| Paras | |
| 1 | I. The norm of good works |
| A. Positively stated | |
| B. Negatively stated | |
| 2 | II. The importance of good works |
| A. Because of their testimony | |
| B. Because of their results | |
| C. Because of their role | |
| 3 | III. The cause of good works |
| A. Its emphatic assertion | |
| B. Its common perversion | |
| 4-5 | IV. The limitations of good works |
| 4 | A. Works of supererogation are impossible |
| 5 | B. Works of merit are impossible |
| 6-7 | V. The acceptance of good works |
| 6 | A. The good works of believers |
| 7 | B. The good works of unregenerate men |
From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p207. Used by permission.