Are all true believers at all times assured of their present being in the estate of grace, and that they shall be saved?
Text: Orthodox Presbyterian Church text, with WLC 109 restored to the 1647 wording · Read it at the source
Assurance of grace and salvation not being of the essence of faith, true believers may wait long before they obtain it; and, after the enjoyment thereof, may have it weakened and intermitted, through manifold distempers, sins, temptations, and desertions; yet are they never left without such a presence and support of the Spirit of God as keeps them from sinking into utter despair.