The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith

The Second London Confession of Faith (2LCF) was first published in 1677 — most likely at the Petty France church pastored by William Collins and Nehemiah Coxe — and then adopted by the London Baptist Association in 1689. The 2LCF was published for two major reasons: First, access to the 1LCF was scarce and many in the London Baptist Association had never read or even seen this particular confession. Secondly, the 2LCF is an edited baptistic form of the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Savoy Declaration; therefore, the Particular Baptist published and adopted this confession to show their catholicity within the English Reformation movement, specifically with the Presbyterians and Congregationalists.