Angels, and Men; (and",
    "that not by a bare",
    "permission) which also he",
    "most wisely and powerfully",
    "boundeth, and otherwise",
    "ordereth, and governeth, in",
    "a manifold dispensation to",
    "his most holy ends: yet so,",
    "as the sinfulness of their",
    "acts proceedeth only from",
    "the Creatures, and not from",
    "God; who being most holy",
    "and righteous, neither is",
    "nor can be, the author or",
    "approver of sin.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "The most wise, righteous,",
    "and gracious God, doth",
    "oftentimes, leave for a",
    "season his own children to",
    "manifold temptations, and",
    "the corruptions of their",
    "own heart, to chastise them",
    "for their former sins, or",
    "to discover unto them the",
    "hidden strength of",
    "corruption, and",
    "deceitfulness of their",
    "hearts, that they may be",
    "humbled; and to raise them",
    "to a more close, and",
    "constant dependence for",
    "their support, upon",
    "himself; and to make them",
    "more watchful against all",
    "future occasions of sin,",
    "and for other just and holy",
    "ends.",
    "",
    "So that whatsoever befalls",
    "any of his elect is by his",
    "appointment, for his glory,",
    "and their good.",
    "",
    "",
    "6.",
    "As for those wicked and",
    "ungodly men, whom God as a",
    "righteous judge, for former",
    "sin doth blind and harden;",
    "from them he not only",
    "withholdeth his Grace,",
    "whereby they might have",
    "been inlightned in their",
    "understanding, and wrought",
    "upon in their hearts: But",
    "sometimes also withdraweth",
    "the gifts which they had,",
    "and exposeth them to such",
    "objects as their",
    "corruptions makes occasion",
    "of sin; and withall gives",
    "them over to their own",
    "lusts, the temptations of",
    "the world, and the power of",
    "Satan, whereby it comes to",
    "pass, that they harden",
    "themselves, even under",
    "those means which God useth",
    "for the softning of others.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "As the Providence of God",
    "doth in general reach to",
    "all Creatures, so after a",
    "most special manner it",
    "taketh care of his Church,",
    "and disposeth of all things",
    "to the good thereof.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 6: OF THE FALL OF",
    "MAN, OF SIN, AND OF THE",
    "PUNISHMENT THEREOF",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Although God created Man",
    "upright, and perfect, and",
    "gave him a righteous law,",
    "which had been unto life",
    "had he kept it, and",
    "threatned death upon the",
    "breach thereof; yet he did",
    "not long abide in this",
    "honour; Satan using the",
    "subtilty of the serpent to",
    "seduce Eve, then by her",
    "seducing Adam, who without",
    "any compulsion, did",
    "wilfully transgress the Law",
    "of their Creation, and the",
    "command given unto them, in",
    "eating the forbidden fruit;",
    "which God was pleased",
    "according to his wise and",
    "holy Councel to permit,",
    "having purposed to order",
    "it, to his own glory.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Our first Parents by this",
    "Sin, fell from their",
    "original righteousness and",
    "communion with God, and we",
    "in them, whereby death came",
    "upon all; all becoming dead",
    "in Sin, and wholly defiled,",
    "in all the faculties, and",
    "parts, of soul, and body.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "They being the root, and by",
    "Gods appointment, standing",
    "in the room, and stead of",
    "all mankind; the guilt of",
    "the Sin was imputed, and",
    "corrupted nature conveyed,",
    "to all their posterity",
    "descending from them by",
    "ordinary generation, being",
    "now conceived in Sin, and",
    "by nature children of",
    "wrath, the servants of Sin,",
    "the subjects of death and",
    "all other miseries,",
    "spiritual, temporal and",
    "eternal, unless the Lord",
    "Jesus set them free.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "From this original",
    "corruption, whereby we are",
    "utterly indisposed,",
    "disabled, and made opposite",
    "to all good, and wholly",
    "inclined to all evil, do",
    "proceed all actual",
    "transgressions.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "The corruption of nature,",
    "during this Life, doth",
    "remain in those that are",
    "regenerated: and although",
    "it be through Christ",
    "pardoned, and mortified,",
    "yet both it self, and the",
    "first motions thereof, are",
    "truely and properly Sin.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 7: OF GODS COVENANT",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The distance between God",
    "and the Creature is so",
    "great, that although",
    "reasonable Creatures do owe",
    "obedience unto him as their",
    "Creator, yet they could",
    "never have attained the",
    "reward of Life, but by some",
    "voluntary condescension on",
    "Gods part, which he hath",
    "been pleased to express, by",
    "way of Covenant.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Moreover Man having brought",
    "himself under the curse of",
    "the Law by his fall, it",
    "pleased the Lord to make a",
    "Covenant of Grace wherein",
    "he freely offereth unto",
    "Sinners, Life and Salvation",
    "by Jesus Christ, requiring",
    "of them Faith in him, that",
    "they may be saved; and",
    "promising to give unto all",
    "those that are ordained",
    "unto eternal Life, his holy",
    "Spirit, to make them",
    "willing, and able to",
    "believe.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "This Covenant is revealed",
    "in the Gospel; first of all",
    "to Adam in the promise of",
    "Salvation by the seed of",
    "the woman, and afterwards",
    "by farther steps, untill",
    "the full discovery thereof",
    "was compleated in the new",
    "Testament; and it is",
    "founded in that Eternal",
    "Covenant transaction, that",
    "was between the Father and",
    "the Son, about the",
    "Redemption of the Elect;",
    "and it is alone by the",
    "Grace of this Covenant,",
    "that all of the posterity",
    "of fallen Adam, that ever",
    "were saved, did obtain life",
    "and a blessed immortality;",
    "Man being now utterly",
    "uncapable of acceptance",
    "with God upon those terms,",
    "on which Adam stood in his",
    "state of innocency.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 8: OF CHRIST THE",
    "MEDIATOR",
    "",
    "1.",
    "It pleased God in his",
    "eternal purpose, to chuse",
    "and ordain the Lord Jesus",
    "his only begotten Son,",
    "according to the Covenant",
    "made between them both, to",
    "be the Mediator between God",
    "and Man; the Prophet,",
    "Priest and King; Head and",
    "Saviour of his Church, the",
    "heir of all things, and",
    "judge of the world: Unto",
    "whom he did from all",
    "Eternity give a people to",
    "be his seed, and to be by",
    "him in time redeemed,",
    "called, justified,",
    "sanctified, and glorified.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "The Son of God, the second",
    "Person in the Holy Trinity,",
    "being very and eternal God,",
    "the brightness of the",
    "Fathers glory, of one",
    "substance and equal with",
    "him: who made the World,",
    "who upholdeth and governeth",
    "all things he hath made:",
    "did when the fullness of",
    "time was come take unto him",
    "mans nature, with all the",
    "Essential properties, and",
    "common infirmities thereof,",
    "yet without sin: being",
    "conceived by the Holy",
    "Spirit in the Womb of the",
    "Virgin Mary, the Holy",
    "Spirit coming down upon",
    "her, and the power of the",
    "most High overshadowing",
    "her, and so was made of a",
    "Woman, of the Tribe of",
    "Judah, of the Seed of",
    "Abraham, and David",
    "according to the",
    "Scriptures: So that two",
    "whole, perfect, and",
    "distinct natures, were",
    "inseparably joined together",
    "in one Person: without",
    "conversion, composition, or",
    "confusion: which Person is",
    "very God, and very Man; yet",
    "one Christ, the only",
    "Mediator between God and",
    "Man.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "The Lord Jesus in his",
    "humane nature thus united",
    "to the divine, in the",
    "Person of the Son, was",
    "sanctified, and anointed",
    "with the Holy Spirit, above",
    "measure; having in him all",
    "the treasures of wisdom and",
    "knowledge; in whom it",
    "pleased the Father that all",
    "fullness should dwell: To",
    "the end that being holy,",
    "harmless, undefiled, and",
    "full of Grace, and Truth,",
    "he might be throughly",
    "furnished to execute the",
    "office of a Mediator, and",
    "Surety; which office he",
    "took not upon himself, but",
    "was thereunto called by his",
    "Father; who also put all",
    "power and judgement in his",
    "hand, and gave him",
    "Commandement to execute the",
    "same.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "This office the Lord Jesus",
    "did most willingly",
    "undertake, which that he",
    "might discharge he was made",
    "under the Law, and did",
    "perfectly fulfill it, and",
    "underwent the punishment",
    "due to us, which we should",
    "have born and suffered,",
    "being made Sin and a Curse",
    "for us: enduring most",
    "grievous sorrows in his",
    "Soul; and most painful",
    "sufferings in his body; was",
    "crucified, and died, and",
    "remained in the state of",
    "the dead; yet saw no",
    "corruption: on the third",
    "day he arose from the dead,",
    "with the same body in which",
    "he suffered; with which he",
    "also ascended into heaven:",
    "and there sitteth at the",
    "right hand of his Father,",
    "making intercession; and",
    "shall return to judge Men",
    "and Angels, at the end of",
    "the World.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "The Lord Jesus by his",
    "perfect obedience and",
    "sacrifice of himself, which",
    "he through the Eternal",
    "Spirit once offered up unto",
    "God, hath fully satisfied",
    "the Justice of God,",
    "procured reconciliation,",
    "and purchased an",
    "Everlasting inheritance in",
    "the Kingdom of Heaven, for",
    "all those whom the Father",
    "hath given unto him.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "Although the price of",
    "Redemption was not actually",
    "paid by Christ, till after",
    "his Incarnation, yet the",
    "vertue, efficacy, and",
    "benefit thereof were",
    "communicated to the Elect",
    "in all ages successively,",
    "from the beginning of the",
    "World, in and by those",
    "Promises, Types, and",
    "Sacrifices, wherein he was",
    "revealed, and signified to",
    "be the Seed of the Woman,",
    "which should bruise the",
    "Serpents head; and the Lamb",
    "slain from the foundation",
    "of the World: Being the",
    "same yesterday, and to day,",
    "and for ever.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "Christ in the work of",
    "Mediation acteth according",
    "to both natures, by each",
    "nature doing that which is",
    "proper to it self; yet by",
    "reason of the Unity of the",
    "Person, that which is",
    "proper to one nature, is",
    "sometimes in Scripture",
    "attributed to the Person",
    "denominated by the other",
    "nature.",
    "",
    "8.",
    "To all those for whom",
    "Christ hath obtained",
    "eternal redemption, he doth",
    "certainly, and effectually",
    "apply, and communicate the",
    "same; making intercession",
    "for them, uniting them to",
    "himself by his spirit,",
    "revealing unto them, in and",
    "by the word, the mystery of",
    "salvation; perswading them",
    "to believe, and obey;",
    "governing their hearts by",
    "his word and spirit, and",
    "overcoming all their",
    "enemies by his Almighty",
    "power, and wisdom; in such",
    "manner, and wayes as are",
    "most consonant to his",
    "wonderful, and unsearchable",
    "dispensation; and all of",
    "free, and absolute Grace,",
    "without any condition",
    "foreseen in them, to",
    "procure it.",
    "",
    "9.",
    "This office of Mediator",
    "between God and Man, is",
    "proper onely to Christ, who",
    "is the Prophet, Priest, and",
    "King of the Church of God;",
    "and may not be either in",
    "whole, or any part thereof",
    "transfer'd from him to any",
    "other.",
    "",
    "10.",
    "This number and order of",
    "Offices is necessary; for",
    "in respect of our",
    "ignorance, we stand in need",
    "of his prophetical Office;",
    "and in respect of our",
    "alienation from God, and",
    "imperfection of the best of",
    "our services, we need his",
    "Priestly office, to",
    "reconcile us, and present",
    "us acceptable unto God: and",
    "in respect our averseness,",
    "and utter inability to",
    "return to God, and for our",
    "rescue, and security from",
    "our spiritual adversaries,",
    "we need his Kingly office,",
    "to convince, subdue, draw,",
    "uphold, deliver, and",
    "preserve us to his Heavenly",
    "Kingdome.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 9: OF FREE WILL",
    "",
    "1.",
    "God hath indued the Will of",
    "Man, with that natural",
    "liberty, and power of",
    "acting upon choice; that it",
    "is neither forced, nor by",
    "any necessity of nature",
    "determined to do good or",
    "evil.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Man in his state of",
    "innocency, had freedom, and",
    "power, to will, and to do",
    "that which was good, and",
    "well-pleasing to God; but",
    "yet was mutable, so that he",
    "might fall from it.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Man by his fall into a",
    "state of sin hath wholly",
    "lost all ability of Will,",
    "to any spiritual good",
    "accompanying salvation; so",
    "as a natural man, being",
    "altogether averse from that",
    "good, and dead in Sin, is",
    "not able, by his own",
    "strength, to convert",
    "himself; or to prepare",
    "himself thereunto.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "When God converts a sinner,",
    "and translates him into the",
    "state of Grace he freeth",
    "him from his natural",
    "bondage under sin, and by",
    "his grace alone, enables",
    "him freely to will, and to",
    "do that which is",
    "spiritually good; yet so as",
    "that by reason of his",
    "remaining corruptions he",
    "doth not perfectly nor only",
    "will that which is good;",
    "but doth also will that",
    "which is evil.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "The Will of Man is made",
    "perfectly, and immutably",
    "free to good alone, in the",
    "state of Glory only.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 10: OF EFFECTUAL",
    "CALLING",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Those whom God hath",
    "predestinated unto Life, he",
    "is pleased in his",
    "appointed, and accepted",
    "time, effectually to call",
    "by his word, and Spirit,",
    "out of that state of sin,",
    "and death, in which they",
    "are by nature, to grace and",
    "Salvation by Jesus Christ;",
    "inlightning their minds,",
    "spiritually, and savingly",
    "to understand the things of",
    "God; taking away their",
    "heart of stone, and giving",
    "unto them an heart of",
    "flesh; renewing their",
    "wills, and by his Almighty",
    "power determining them to",
    "that which is good, and",
    "effectually drawing them to",
    "Jesus Christ; yet so as",
    "they come most freely,",
    "being made willing by his",
    "Grace.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "This Effectual Call is of",
    "God's free, and special",
    "grace alone, not from any",
    "thing at all foreseen in",
    "man, nor from any power, or",
    "agency in the Creature,",
    "coworking with his special",
    "Grace, the Creature being",
    "wholly passive therein,",
    "being dead in sins and",
    "trespasses, until being",
    "quickned & renewed by the",
    "holy Spirit, he is thereby",
    "enabled to answer this",
    "call, and to embrace the",
    "Grace offered and conveyed",
    "in it; and that by no less",
    "power, then that which",
    "raised up Christ from the",
    "dead.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Elect Infants dying in",
    "infancy, are regenerated",
    "and saved by Christ through",
    "the Spirit; who worketh",
    "when, and where, and how he",
    "pleaseth: so also are all",
    "other elect persons, who",
    "are uncapable of being",
    "outwardly called by the",
    "Ministry of the Word.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "Others not elected,",
    "although they may be called",
    "by the Ministry of the",
    "word, and may have some",
    "common operations of the",
    "Spirit, yet not being",
    "effectually drawn by the",
    "Father, they neither will,",
    "nor can truly come to",
    "Christ; and therefore",
    "cannot be saved: much less",
    "can men that receive not",
    "the Christian Religion be",
    "saved; be they never so",
    "diligent to frame their",
    "lives according to the",
    "light of nature, and the",
    "Law of that Religion they",
    "do profess.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 11: OF",
    "JUSTIFICATION",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Those whom God Effectually",
    "calleth, he also freely",
    "justifieth, not by infusing",
    "Righteousness into them,",
    "but by pardoning their",
    "sins, and by accounting,",
    "and accepting their Persons",
    "as Righteous; not for any",
    "thing wrought in them, or",
    "done by them, but for",
    "Christ's sake alone, not by",
    "imputing faith it self, the",
    "act of beleiving, or any",
    "other evangelical obedience",
    "to them, as their",
    "Righteousness; but by",
    "imputing Christs active",
    "obedience unto the whole",
    "Law, and passive obedience",
    "in his death, for their",
    "whole and sole",
    "Righteousnnss, they",
    "receiving, and resting on",
    "him, and his Righteousness,",
    "by Faith; which faith they",
    "have not of themselves, it",
    "is the gift of God.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Faith thus receiving and",
    "resting on Christ, and his",
    "Righteousness, is the alone",
    "instrument of",
    "Justification: yet it is",
    "not alone in the person",
    "justified, but is ever",
    "accompanied with all other",
    "saving Graces, and is no",
    "dead faith, but worketh by",
    "love.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Christ by his obedience,",
    "and death, did fully",
    "discharge the debt of all",
    "those that are justified;",
    "and did by the sacrifice of",
    "himself, in the blood of",
    "his cross, undergoing in",
    "their stead, the penalty",
    "due unto them: make a",
    "proper, real and full",
    "satisfaction to Gods",
    "justice in their behalf:",
    "yet in asmuch as he was",
    "given by the Father for",
    "them, and his Obedience and",
    "Satisfaction accepted in",
    "their stead, and both",
    "freely, not for any thing",
    "in them; their",
    "Justification is only of",
    "Free Grace, that both the",
    "exact justice and rich",
    "Grace of God, might be",
    "glorified in the",
    "Justification of sinners.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "God did from all eternity",
    "decreeto justifie all the",
    "Elect, and Christ did in",
    "the fulness of time die for",
    "their sins, and rise again",
    "for their Justification;",
    "Nevertheless they are not",
    "justified personally,",
    "untill the Holy Spirit,",
    "doth in due time actually",
    "apply Christ unto them.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "God doth continue to",
    "Forgive the sins of those",
    "that are justified, and",
    "although they can never",
    "fall from the state of",
    "justication; yet they may",
    "by their sins fall under",
    "Gods Fatherly displeasure;",
    "and in that condition, they",
    "have not usually the light",
    "of his Countenance restored",
    "unto them, untill they",
    "humble themselves, confess",
    "their sins, beg pardon, and",
    "renew their faith, and",
    "repentance.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "The Justification of",
    "Believers under the Old",
    "Testament was in all these",
    "respects, one and the same",
    "with the justification of",
    "Believers under the New",
    "Tement.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 12: OF ADOPTION",
    "",
    "1.",
    "All those that are",
    "justified, God vouchsafed,",
    "in, and for the sake of his",
    "only Son Jesus Christ, to",
    "make partakers of the Grace",
    "of Adoption; by which they",
    "are taken into the number,",
    "and enjoy the Liberties,",
    "and Priveledges of Children",
    "of God; have his name put",
    "upon them, receive the",
    "Spirit of Adoption, have",
    "access to the throne of",
    "Grace with boldness, are",
    "enabled to cry Abba,",
    "Father, are pitied,",
    "protected, provided for,",
    "and chastned by him, as by",
    "a Father; yet never cast",
    "off; but sealed to the day",
    "of Redemption, and inherit",
    "the promises, as heirs, of",
    "everlasting Salvation.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 13: OF",
    "SANCTIFICATION",
    "",
    "1.",
    "They who are united to",
    "Christ, Effectually called,",
    "and regenerated, having a",
    "new heart, and a new Spirit",
    "created in them, through",
    "the vertue of Christ's",
    "death, and Resurrection;",
    "are also farther",
    "sanctified, really, and",
    "personally, through the",
    "same vertue, by his word",
    "and Spirit dwelling in",
    "them; the dominion of the",
    "whole body of sin is",
    "destroyed, and the several",
    "lusts thereof, are more and",
    "more weakned, and",
    "mortified; and they more",
    "and more quickened, and",
    "strengthned in all saving",
    "graces, to the practice of",
    "all true holyness, without",
    "which no man shall see the",
    "Lord.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "This Sanctification is",
    "throughout, in the whole",
    "man, yet imperfect in this",
    "life; there abideth still",
    "some remnants of corruption",
    "in every part, whence",
    "ariseth a continual, and",
    "irreconcilable war; the",
    "Flesh lusting against the",
    "Spirit, and the Spirit",
    "against the Flesh.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "In which war, although the",
    "remaining corruption for a",
    "time may much prevail; yet",
    "through the continual",
    "supply of strength from the",
    "sanctifying Spirit of",
    "Christ the regenerate part",
    "doth overcome; and so the",
    "Saints grow in Grace,",
    "perfecting holiness in the",
    "fear of God, pressing after",
    "an heavenly life, in",
    "Evangelical Obedience to",
    "all the commands which",
    "Christ as Head and King, in",
    "his Word hath prescribed to",
    "them.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 14: OF SAVING FAITH",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Grace of Faith, whereby",
    "the Elect are enabled to",
    "beleive to the saving of",
    "their souls, is the work of",
    "the Spirit of Christ in",
    "their hearts; and is",
    "ordinarily wrought by the",
    "Ministry of the Word; by",
    "which also, and by the",
    "administration of Baptisme,",
    "and the Lords Supper,",
    "Prayer and other Means",
    "appointed of God, it is",
    "increased, and strengthned.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "By this Faith, a Christian",
    "believeth to be true,",
    "whatsoever is revealed in",
    "the Word, for the Authority",
    "of God himself; and also",
    "apprehendeth an excellency",
    "therein, above all other",
    "Writings; and all things in",
    "the world: as it bears",
    "forth the Glory of God in",
    "his Attributes, the",
    "excellency of Christ in his",
    "Nature and Offices; and the",
    "Power and Fullness of the",
    "Holy Spirit in his",
    "Workings, and Operations;",
    "and so is enabled to cast",
    "his Soul upon the truth",
    "thus beleived; and also",
    "acteth differently, upon",
    "that which each particular,",
    "passage thereof containeth;",
    "yeilding obedience to the",
    "commands, trembling at the",
    "threatnings, and embracing",
    "the promises of God, for",
    "this life, and that which",
    "is to come: But the",
    "principal acts of Saving",
    "Faith, have immediate",
    "relation to Christ,",
    "accepting, receiving, and",
    "resting upon him alone, for",
    "Justification,",
    "Sanctification, and Eternal",
    "Life, by vertue of the",
    "Covenant of Grace.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "This Faith although it be",
    "different in degrees, and",
    "may be weak, or strong; yet",
    "it is in the least degree",
    "of it, different in the",
    "kind, or nature of it (as",
    "is all other saving Grace)",
    "from the Faith, and common",
    "grace of temporary",
    "beleivers; and therefore",
    "though it may be many times",
    "assailed, and weakned; yet",
    "it gets the victory;",
    "growing up in many, to the",
    "attainment of a full",
    "assurance through Christ,",
    "who is both the Author and",
    "finisher of our Faith.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 15: OF REPENTANCE",
    "UNTO LIFE AND SALVATION",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Such of the Elect as are",
    "converted at riper years,",
    "having sometimes lived in",
    "the state of nature, and",
    "therein served divers lusts",
    "and pleasures, God in their",
    "Effectual Calling giveth",
    "them Repentance unto Life.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Whereas there is none that",
    "doth good, and sinneth not;",
    "and the best of men may",
    "through the power, and",
    "deceitfulness of their",
    "corruption dwelling in",
    "them, with the prevalency",
    "of temptation, fall into",
    "great sins, and",
    "provocations; God hath in",
    "the Covenant of Grace,",
    "mercifully provided that",
    "Beleivers so sinning, and",
    "falling, be renewed through",
    "Repentance unto Salvation.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "This saving Repentance is",
    "an evangelical Grace,",
    "whereby a person being by",
    "the Holy Spirit made",
    "sensible of the manifold",
    "evils of his sin, doth, by",
    "Faith in Christ, humble",
    "himself for it, with godly",
    "sorrow, detestation of it,",
    "and self abhorrency;",
    "praying for pardon, and",
    "strength of grace, with a",
    "purpose and endeavour by",
    "supplies of the Spirit, to",
    "walk before God unto all",
    "well pleasing in all",
    "things.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "As Repentance is to be",
    "continued through the whole",
    "course of our lives, upon",
    "the account of the body of",
    "death, and the motions",
    "thereof; so it is every",
    "mans duty, to repent of his",
    "particular known sins,",
    "particularly.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "Such is the provision which",
    "God hath made through",
    "Christ in the Covenant of",
    "Grace, for the preservation",
    "of Believers unto",
    "Salvation, that although",
    "there is no sin so small,",
    "but it deserves damnation;",
    "yet there is no sin so",
    "great, that it shall bring",
    "damnation on them that",
    "repent; which makes the",
    "constant preaching of",
    "Repentance necessary.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 16: OF GOOD WORKS",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Good Works are only such as",
    "God hath commanded in his",
    "Holy word; and not such as",
    "without the warrant",
    "thereof, are devised by",
    "men, out of blind zeal, or",
    "upon any pretence of good",
    "intentions.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "These good works, done in",
    "obedience to Gods",
    "commandments, are the",
    "fruits, and evidences of a",
    "true, and lively faith; and",
    "by them Believers manifest",
    "their thankfullness,",
    "strengthen their assurance,",
    "edifie their brethren,",
    "adorn the profession of the",
    "Gospel, stop the mouths of",
    "the adversaries and",
    "glorifie God whose",
    "workmanship they are,",
    "created in Christ Jesus",
    "thereunto, that having",
    "their fruit unto holiness,",
    "they may have the end",
    "eternal life.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Their ability to do good",
    "works, is not at all of",
    "themselves; but wholly from",
    "the Spirit of Christ; and",
    "that they may be enabled",
    "thereunto, besides the",
    "graces they have already",
    "received, there is",
    "necessary an actual",
    "influence of the same Holy",
    "Spirit, to work in them to",
    "will, and to do, of his",
    "good pleasure; yet are they",
    "not hereupon to grow",
    "negligent, as if they were",
    "not bound to perform any",
    "duty, unless upon a special",
    "motion of the Spirit; but",
    "they ought to be diligent",
    "in stirring up the Grace of",
    "God that is in them.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "They who in their obedience",
    "attain to the greatest",
    "height which is possible in",
    "this life, are so far from",
    "being able to superrogate,",
    "and to do more then God",
    "requires, as that they fall",
    "short of much which in duty",
    "they are bound to do.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "We cannot by our best works",
    "merit pardon of Sin or",
    "Eternal Life at the hand of",
    "God, by reason of the great",
    "disproportion that is",
    "between them and the glory",
    "to come; and the infinite",
    "distance that is between us",
    "and God, whom by them we",
    "can neither profit, nor",
    "satisfie for the debt of",
    "our former sins; but when",
    "we have done all we can, we",
    "have done but our duty, and",
    "are unprofitable servants;",
    "and because as they are",
    "good they proceed from his",
    "Spirit, and as they are",
    "wrought by us they are",
    "defiled and mixed with so",
    "much weakness and",
    "imperfection that they",
    "cannot endure the severity",
    "of Gods judgement.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "Yet notwithstanding the",
    "persons of Believers being",
    "accepted through Christ",
    "their good works also are",
    "accepted in him; not as",
    "though they were in this",
    "life wholly unblameable and",
    "unreprovable in Gods sight;",
    "but that he looking upon",
    "them in his Son is pleased",
    "to accept and reward that",
    "which is sincere although",
    "accompanied with many",
    "weaknesses and",
    "imperfections.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "Works done by unregenerate",
    "men although for the matter",
    "of them they may be things",
    "which God commands, and of",
    "good use, both to",
    "themselves and others; yet",
    "because they proceed not",
    "from a heart purified by",
    "faith, nor are done in a",
    "right manner according to",
    "the word, nor to a right",
    "end the glory of God; they",
    "are therefore sinful and",
    "cannot please God; nor make",
    "a man meet to receive grace",
    "from God; and yet their",
    "neglect of them is more",
    "sinful and displeasing to",
    "God.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 17: OF PERSEVERANCE",
    "OF THE SAINTS",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Those whom God hath",
    "accepted in the beloved,",
    "effectually called and",
    "Sanctified by his Spirit,",
    "and given the precious",
    "faith of his Elect unto,",
    "can neither totally nor",
    "finally fall from the state",
    "of grace; but shall",
    "certainly persevere therein",
    "to the end and be eternally",
    "saved, seeing the gifts and",
    "callings of God are without",
    "Repentance, (whence he",
    "still begets and nourisheth",
    "in them Faith, Repentance,",
    "Love, Joy, Hope, and all",
    "the graces of the Spirit",
    "unto immortality) and",
    "though many storms and",
    "floods arise and beat",
    "against them, yet they",
    "shall never be able to take",
    "them off that foundation",
    "and rock which by faith",
    "they are fastned upon:",
    "notwithstanding through",
    "unbelief and the",
    "temptations of Satan the",
    "sensible sight of the light",
    "and love of God, may for a",
    "time be clouded, and",
    "obscured from them, yet he",
    "is still the same and they",
    "shall be sure to be kept by",
    "the power of God unto",
    "Salvation, where they shall",
    "enjoy their purchased",
    "possession, they being",
    "engraven upon the palm of",
    "his hands, and their names",
    "having been written in the",
    "book of life from all",
    "Eternity.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "This perseverance of the",
    "Saints depends not upon",
    "their own free will; but",
    "upon the immutability of",
    "the decree of Election",
    "flowing from the free and",
    "unchangeable love of God",
    "the Father; upon the",
    "efficacy of the merit and",
    "intercession of Jesus",
    "Christ and Union with him,",
    "the oath of God, the",
    "abiding of his Spirit & the",
    "seed of God within them,",
    "and the nature of the",
    "Covenant of Grace from all",
    "which ariseth also the",
    "certainty and infallibility",
    "thereof.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "And though they may through",
    "the temptation of Satan and",
    "of the world, the",
    "prevalency of corruption",
    "remaining in them, and the",
    "neglect of means of their",
    "preservation fall into",
    "grievous sins, and for a",
    "time continue therein;",
    "whereby they incur Gods",
    "displeasure, and grieve his",
    "holy Spirit, come to have",
    "their graces and comforts",
    "impaired have their hearts",
    "hardened, and their",
    "Consciences wounded, hurt,",
    "and scandalize others, and",
    "bring temporal judgements",
    "upon themselves: yet they",
    "shall renew their",
    "repentance and be preserved",
    "through faith in Christ",
    "Jesus to the end.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 18: OF THE",
    "ASSURANCE OF GRACE AND",
    "SALVATION",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Although temporary",
    "Believers, and other",
    "unregenerate men, may",
    "vainly deceive themselves",
    "with false hopes, and",
    "carnal presumptions, of",
    "being in the favour of God,",
    "and state of salvation,",
    "which hope of theirs shall",
    "perish; yet such as truely",
    "believe in the Lord Jesus,",
    "and love him in sincerity,",
    "endeavouring to walk in all",
    "good Conscience before him,",
    "may in this life be",
    "certainly assured that they",
    "are in the state of Grace;",
    "and may rejoyce in the hope",
    "of the glory of God which",
    "hope shall never make them",
    "ashamed.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "This certainty is not a",
    "bare conjectural, and",
    "probable perswasion,",
    "grounded upon a fallible",
    "hope; but an infallible",
    "assurance of faith founded",
    "on the Blood and",
    "Righteousness of Christ",
    "revealed in the Gospel; and",
    "also upon the inward",
    "evidence of those graces of",
    "the Spirit unto which",
    "promises are made, and on",
    "the testimony of the Spirit",
    "of adoption, witnessing",
    "with our Spirits that we",
    "are the children of God;",
    "and as a fruit thereof",
    "keeping the heart both",
    "humble and holy.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "This infallible assurance",
    "doth not so belong to the",
    "essence of faith, but that",
    "a true Believer, may wait",
    "long and conflict with many",
    "difficulties before he be",
    "partaker of it; yet being",
    "enabled by the Spirit to",
    "know the things which are",
    "freely given him of God, he",
    "may without extraordinary",
    "revelation in the right use",
    "of means attain thereunto:",
    "and therefore it is the",
    "duty of every one, to give",
    "all diligence to make their",
    "Calling and Election sure,",
    "that thereby his heart may",
    "be enlarged in peace and",
    "joy in the holy Spirit, in",
    "love and thankfulness to",
    "God, and in strength and",
    "chearfulness in the duties",
    "of obedience, the proper",
    "fruits of this Assurance;",
    "so far is it from inclining",
    "men to looseness.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "True Believers may have the",
    "assurance of their",
    "Salvation divers ways",
    "shaken, diminished, and",
    "intermitted; as by",
    "negligence in preserving of",
    "it, by falling into som",
    "special Sin, which woundeth",
    "the Conscience, and",
    "grieveth the Spirit, by",
    "some sudden or vehement",
    "temptation, by Gods",
    "withdrawing the light of",
    "his countenance and",
    "suffering even such as fear",
    "him to walk in darkness and",
    "to have no light; yet are",
    "they never destitute of the",
    "seed of God, and Life of",
    "Faith, that Love of Christ,",
    "and the brethren, that",
    "sincerity of Heart, and",
    "Conscience of duty, out of",
    "which by the operation of",
    "the Spirit, this Assurance",
    "may in due time be revived:",
    "and by the which in the",
    "mean time they are",
    "preserved from utter",
    "despair.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 19: OF THE LAW OF",
    "GOD",
    "",
    "1.",
    "God gave to Adam a Law of",
    "universal obedience,",
    "written in his Heart, and a",
    "particular precept of not",
    "eating the Fruit of the",
    "tree of knowledge of good",
    "and evil; by which he bound",
    "him, and all his posterity",
    "to personal entire exact",
    "and perpetual obedience;",
    "promised life upon the",
    "fulfilling, and threatned",
    "death upon the breach of",
    "it; and indued him with",
    "power and ability to keep",
    "it.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "The same Law that was first",
    "written in the heart of",
    "man, continued to be a",
    "perfect rule of",
    "Righteousness after the",
    "fall; & was delivered by",
    "God upon Mount Sinai, in",
    "Ten Commandments and",
    "written in two Tables; the",
    "four first containing our",
    "duty towards God, and the",
    "other six our duty to man.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Besides this Law commonly",
    "called moral, God was",
    "pleased to give to the",
    "people of Israel Ceremonial",
    "Laws, containing several",
    "typical ordinances, partly",
    "of worship, prefiguring",
    "Christ, his graces,",
    "actions, sufferings, and",
    "benefits; and partly",
    "holding forth divers",
    "instructions of moral",
    "duties, all which",
    "Ceremonial Laws being",
    "appointed only to the time",
    "of reformation, are by",
    "Jesus Christ the true",
    "Messiah and only Law-giver",
    "who was furnished with",
    "power from the Father, for",
    "that end, abrogated and",
    "taken away.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "To them also he gave sundry",
    "judicial Laws, which",
    "expired together with the",
    "state of that people, not",
    "obliging any now by vertue",
    "of that institution; their",
    "general equity onely, being",
    "of moral use.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "The moral Law doth for ever",
    "bind all, as well justified",
    "persons as others, to the",
    "obedience thereof, and that",
    "not only in regard of the",
    "matter contained in it, but",
    "also in respect of the",
    "authority of God the",
    "Creator; who gave it:",
    "Neither doth Christ in the",
    "Gospel any way dissolve,",
    "but much strengthen this",
    "obligation.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "Although true Believers be",
    "not under the Law, as a",
    "Covenant of Works, to be",
    "thereby Justified or",
    "condemned; yet it is of",
    "great use to them as well",
    "as to others: in that, as a",
    "Rule of Life, informing",
    "them of the Will of God,",
    "and their Duty, it directs",
    "and binds them, to walk",
    "accordingly; discovering",
    "also the sinfull pollutions",
    "of their Natures, Hearts",
    "and Lives; so as Examining",
    "themselves thereby, they",
    "may come to further",
    "Conviction of, Humiliation",
    "for, and Hatred against",
    "Sin; together with a",
    "clearer sight of the need",
    "they have of Christ and the",
    "perfection of his",
    "Obedience: It is likewise",
    "of use to the Regenerate to",
    "restrain their Corruptions,",
    "in that it forbids Sin; and",
    "the Threatnings of it serve",
    "to shew what even their",
    "Sins deserve; and what",
    "afflictions in this Life",
    "they may expect for them,",
    "although free'd from the",
    "Curse and unallayed Rigor",
    "thereof. The Promises of it",
    "likewise shew them Gods",
    "approbation of Obedience,",
    "and what blessings they may",
    "expect upon the performance",
    "thereof, though not as due",
    "to them by the Law as a",
    "Covenant of Works; so as",
    "mans doing Good and",
    "refraining from Evil,",
    "because the Law incourageth",
    "to the one and deterreth",
    "from the other, is no",
    "Evidence of his being under",
    "the Law and not under",
    "Grace.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "Neither are the",
    "forementioned uses of the",
    "Law contrary to the Grace",
    "of the Gospel; but do",
    "sweetly comply with it; the",
    "Spirit of Christ subduing",
    "and inabling the Will of",
    "man, to do that freely and",
    "chearfully, which the will",
    "of God revealed in the Law,",
    "requireth to be done.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 20: OF THE GOSPEL,",
    "AND OF THE EXTENT OF THE",
    "GRACE THEREOF",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Covenant of Works being",
    "broken by Sin, and made",
    "unprofitable unto Life; God",
    "was pleased to give forth",
    "the promise of Christ, the",
    "Seed of the Woman, as the",
    "means of calling the Elect,",
    "and begetting in them Faith",
    "and Repentance; in this",
    "Promise, the Gospel, as to",
    "the substance of it, was",
    "revealed, and therein",
    "Effectual, for the",
    "Conversion and Salvation of",
    "Sinners.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "This Promise of Christ, and",
    "Salvation by him, is",
    "revealed only by the Word",
    "of God; neither do the",
    "Works of Creation, or",
    "Providence, with the light",
    "of Nature, make discovery",
    "of Christ, or of Grace by",
    "him; so much as in a",
    "general, or obscure way;",
    "much less that men",
    "destitute of the Revelation",
    "of him by the Promise, or",
    "Gospel; should be enabled",
    "thereby, to attain saving",
    "Faith, or Repentance.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "The Revelation of the",
    "Gospel unto Sinners, made",
    "in divers times, and by",
    "sundry parts; with the",
    "addition of Promises, and",
    "Precepts for the Obedience",
    "required therein, as to the",
    "Nations, and Persons, to",
    "whom it is granted, is",
    "meerly of the Soveraign",
    "Will and good Pleasure of",
    "God; not being annexed by",
    "vertue of any Promise, to",
    "the due improvement of mens",
    "natural abilities, by",
    "vertue of Common light",
    "received, without it; which",
    "none ever did make, or can",
    "so do: And therefore in all",
    "Ages the preaching of the",
    "Gospel hath been granted",
    "unto persons and Nations,",
    "as to the extent, or",
    "streightning of it, in",
    "great variety, according to",
    "the Councell of the Will of",
    "God.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "Although the Gospel be the",
    "only outward means, of",
    "revealing Christ, and",
    "saving Grace; and is, as",
    "such, abundantly sufficient",
    "thereunto; yet that men who",
    "are dead in Trespasses, may",
    "be born again, Quickned or",
    "Regenerated; there is",
    "moreover necessary, an",
    "effectual, insuperable work",
    "of the Holy Spirit, upon",
    "the whole Soul, for the",
    "producing in them a new",
    "spiritual Life; without",
    "which no other means will",
    "effect their Conversion",
    "unto God.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 21: OF CHRISTIAN",
    "LIBERTY AND LIBERTY OF",
    "CONSCIENCE",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Liberty which Christ",
    "hath purchased for",
    "Believers under the Gospel,",
    "consists in their freedom",
    "from the guilt of Sin, the",
    "condemning wrath of God,",
    "the Rigour and Curse of the",
    "Law; and in their being",
    "delivered from this present",
    "evil World, Bondage to",
    "Satan, and Dominion of Sin;",
    "from the Evil of",
    "Afflictions; the Fear, and",
    "Sting of Death, the Victory",
    "of the Grave, and",
    "Everlasting Damnation; as",
    "also in their free access",
    "to God; and their yielding",
    "Obedience unto him not out",
    "of a slavish fear, but a",
    "Child-like love, and",
    "willing mind.",
    "",
    "All which were common also",
    "to Believers under the Law",
    "for the substance of them;",
    "but under the new",
    "Testament, the Liberty of",
    "Christians is further",
    "enlarged in their freedom",
    "from the yoke of the",
    "Ceremonial Law, to which",
    "the Jewish Church was",
    "subjected; and in greater",
    "boldness of access to the",
    "Throne of Grace; and in",
    "fuller Communications of",
    "the Free Spirit of God,",
    "then Believers under the",
    "Law did ordinarily partake",
    "of.",
    "",
    "",
    "2.",
    "God alone is Lord of the",
    "Conscience, and hath left",
    "it free from the Doctrines",
    "and Commandments of men,",
    "which are in any thing",
    "contrary to his Word, or",
    "not contained in it. So",
    "that to Believe such",
    "Doctrines, or obey such",
    "Commands out of Conscience,",
    "is to betray true liberty",
    "of Conscience; and the",
    "requiring of an implicit",
    "Faith, and absolute and",
    "blind Obedience, is to",
    "destroy Liberty of",
    "Conscience, and Reason",
    "also.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "They who upon pretence of",
    "Christian Liberty do",
    "practice any sin, or",
    "cherish any sinfull lust;",
    "as they do thereby pervert",
    "the main design of the",
    "Grace of the Gospel, to",
    "their own Destruction; so",
    "they wholy destroy the end",
    "of Christian Liberty, which",
    "is, that being delivered",
    "out of the hands of all our",
    "Enemies we might serve the",
    "Lord without fear in",
    "Holiness, and Righteousness",
    "before him, all the days of",
    "our Life.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 22: OF RELIGIOUS",
    "WORSHIP AND THE SABBATH DAY",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The light of Nature shews",
    "that there is a God, who",
    "hath Lordship, and",
    "Soveraigntye over all; is",
    "just, good, and doth good",
    "unto all; and is therefore",
    "to be feared, loved,",
    "praised, called upon,",
    "trusted in, and served,",
    "with all the Heart, and all",
    "the Soul, and with all the",
    "Might. But the acceptable",
    "way of Worshipping the true",
    "God, is instituted by",
    "himself; and so limited by",
    "his own revealed will, that",
    "he may not be Worshipped",
    "according to the",
    "imaginations, and devices",
    "of Men, or the suggestions",
    "of Satan, under any visible",
    "representations, or any",
    "other way, not prescribed",
    "in the Holy Scriptures.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Religious Worship is to be",
    "given to God the Father,",
    "Son, and Holy Spirit, and",
    "to him alone; not to",
    "Angels, Saints, or any",
    "other Creatures; and since",
    "the fall, not without a",
    "Mediator, nor in the",
    "Mediation of any other but",
    "Christ alone.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Prayer with thanksgiving,",
    "being one special part of",
    "natural worship, is by God",
    "required of all men. But",
    "that it may be accepted, it",
    "is to be made in the Name",
    "of the Son, by the help of",
    "the Spirit, according to",
    "his Will; with",
    "understanding, reverence,",
    "humility, fervency, faith,",
    "love, and perseverance; and",
    "when with others, in a",
    "known tongue.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "Prayer is to be made for",
    "things lawful, and for all",
    "sorts of men living, or",
    "that shall live hereafter;",
    "but not for the dead, nor",
    "for those of whom it may be",
    "known that they have sinned",
    "the sin unto death.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "The reading of the",
    "Scriptures, Preaching, and",
    "hearing the word of God,",
    "teaching and admonishing",
    "one another in Psalms,",
    "Hymns and Spiritual songs,",
    "singing with grace in our",
    "Hearts to the Lord; as also",
    "the Administration of",
    "Baptism, and the Lords",
    "Supper are all parts of",
    "Religious worship of God,",
    "to be performed in",
    "obedience to him, with",
    "understanding, faith,",
    "reverence, and godly fear;",
    "moreover solemn humiliation",
    "with fastings; and",
    "thanksgiving upon special",
    "occasions, ought to be used",
    "in an holy and religious",
    "manner.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "Neither Prayer, nor any",
    "other part of Religious",
    "worship, is now under the",
    "Gospel tied unto, or made",
    "more acceptable by, any",
    "place in which it is",
    "performed, or towards which",
    "it is directed; but God is",
    "to be worshipped every",
    "where in Spirit, and in",
    "truth; as in private",
    "families daily, and in",
    "secret each one by himself,",
    "so more solemnly in the",
    "publick Assemblies, which",
    "are not carelessely, nor",
    "wilfuly, to be neglected,",
    "or forsaken, when God by",
    "his word, or providence",
    "calleth thereunto.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "As it is of the Law of",
    "nature, that in general a",
    "proportion of time by Gods",
    "appointment, be set a part",
    "for the Worship of God; so",
    "by his Word in a",
    "positive-moral, and",
    "perpetual Commandement,",
    "binding all men, in all",
    "Ages, he hath particularly",
    "appointed one day in seven",
    "for a Sabbath to be kept",
    "holy unto him, which from",
    "the beginning of the World",
    "to the Resurrection of",
    "Christ, was the last day of",
    "the week; and from the",
    "resurrection of Christ, was",
    "changed into the first day",
    "of the week which is called",
    "the Lords day; and is to be",
    "continued to the end of the",
    "World, as the Christian",
    "Sabbath; the observation of",
    "the last day of the week",
    "being abolished.",
    "",
    "8.",
    "The Sabbath is then kept",
    "holy unto the Lord, when",
    "men after a due preparing",
    "of their hearts, and",
    "ordering their common",
    "affairs aforehand, do not",
    "only observe an holy rest",
    "all the day, from their own",
    "works, words, and thoughts,",
    "about their worldly",
    "employment, and",
    "recreations, but also are",
    "taken up the whole time in",
    "the publick and private",
    "exercises of his worship,",
    "and in the duties of",
    "necessity and mercy.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 23: OF LAWFUL OATHS",
    "AND VOWS",
    "",
    "1.",
    "A lawful Oath is a part of",
    "religious worship, wherein",
    "the person swearing in",
    "Truth, Righteousness, and",
    "Judgement, solemnly calleth",
    "God to witness what he",
    "sweareth; and to judge him",
    "according to the Truth or",
    "falseness thereof.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "The Name of God only is",
    "that by which men ought to",
    "swear; and therein it is to",
    "be used, with all Holy Fear",
    "and reverence, therefore to",
    "swear vainly or rashly by",
    "that glorious, and dreadful",
    "name; or to swear at all by",
    "any other thing, is sinful",
    "and to be abhorred; yet as",
    "in matter of weight and",
    "moment for confirmation of",
    "truth, and ending all",
    "strife, an Oath is",
    "warranted by the Word of",
    "God; so a lawful Oath being",
    "imposed, by lawful",
    "Authority, in such matters,",
    "ought to be taken.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Whosoever taketh an Oath",
    "warranted by the Word of",
    "God, ought duely to",
    "consider the weightiness of",
    "so solemn an act; and",
    "therein to avouch nothing,",
    "but what he knoweth to be",
    "the truth; for that by",
    "rash, false, and vain Oaths",
    "the Lord is provoked, and",
    "for them this Land mournes.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "An Oath is to be taken in",
    "the plain, and common sense",
    "of the words; without",
    "equivocation, or mental",
    "reservation.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "A Vow which is not to be",
    "made to any Creature, but",
    "to God alone, is to be made",
    "and performed with all",
    "Religious care, and",
    "faithfulness: But Popish",
    "Monastical Vows, of",
    "perpetual single life,",
    "professed poverty, and",
    "regular obedience, are so",
    "far from being degrees of",
    "higher perfection, that",
    "they are superstitious, and",
    "sinful snares, in which no",
    "Christian may intangle",
    "himself.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 24: OF THE CIVIL",
    "MAGISTRATE",
    "",
    "1.",
    "God the supream Lord, and",
    "King of all the World, hath",
    "ordained Civil Magistrates",
    "to be under him, over the",
    "people for his own glory,",
    "and the publick good; and",
    "to this end hath armed them",
    "with the power of the",
    "Sword, for defence and",
    "encouragement of them that",
    "do good, and for the",
    "punishment of evil doers.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "It is lawful for Christians",
    "to Accept, and Execute the",
    "Office of a Magistrate when",
    "called thereunto; in the",
    "management whereof, as they",
    "ought especially to",
    "maintain Justice, and",
    "Peace, according to the",
    "wholsome Laws of each",
    "Kingdome, and Commonwealth:",
    "so for that end they may",
    "lawfully now under the New",
    "Testament wage war upon",
    "just and necessary",
    "occasions.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "Civil Magistrates being set",
    "up by God, for the ends",
    "aforesaid; subjection in",
    "all lawful things commanded",
    "by them, ought to be",
    "yeilded by us, in the Lord;",
    "not only for wrath but for",
    "Conscience sake; and we",
    "ought to make supplications",
    "and prayers for Kings, and",
    "all that are in Authority,",
    "that under them we may live",
    "a quiet and peaceable life,",
    "in all godliness and",
    "honesty.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 25: OF MARRIAGE",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Marriage is to be between",
    "one Man and one Woman;",
    "neither is it lawful for",
    "any man to have more then",
    "one Wife, nor for any Woman",
    "to have more then one",
    "Husband at the same time.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Marriage was ordained for",
    "the mutual help of Husband",
    "and Wife, for the increase",
    "of Man-kind, with a",
    "legitimate issue, and for",
    "preventing of uncleanness.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "It is lawful for all sorts",
    "of people to Marry, who are",
    "able with judgment to give",
    "their consent; yet it is",
    "the duty of Christians to",
    "marry in the Lord, and",
    "therefore such as profess",
    "the true Religion, should",
    "not Marry with Infidels, or",
    "Idolaters; neither should",
    "such as are godly be",
    "unequally yoked, by",
    "marrying with such as are",
    "wicked, in their life, or",
    "maintain damnable Heresie.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "Marriage ought not to be",
    "within the degrees of",
    "consanguinity, or Affinity",
    "forbidden in the word; nor",
    "can such incestuous",
    "Marriage ever be made",
    "lawful, by any law of Man",
    "or consent of parties, so",
    "as those persons may live",
    "together as Man and Wife.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 26: OF THE CHURCH",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Catholick or universal",
    "Church, which (with respect",
    "to the internal work of the",
    "Spirit, and truth of grace)",
    "may be called invisible,",
    "consists of the whole",
    "number of the Elect, that",
    "have been, are, or shall be",
    "gathered into one, under",
    "Christ the head thereof;",
    "and is the spouse, the",
    "body, the fulness of him",
    "that filleth all in all.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "All persons throughout the",
    "world, professing the faith",
    "of the Gospel, and",
    "obedience unto God by",
    "Christ, according unto it;",
    "not destroying their own",
    "profession by any Errors",
    "everting the foundation, or",
    "unholyness of conversation,",
    "are and may be called",
    "visible Saints; and of such",
    "ought all particular",
    "Congregations to be",
    "constituted.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "The purest Churches under",
    "heaven are subject to",
    "mixture, and error; and som",
    "have so degenerated as to",
    "become no Churches of",
    "Christ, but Synagogues of",
    "Satan; nevertheless Christ",
    "always hath had, and ever",
    "shall have a Kingdome in",
    "this world, to the end",
    "thereof, of such as believe",
    "in him, and make profession",
    "of his Name.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "The Lord Jesus Christ is",
    "the Head of the Church, in",
    "whom by the appointment of",
    "the Father, all power for",
    "the calling, institution,",
    "order, or Government of the",
    "Church, is invested in a",
    "supream & soveraigne",
    "manner, neither can the",
    "Pope of Rome in any sense",
    "be head thereof, but is",
    "that Antichrist, that Man",
    "of sin, and Son of",
    "perdition, that exalteth",
    "himself in the Church",
    "against Christ, and all",
    "that is called God; whom",
    "the Lord shall destroy with",
    "the brightness of his",
    "coming.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "In the execution of this",
    "power wherewith he is so",
    "intrusted, the Lord Jesus",
    "calleth out of the World",
    "unto himself, through the",
    "Ministry of his word, by",
    "his Spirit, those that are",
    "given unto him by his",
    "Father; that they may walk",
    "before him in all the ways",
    "of obedience, which he",
    "prescribeth to them in his",
    "Word. Those thus called he",
    "commandeth to walk together",
    "in particular societies, or",
    "Churches, for their mutual",
    "edification; and the due",
    "performance of that publick",
    "worship, which he requireth",
    "of them in the World.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "The Members of these",
    "Churches are Saints by",
    "calling, visibly",
    "manifesting and evidencing",
    "(in and by their profession",
    "and walking) their",
    "obedience unto that call of",
    "Christ; and do willingly",
    "consent to walk together",
    "according to the",
    "appointment of Christ,",
    "giving up themselves, to",
    "the Lord & one to another",
    "by the will of God, in",
    "professed subjection to the",
    "Ordinances of the Gospel.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "To each of these Churches",
    "thus gathered, according to",
    "his mind, declared in his",
    "word, he hath given all",
    "that power and authority,",
    "which is any way needfull,",
    "for their carrying on that",
    "order in worship, and",
    "discipline, which he hath",
    "instituted for them to",
    "observe; with commands, and",
    "rules, for the due and",
    "right exerting, and",
    "executing of that power.",
    "",
    "8.",
    "A particular Church",
    "gathered, and compleatly",
    "Organized, according to the",
    "mind of Christ, consists of",
    "Officers, and Members; And",
    "the Officers appointed by",
    "Christ to be chosen and set",
    "apart by the Church (so",
    "called and gathered) for",
    "the peculiar Administration",
    "of Ordinances, and",
    "Execution of Power, or",
    "Duty, which he intrusts",
    "them with, or calls them",
    "to, to be continued to the",
    "end of the World are",
    "Bishops or Elders and",
    "Deacons.",
    "",
    "9.",
    "The way appointed by Christ",
    "for the Calling of any",
    "person, fitted, and gifted",
    "by the Holy Spirit, unto",
    "the Office of Bishop, or",
    "Elder, in a Church, is,",
    "that he be chosen thereunto",
    "by the common suffrage of",
    "the Church it self; and",
    "Solemnly set apart by",
    "Fasting and Prayer, with",
    "imposition of hands of the",
    "Eldership of the Church, if",
    "there be any before",
    "Constituted therein; And of",
    "a Deacon that he be chosen",
    "by the like suffrage, and",
    "set apart by Prayer, and",
    "the like Imposition of",
    "hands.",
    "",
    "10.",
    "The work of Pastors being",
    "constantly to attend the",
    "Service of Christ, in his",
    "Churches, in the Ministry",
    "of the Word, and Prayer,",
    "with watching for their",
    "Souls, as they that must",
    "give an account to him; it",
    "is incumbent on the",
    "Churches to whom they",
    "Minister, not only to give",
    "them all due respect, but",
    "also to communicate to them",
    "of all their good things",
    "according to their ability,",
    "so as they may have a",
    "comfortable supply, without",
    "being themselves entangled",
    "in Secular Affairs; and may",
    "also be capable of",
    "exercising Hospitality",
    "toward others; and this is",
    "required by the Law of",
    "Nature, and by the Express",
    "order of our Lord Jesus,",
    "who hath ordained that they",
    "that preach the Gospel,",
    "should live of the Gospel.",
    "",
    "11.",
    "Although it be incumbent on",
    "the Bishops or Pastors of",
    "the Churches to be instant",
    "in Preaching the Word, by",
    "way of Office; yet the work",
    "of Preaching the Word, is",
    "not so peculiarly confined",
    "to them; but that others",
    "also gifted, and fitted by",
    "the Holy Spirit for it, and",
    "approved, and called by the",
    "Church, may and ought to",
    "perform it.",
    "",
    "12.",
    "As all Believers are bound",
    "to joyn themselves to",
    "particular Churches, when",
    "and where they have",
    "opportunity so to do; So",
    "all that are admitted unto",
    "the priviledges of a",
    "Church, are also under the",
    "Censures and Government",
    "thereof, according to the",
    "Rule of Christ.",
    "",
    "13.",
    "No Church-members upon any",
    "offence taken by them,",
    "having performed their Duty",
    "required of them towards",
    "the person they are",
    "offended at, ought to",
    "disturb any Church order,",
    "or absent themselves from",
    "the Assemblies of the",
    "Church, or Administration",
    "of any Ordinances, upon the",
    "account of such offence at",
    "any of their",
    "fellow-members; but to wait",
    "upon Christ, in the further",
    "proceeding of the Church.",
    "",
    "14.",
    "As each Church, and all the",
    "Members of it are bound to",
    "pray continually, for the",
    "good and prosperity of all",
    "the Churches of Christ, in",
    "all places; and upon all",
    "occasions to further it",
    "(every one within the",
    "bounds of their places, and",
    "callings, in the Exercise",
    "of their Gifts and Graces)",
    "so the Churches (when",
    "planted by the providence",
    "of God so as they may injoy",
    "opportunity and advantage",
    "for it) ought to hold",
    "communion amongst",
    "themselves for their peace,",
    "increase of love, and",
    "mutual edification.",
    "",
    "15.",
    "In cases of difficulties or",
    "differences, either in",
    "point of Doctrine, or",
    "Administration; wherein",
    "either the Churches in",
    "general are concerned, or",
    "any one Church in their",
    "peace, union, and",
    "edification; or any member,",
    "or members, of any Church",
    "are injured, in or by any",
    "proceedings in censures not",
    "agreeable to truth, and",
    "order: it is according to",
    "the mind of Christ, that",
    "many Churches holding",
    "communion together, do by",
    "their messengers meet to",
    "consider, and give their",
    "advice, in or about that",
    "matter in difference, to be",
    "reported to all the",
    "Churches concerned; howbeit",
    "these messengers assembled",
    "are not entrusted with any",
    "Church-power properly so",
    "called; or with any",
    "jurisdiction over the",
    "Churches themselves, to",
    "exercise any censures",
    "either over any Churches,",
    "or Persons: or to impose",
    "their determination on the",
    "Churches, or Officers.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 27: OF THE",
    "COMMUNION OF SAINTS",
    "",
    "1.",
    "All Saints that are united",
    "to Jesus Christ their Head,",
    "by his Spirit, and Faith;",
    "although they are not made",
    "thereby one person with",
    "him, have fellowship in his",
    "Graces, sufferings, death,",
    "resurrection, and glory;",
    "and being united to one",
    "another in love, they have",
    "communion in each others",
    "gifts, and graces; and are",
    "obliged to the performance",
    "of such duties, publick and",
    "private, in an orderly way,",
    "as do conduce to their",
    "mutual good, both in the",
    "inward and outward man.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Saints by profession are",
    "bound to maintain an holy",
    "fellowship and communion in",
    "the worship of God, and in",
    "performing such other",
    "spiritual services, as tend",
    "to their mutual",
    "edification; as also in",
    "relieving each other in",
    "outward things according to",
    "their several abilities,",
    "and necessities; which",
    "communion according to the",
    "rule of the Gospel, though",
    "especially to be exercised",
    "by them, in the relations",
    "wherein they stand, whether",
    "in families, or Churches;",
    "yet as God offereth",
    "opportunity is to be",
    "extended to all the",
    "houshold of faith, even all",
    "those who in every place",
    "call upon the name of the",
    "Lord Jesus; nevertheless",
    "their communion one with",
    "another as Saints, doth not",
    "take away or infringe, the",
    "title or propriety, which",
    "each man hath in his goods",
    "and possessions.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 28: OF BAPTISM AND",
    "THE LORDS SUPPER",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Baptism and the Lords",
    "Supper are ordinances of",
    "positive, and soveraign",
    "institution; appointed by",
    "the Lord Jesus the only",
    "Law-giver, to be continued",
    "in his Church to the end of",
    "the world.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "These holy appointments are",
    "to be administred by those",
    "only, who are qualified and",
    "thereunto called according",
    "to the commission of",
    "Christ.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 29: OF BAPTISM",
    "",
    "1.",
    "Baptism is an Ordinance of",
    "the New Testament, ordained",
    "by Jesus Christ, to be unto",
    "the party Baptized, a sign",
    "of his fellowship with him,",
    "in his death, and",
    "resurrection; of his being",
    "engrafted into him; of",
    "remission of sins; and of",
    "his giving up unto God",
    "through Jesus Christ to",
    "live and walk in newness of",
    "Life.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "Those who do actually",
    "professe repentance towards",
    "God, faith in, and",
    "obedience, to our Lord",
    "Jesus, are the only proper",
    "subjects of this ordinance.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "The outward element to be",
    "used in this ordinance is",
    "water, wherein the party is",
    "to be baptized, in the name",
    "of the Father, and of the",
    "Son, and of the Holy",
    "Spirit.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "Immersion, or dipping of",
    "the person in water, is",
    "necessary to the due",
    "administration of this",
    "ordinance.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 30: OF THE LORDS",
    "SUPPER",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Supper of the Lord",
    "Jesus, was instituted by",
    "him, the same night wherein",
    "he was betrayed, to be",
    "observed in his Churches",
    "unto the end of the world,",
    "for the perpetual",
    "remembrance, and shewing",
    "forth the sacrifice of",
    "himself in his death",
    "confirmation of the faith",
    "of believers in all the",
    "benefits thereof, their",
    "spiritual nourishment, and",
    "growth in him, their",
    "further ingagement in, and",
    "to, all duties which they",
    "owe unto him; and to be a",
    "bond and pledge of their",
    "communion with him, and",
    "with each other.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "In this ordinance Christ is",
    "not offered up to his",
    "Father, nor any real",
    "sacrifice made at all, for",
    "remission of sin of the",
    "quick or dead; but only a",
    "memorial of that one",
    "offering up of himself, by",
    "himself, upon the crosse,",
    "once for all; and a",
    "spiritual oblation of all",
    "possible praise unto God",
    "for the same; so that the",
    "Popish sacrifice of the",
    "Mass (as they call it) is",
    "most abominable, injurious",
    "to Christs own only",
    "sacrifice, the alone",
    "propitiation for all the",
    "sins of the Elect.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "The Lord Jesus hath in this",
    "Ordinance, appointed his",
    "Ministers to Pray, and",
    "bless the Elements of Bread",
    "and Wine, and thereby to",
    "set them apart from a",
    "common to an holy use, and",
    "to take and break the",
    "Bread; to take the Cup, and",
    "(they communicating also",
    "themselves) to give both to",
    "the Communicants.",
    "",
    "4.",
    "The denyal of the Cup to",
    "the people, worshiping the",
    "Elements, the lifting them",
    "up, or carrying them about",
    "for adoration, and",
    "reserving them for any",
    "pretended religious use,",
    "are all contrary to the",
    "nature of this Ordinance,",
    "and to the institution of",
    "Christ.",
    "",
    "5.",
    "The outward Elements in",
    "this Ordinance, duely set",
    "apart to the uses ordained",
    "by Christ, have such",
    "relation to him crucified,",
    "as that truely, although in",
    "terms used figuratively,",
    "they are sometimes called",
    "by the name of the things",
    "they represent, to wit the",
    "body and Blood of Christ;",
    "albeit in substance, and",
    "nature, they still remain",
    "truly, and only Bread, and",
    "Wine, as they were before.",
    "",
    "6.",
    "That doctrine which",
    "maintains a change of the",
    "substance of Bread and",
    "Wine, into the substance of",
    "Christs body and blood",
    "(commonly called",
    "Transubstantiation) by",
    "consecration of a Priest,",
    "or by any other way, is",
    "repugnant not to Scripture",
    "alone, but even to common",
    "sense and reason;",
    "overthroweth the nature of",
    "the ordinance, and hath",
    "been and is the cause of",
    "manifold superstitions,",
    "yea, of gross Idolatries.",
    "",
    "7.",
    "Worthy receivers, outwardly",
    "partaking of the visible",
    "Elements in this Ordinance,",
    "do then also inwardly by",
    "faith, really and indeed,",
    "yet not carnally, and",
    "corporally, but spiritually",
    "receive, and feed upon",
    "Christ crucified & all the",
    "benefits of his death: the",
    "Body and Blood of Christ,",
    "being then not corporally,",
    "or carnally, but",
    "spiritually present to the",
    "faith of Believers, in that",
    "Ordinance, as the Elements",
    "themselves are to their",
    "outward senses.",
    "",
    "8.",
    "All ignorant and ungodly",
    "persons, as they are unfit",
    "to enjoy communion with",
    "Christ; so are they",
    "unworthy of the Lords",
    "Table; and cannot without",
    "great sin against him,",
    "while they remain such,",
    "partake of these holy",
    "mysteries, or be admitted",
    "thereunto: yea whosoever",
    "shall receive unworthily",
    "are guilty of the Body and",
    "Blood of the Lord, eating",
    "and drinking judgement to",
    "themselves.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 31: OF THE STATE OF",
    "MAN AFTER DEATH AND OF THE",
    "RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD",
    "",
    "1.",
    "The Bodies of Men after",
    "Death return to dust, and",
    "see corruption; but their",
    "Souls (which neither die",
    "nor sleep) having an",
    "immortal subsistence,",
    "immediately return to God",
    "who gave them: the Souls of",
    "the Righteous being then",
    "made perfect in holyness,",
    "are received into paradise",
    "where they are with Christ,",
    "and behold the face of God,",
    "in light and glory; waiting",
    "for the full Redemption of",
    "their Bodies; and the souls",
    "of the wicked, are cast",
    "into hell; where they",
    "remain in torment and utter",
    "darkness, reserved to the",
    "judgement of the great day;",
    "besides these two places",
    "for Souls separated from",
    "their bodies, the Scripture",
    "acknowledgeth none.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "At the last day such of the",
    "Saints as are found alive",
    "shall not sleep but be",
    "changed; and all the dead",
    "shall be raised up with the",
    "self same bodies, and none",
    "other; although with",
    "different qualities, which",
    "shall be united again to",
    "their Souls for ever.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "The bodies of the unjust",
    "shall by the power of",
    "Christ, be raised to",
    "dishonour; the bodies of",
    "the just by his spirit unto",
    "honour, and be made",
    "conformable to his own",
    "glorious Body.",
    "",
    "",
    "CHAPTER 32: OF THE LAST",
    "JUDGEMENT",
    "",
    "1.",
    "God hath appointed a Day",
    "wherein he will judge the",
    "world in Righteousness, by",
    "Jesus Christ; to whom all",
    "power and judgement is",
    "given of the Father; in",
    "which Day not only the",
    "Apostate Angels shall be",
    "judged; but likewise all",
    "persons that have lived",
    "upon the Earth, shall",
    "appear before the Tribunal",
    "of Christ; to give an",
    "account of their Thoughts,",
    "Words, and Deeds, and to",
    "receive according to what",
    "they have done in the body,",
    "whether good or evil.",
    "",
    "2.",
    "The end of Gods appointing",
    "this Day, is for the",
    "manifestation of the glory",
    "of his Mercy, in the",
    "Eternal Salvation of the",
    "Elect; and of his Justice",
    "in the Eternal damnation of",
    "the Reprobate, who are",
    "wicked and disobedient; for",
    "then shall the Righteous go",
    "into Everlasting Life, and",
    "receive that fulness of",
    "Joy, and Glory, with",
    "everlasting reward, in the",
    "presence of the Lord: but",
    "the wicked who know not",
    "God, and obey not the",
    "Gospel of Jesus Christ,",
    "shall be cast into Eternal",
    "torments, and punished with",
    "everlasting destruction,",
    "from the presence of the",
    "Lord, and from the glory of",
    "his power.",
    "",
    "3.",
    "As Christ would have us to",
    "be certainly perswaded that",
    "there shall be a Day of",
    "judgement, both to deter",
    "all men from sin, and for",
    "the greater consolation of",
    "the godly, in their",
    "adversity; so will he have",
    "that day unknown to Men,",
    "that they may shake off all",
    "carnal security, and be",
    "always watchful, because",
    "they know not at what hour,",
    "the Lord will come; and may",
    "ever be prepared to say,",
    "Come Lord Jesus, Come",
    "quickly, Amen.",
    "",
    ""
};

static int total_lines = 3269;
static int lines_per_screen = 12;  // Reduced to fit better spacing

void draw_pixel(int x, int y, unsigned short color) {
    if (x >= 0 && x < SCREEN_WIDTH && y >= 0 && y < SCREEN_HEIGHT) {
        VRAM[y * SCREEN_WIDTH + x] = color;
    }
}

void clear_screen(unsigned short color) {
    for (int i = 0; i < SCREEN_WIDTH * SCREEN_HEIGHT; i++) {
        VRAM[i] = color;
    }
}

void draw_char(int x, int y, char c, unsigned short color) {
    const unsigned char* char_data = font_data[(unsigned char)c];
    
    for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++) {
        unsigned char line = char_data[row];
        for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++) {
            if (line & (0x80 >> col)) {
                draw_pixel(x + col, y + row, color);
            } else {
                // Clear background pixel to prevent overlapping
                draw_pixel(x + col, y + row, BLACK);
            }
        }
    }
}

void draw_string(int x, int y, const char* str, unsigned short color) {
    int pos_x = x;
    int pos_y = y;
    
    while (*str) {
        if (*str == '\n') {
            pos_x = x;
            pos_y += 12;  // Increased line spacing
        } else {
            draw_char(pos_x, pos_y, *str, color);
            pos_x += 8;
            if (pos_x >= SCREEN_WIDTH - 20) {  // Leave more space for scrollbar
                pos_x = x;
                pos_y += 12;  // Increased line spacing
            }
        }
        str++;
    }
}

void draw_text_screen() {
    clear_screen(BLACK);
    
    // Draw title
    draw_string(10, 5, "1689 2LBCF", GREEN);
    
    // Draw text lines with better spacing
    int y_pos = 35;  // Start lower to avoid overlap
    for (int i = 0; i < lines_per_screen && (current_line + i) < total_lines; i++) {
        const char* line = confession_text[current_line + i];
        unsigned short color = WHITE;
        
        // Highlight chapter headers
        if (line[0] != 0 && (line[0] == 'C' && line[1] == 'H')) {
            color = BLUE;
        }
        
        draw_string(5, y_pos, line, color);
        y_pos += 12;  // Consistent spacing between lines
    }
    
    // Draw scroll indicator in dedicated area
    if (total_lines > lines_per_screen) {
        int scroll_area_height = SCREEN_HEIGHT - 40;  // Leave space at top/bottom
        int scroll_height = (lines_per_screen * scroll_area_height) / total_lines;
        int scroll_pos = (current_line * (scroll_area_height - scroll_height)) / (total_lines - lines_per_screen);
        
        // Draw scrollbar background (vertical line)
        for (int i = 35; i < SCREEN_HEIGHT - 5; i++) {
            draw_pixel(SCREEN_WIDTH - 10, i, RED);
        }
        
        // Draw scrollbar thumb (wider rectangle)
        for (int i = scroll_pos + 35; i < scroll_pos + scroll_height + 35 && i < SCREEN_HEIGHT - 5; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
                draw_pixel(SCREEN_WIDTH - 12 + j, i, WHITE);
            }
        }
    }
}

unsigned short get_keys() {
    return ~REG_KEYINPUT & 0x03FF;
}

int main() {
    // Set up graphics mode - Mode 3 (15-bit color, single frame buffer)
    REG_DISPCNT = MODE_3 | BG2_ENABLE;
    
    // Small delay to let hardware settle
    for (volatile int i = 0; i < 10000; i++);
    
    unsigned short prev_keys = 0;
    int need_redraw = 1;  // Flag to control when to redraw
    
    while (1) {
        // Wait for vertical blank to prevent tearing
        wait_vblank();
        
        unsigned short keys = get_keys();
        unsigned short pressed = keys & ~prev_keys;
        
        // Only process input and redraw if keys were pressed
        if (pressed & KEY_UP) {
            if (current_line > 0) {
                current_line--;
                need_redraw = 1;
            }
        }
        
        if (pressed & KEY_DOWN) {
            if (current_line < total_lines - lines_per_screen) {
                current_line++;
                need_redraw = 1;
            }
        }
        
        if (pressed & KEY_A) {
            // Jump to next chapter
            for (int i = current_line + 1; i < total_lines; i++) {
                if (confession_text[i][0] == 'C' && confession_text[i][1] == 'H') {
                    current_line = i;
                    need_redraw = 1;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        
        if (pressed & KEY_B) {
            // Jump to previous chapter
            for (int i = current_line - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
                if (confession_text[i][0] == 'C' && confession_text[i][1] == 'H') {
                    current_line = i;
                    need_redraw = 1;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        
        // Only redraw screen when needed
        if (need_redraw) {
            draw_text_screen();
            need_redraw = 0;
        }
        
        prev_keys = keys;
    }
    
    return 0;
}