A short confession of faith containing the substance of all the fundamental articles in the larger confession put forth by the elders of the Baptist churches, owning personal election and final perserverance.

The Articles of Faith of the Church of Christ meeting at Horsley-Down.

Of God, and of the Holy Trinity.

I. WE do believe, de∣clare and testify, * 1.1 that there is but One Only Living and True God, who is a Spirit In∣finite, Eternal, Immense and Un∣changeable in his Being, Wisdom, Power, Holiness, Justice, Good∣ness, Truth and Faithfulness.

II. That there are three Persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit; and that these * 1.2 three are One God, the same in Es∣sence, equal in Power and Glory. * 1.3

Of the Decrees of God.

III. THat the Decrees of God are his Eternal Purpose * 1.4 according to the Counsel of his Will, whereby for his own Glory he hath foreordained whatsoever * 1.5 comes to pass, even those Evils that his Wisdom and Justice permits for the manifestation of the Glory of those his Attributes: And that God executes his Decrees in the Works of Creation and Provi∣dence.

Of Creation.

IV. THat the Works of Crea∣tion are God's creating * 1.6 all things of nothing by his Word of Power, in six days, and all very good. That God created Man Male and Female, after his own * 1.7 Image, in Knowledg, Righteous∣ness, and Holiness, with Power and Dominion over the Creatures.

Of God's Providence.

V. WE believe that God's Works of Providence are his most holy, wise, and pow∣erful preserving, and governing all his Creatures, and their Actions.

Of the holy Scriptures.

VI. WE believe the holy Scrip∣tures of the Old and New Testament are the Word of God, and are the only Rule of Faith, and Practice; all things be∣ing contained therein that are ne∣cessary * 1.8 for us to know concerning God, and our Duty unto him, and also unto all Men. That all Per∣sons ought to read, hear, and un∣derstand the holy Scriptures. That the Light of Nature, and Works of Providence, tho they declare plainly there is a God, yet not so effectually as the holy Scriptures; nor can we know without them * 1.9 how, and in what space of time God created all things. Neither came we any other ways but by

the holy Scriptures to the Know∣ledg * 1.10 of Christ the blessed Media∣tor; which indeed none can saving∣ly know but by the Word and Spi∣rit of God.

Of Original Sin.

VII. WE do believe, that God * 1.11 having created Man, he entered into a Covenant of Life with him, upon the condition of perfect Obedience; making the first Adam a common Head to all his Seed: and that our first Parents being left to the freedom of their own Will, fell from the Estate wherein they were created, by eating of the forbidden Fruit: and that Adam being set up as a pub∣lick Person, we all sinned in him, and fell with him into a state of Sin, of Wrath and Misery; the Sinfulness of which state consists in the guilt of Adam's first Sin, the want of Original Righteousness, and the Corruption of our whole Nature: from whence all actual Sins proceed, as Water out of a filthy and an unclean Fountain.

So that not only by Imputation all Men became Sinners in the first Adam, but also as the same cor∣rupt Nature is conveyed to all his * 1.12 Posterity, who descend from him in ordinary Generation.

By this Sin all Mankind lost the Image of God, and Communion * 1.13 with him, being liable to all the Miseries of this Life, and to Death it self; and also are dead in Sins and Trespasses, and obnoxious to the Wrath of God, and the eternal Pains of Hell for ever. Hence we say that all are conceiv'd and born * 1.14 in Sin, and are the Children of Wrath, even the Elect as well as others, being wholly defiled in all the Faculties and Parts of Soul and Body, and utterly indisposed * 1.15 and disabled to do any thing that is spiritually good, and wholly in∣clined with a strong propensity to all things that are evil.

Of Man's Free-will.

VIII. WE believe Man in his state of Innocency had freedom of Will to do good;

but by the Fall he hath utterly lost all that Power and Ability, being * 1.16 wofully depraved in all the Facul∣ties of his Soul; there being in the Will and Mind of all naturally much Enmity against God, and a * 1.17 total aversion to him, and to eve∣ry thing that is spiritually good; * 1.18 loving Darkness, and rebelling a∣gainst the Light.

But when a Man is renewed by * 1.19 Divine Grace, tho there is no force put upon the Will, yet it is made * 1.20 willing, and acts freely, in the day of God's Power: tho the Work is not perfect in any Faculty in the Regenerate, nor will be in this Life.

Of Christ the Mediator.

IX. WE believe that God ha∣ving, out of his own meer good Pleasure, and infinite▪ * 1.21 Love, elected some Persons of the lost Seed of the first Adam unto everlasting Life, from all Eternity, did enter into a Cove∣nant of Grace with the second Per∣son of the Trinity, (who was set up as the common Head of all the

Elect) to deliver them out of the * 1.22 state of Sin and Misery, and to bring them into a state of Salva∣tion and eternal Happiness.

That the second Person in the Godhead, (being the eternal Son * 1.23 of God, Coessential, and Coequal with the Father) according to that holy Covenant and Compact that was between them both, became Man, or assumed our Nature, and * 1.24 so was, and continueth to be God and Man in two distinct Natures, in one Person for ever. And that he the Son of God by his becoming * 1.25 Man, did take unto him a True Body, and Reasonable Soul, being conceived by the holy Spirit in the Womb of the Virgin, and was born of her, yet without Sin.

Of the Offices of Christ.

X. WE believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our Redeemer, and the one blessed Me∣diator between God and Man, ex∣ecuteth * 1.26 a threefold Office, both the Office of a Priest, the Office of a King, and the Office of a Prophet.

First, That he executeth the Office of a Priest, (1.) In his * 1.27 once offering up himself a Sacri∣fice, to satisfy Divine Justice, and to reconcile God to us, and us to God. (2.) And in making conti∣nual Intercession for us, that the * 1.28 Merits of his Blood may be made effectual unto us.

Secondly, That he executeth the Office of a King in subduing us * 1.29 unto himself, and in giving us Laws and holy Precepts, by which we ought to walk; and also in his re∣straining and conquering all his, and our Enemies.

Thirdly, That he executeth the Office of a Prophet, in revealing * 1.30 to us by his Word and Spirit, the whole Will of God concerning all things that appertain to Faith and Practice.

Of Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation.

XI. WE believe that Christ's Humiliation consisted * 1.31 in that great Condescension of his in assuming our Nature, and being

born in a low condition, made un∣der * 1.32 the Law, undergoing the ma∣ny Miseries of this Life, the Wrath of God, the Curse of the Law, and the ignominious Death of the Cross, continuing under Death for a time.

And that his Exaltation con∣sisteth in his rising again from the * 1.33 dead the third day, and in his ascending up into Heaven, in sit∣ting at the Right-hand of ▪God; Angels, Powers, and Principali∣ties being made subject unto him; and in his being made Judg of the quick and dead.

Of effectual Calling.

XII. WE do believe that we are made Partakers * 1.34 of the Redemption purchased by Christ, by the effectual Applica∣tion of his Merits, &c. unto us by the Holy Spirit, thereby uni∣ting us to Christ in effectual Cal∣ling: And that effectual Calling is the Work of God's Free Grace, who by his Spirit works Faith in * 1.35 us, who are altogether passive

therein; and convincing us of Sin * 1.36 and Misery, enlightning our Minds in the Knowledg of Christ, and renewing our Wills, and changing our whole Hearts, he doth per∣swade and enable us to imbrace Jesus Christ freely, as he is offered in the Gospel.

Of Justification.

XIII. WE do believe Justifica∣tion is a free Act of God's Grace, through that Re∣demption * 1.37 which is in Christ, (who, as our Head, was acquitted, justi∣fied, and discharged, and we in * 1.38 him, when he rose from the Dead) and when applied to us, we in our own Persons are actually justified, * 1.39 in being made and pronounced righteous, through the Righteous∣ness of Christ imputed to us; and all our Sins, past, present, and to come, for ever pardon'd; which is receiv'd by Faith alone. And that our Sanctification, nor Faith it self, is any part of our Justifica∣tion before God; it not being ei∣ther the Habit, or Act of Believing,

or any Act of Evangelical Obedi∣ence imputed to us, but Christ, and his active and passive Obedi∣ence * 1.40 only, apprehended by Faith: and that Faith in no sense tends to make Christ's Merits more satisfac∣tory unto God; but that he was as fully reconciled and satisfied for his Elect in Christ by his Death * 1.41 before Faith as after; otherwise it would render God only recon∣cileable, * 1.42 (not reconciled) and make Faith part of the Payment or Sa∣tisfaction unto God, and so lessen * 1.43 the Merits of Christ, as if they were defective or insufficient. Yet we say, it is by Faith that we re∣ceive the Atonement, or by which means (as an Instrument) we come to apprehend and receive him, and to have personal Interest in him, and to have our free Justification evidenced to our own Consciences.

Of Adoption.

XIV. WE believe Adoption is an Act of God's Free * 1.44 Grace, whereby such who were the Children of Wrath by Nature,

are received into the Number, and * 1.45 have Right to all the Privileges of the Sons of God; and that such who are adopted, are also by the Spirit regenerated, and hence said to be born of God.

Of Sanctification.

XV. THAT Sanctification is the * 1.46 Work of God's Free Grace also, whereby we are re∣newed in the whole Man after the Image of God, and are inabled more and more to die unto Sin, and live unto Righteousness. And that the Benefits we receive, and which flow from or accompany Justification, are Adoption, San∣ctification, Peace of Conscience, Manifestations of God's Love, Joy in the Holy Ghost, an Increase of Grace, an Assurance of eternal Life, and final Perseverance unto the end.

Of the Souls of Men at Death.

XVI. WE believe, that at * 1.47 Death the Souls of Believers are made perfect in Ho∣liness, and do immediately pass in∣to Glory; and their Bodies dying in Union with Christ, or dying in the Lord, do rest in their Graves till the Resurrection, when they shall be raised up in Glory. And that their Souls being reunited to their Bodies, they shall be openly acknowledged, and acquitted, and made compleatly blessed, both in Soul and Body, and shall have the full Injoyment of God to all Eter∣nity. And that the Souls of the * 1.48 Wicked at their Death are cast into Hell, or are in Torment: and that their Bodies lie in the Grave under Wrath, and shall by virtue of the Power of Christ be raised from * 1.49 the Dead; and their Souls being re-united to their Bodies, shall be judged and condemned, and cast into a Furnace of Fire, or into un∣speakable Torment, with the Devil and his Angels, for ever and ever.

Of the Law.

XVII. WE believe God re∣quires Obedience of Man, and that the Rule of that Obedience is the moral Law as it is in the Hands of Christ; which * 1.50 teacheth all Persons their Duty to God, and to Man; the Sum of all being this, to love the Lord our God with all our Hearts, with all our Souls, and with all our Strength, and our Neighbours as our selves. And that tho the Law is abolished as a Covenant of Works, and as so considered, we are dead to it, and that dead to us; * 1.51 yet it remains as a Rule of Life and Righteousness for ever.

XVIII. We believe no mere * 1.52 Man, since the Fall, is able in this Life perfectly to keep the Holy Law of God; and that every Of∣fence against the Law deserves eternal Death, tho some Sins are more heinous in God's Sight than others.

And that God, as a simple Act of Mercy, will not, doth not, pardon any Man; neither doth it seem consistent with his Holiness * 1.53 and Justice so to do, without a full Satisfaction: wherefore he sub∣stituted * 1.54 Christ in our room and stead, perfectly to keep the whole Law, and to die, or bear that * 1.55 Wrath which we deserved for our breaking of it; he being pleased * 1.56 in his infinite Love and Grace to transfer our Sins, Guilt and Pu∣nishment, upon his own Son, (who took our Nature upon him, as our blessed Head and Representative) that his active Obedience and Righteousness might be our just Title unto eternal Life; and his Death (who bore our Hell-Tor∣ments) be our full Discharge from the Wrath of God, and eternal * 1.57 Condemnation.

And that all who would receive * 1.58 this Title, and have this Discharge so as to escape God's Wrath, and the Curse of the Law, must fly to * 1.59 Christ, and lay hold on him by Faith; which Faith is known by its Fruits, having lively, Sin-kil∣ling,

Soul-humbling, Self-abasing, * 1.60 Christ-exalting, and Heart-purify∣ing Operations, always attending it.

Of Faith and Repentance.

XIX. WE believe that Faith is a saving Grace, or * 1.61 the most precious Gift of God; and that it is an Instrument where∣by we receive, take hold of, and wholly rest upon Jesus Christ, as offered to us in the Gospel. That Repentance unto Life is also a sa∣ving * 1.62 Grace, whereby a Sinner, out of a true Sense of Sin, and Apprehension of God's Mercy in Christ, doth with Grief and Ha∣tred of his Sins, turn from them. And that tho Repentance is in or∣der of Nature called the first Prin∣ciple of the Doctrine of Christ, yet we believe no Man can saving∣ly repent, unless he believes in Je∣sus * 1.63 Christ, and apprehends the Free Pardon and Forgiveness of all his Sins through the Blood of the everlasting Covenant, and the Sight and Sense of God's Love in

a bleeding Saviour; being that on∣ly thing that melts and breaks the * 1.64 stony Heart of a poor Sinner, as the Sight of a free Pardon from a Prince humbles the stout Heart of a rebellious Malefactor.

Of the Means of Grace.

XX. WE believe that the out∣ward and more ordi∣nary * 1.65 means, whereby Christ com∣municates to us the Benefits of Re∣demption, are his Holy Ordi∣nances, as Prayer, the Word of God, and Preaching, with Bap∣tism, and the Lord's Supper, &c. and yet notwithstanding it is the Spirit of God that maketh Prayer, * 1.66 Reading, &c. and specially the Preaching of the Word, effectual to the convincing, converting, building up, and comforting, through Faith, all the Elect of God unto Salvation.

And that it is the Duty of all, * 1.67 that the Word may become effec∣tual to their Salvation, to attend upon it with all Diligence, Prepa∣ration, and Prayer, that they may

receive it with Faith and Love, and * 1.68 lay it up in their Hearts, and prac∣tise it in their Lives.

Of Baptism.

XXI. WE believe that Bap∣tism is a Holy Ordi∣nance of Christ, or a pure Gospel-Institution; * 1.69 and to be unto the Party baptized, a sign of his Fel∣lowship with Christ in his Death, Burial, and Resurrection, and of his being grafted into him, and of Remission of Sins, and of his gi∣ving himself up to God, through Jesus Christ, to walk in Newness of Life.

We also believe that Baptism ought not to be administred to any but to those who actually profess Repentance towards God, and * 1.70 Faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.

That the Infants of Believers ought not to be baptized, because there is neither Precept, or Exam∣ple, or any certain Consequence in the Holy Scripture for any such * 1.71 Practice: And we ought not to

be wise above what is written. And that a human Tradition or Custom ought not to be regard∣ed, but that it is sinful, and abo∣minable.

We believe also that Baptism is only rightly administred by Im∣mersion, or dipping the whole Bo∣dy in Water, into the Name of the * 1.72 Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit; according to Christ's Institution, and the Practice of the Apostles; and not by sprink∣ling, or pouring of Water, or dip∣ping some part of the Body in Water, after the Tradition of Men.

And that it is the indispensible Duty of such who are baptized, to give up themselves to some par∣ticular * 1.73 orderly Church of Jesus Christ, and to walk in all the Commandments and Ordinances of the Lord blameless: Baptism being an initiating Ordinance.

Of a true Church.

XXII. WE believe a true Church of Christ is not National, nor Parochial, but doth consist of a number of * 1.74 godly Persons, who upon the Pro∣fession of their Faith and Repen∣tance have been baptized, and in a solemn manner have in a Holy Covenant given themselves up to the Lord, and to one another, to live in Love, and to endeavour to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace: Among whom the * 1.75 Word of God is duly and truly preach'd; and Holy Baptism, the * 1.76 Lord's Supper, and all other Or∣dinances are duly administred, ac∣cording to the Word of God, and the Institution of Christ in the Primitive Church: watching over one another, and communicating to each other's Necessities, as be∣cometh Saints; living Holy Lives, as becomes their sacred Profession; and not to forsake the assembling themselves, as the manner of some * 1.77

is; or to take leave to hear where they please in other Places when the Church is assembled, but to worship God, and feed in that Pasture, or with that Church, with whom they have covenanted, and given up themselves as parti∣cular Members thereof.

Of Laying on of Hands.

XXIII. WE believe that lay∣ing * 1.78 on of Hands (with Prayer) upon baptized Be∣lievers, as such, is an Ordinance of Christ, and ought to be sub∣mitted unto by all such Per∣sons that are admitted to par∣take of the Lord's Supper; and that the end of this Ordinance is not for the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit, but for a farther Re∣ception * 1.79 of the Holy Spirit of Pro∣mise, or for the Addition of the Graces of the Spirit, and the In∣fluences thereof; to confirm, strengthen, and comfort them in Christ Jesus; it being ratified and * 1.80 established by the extraordinary

Gifts of the Spirit in the Primitive Times, to abide in the Church, as meeting together on the first Day of the Week was, Act. 2. 1. that be∣ing the Day of Worship, or Chris∣tian Sabbath, under the Gospel; and as Preaching the Word was, Acts 10. 44. and as Baptism was, Mat. 3. 16. and Prayer was, Acts 4. 31. and singing Psalms, &c. was, Acts 16. 25, 26. so this of laying on of Hands was, Acts 8. & ch. 19. For as the whole Gospel was confirmed by Signs and Won∣ders, * 1.81 and divers Miracles and Gifts of the Holy Ghost in general, so was every Ordinance in like manner confirmed in particular.

Of the Lord's Supper. * 1.82

XXIV. WE believe that the Holy Ordinance of the Lord's Supper, which he insti∣tuted the Night before he was be∣trayed, ought to be observed to the end of the World; and that it consisteth only in breaking of Bread, and drinking of Wine, in remembrance of Christ's Death;

it being appointed for our spiri∣tual Nourishment, and Growth in Grace, and as a farther Engage∣ment in, and to all Duties we owe to Jesus Christ, and as a Pledg of his eternal Love to us, and as a Token of our Communion with him, and one with another. And that due Preparation and Exami∣nation is required of all that ought to partake thereof; and that it cannot be neglected by any ap∣proved and orderly Member with∣out Sin.

Of Church-Officers.

XXV. WE do believe that eve∣ry particular Church * 1.83 of Christ is Independent; and that no one Church hath any Prio∣rity or Super-intendency above or over another: and that every Church ought to be Organical: that an Elder, or Elders, a Dea∣con, or Deacons, ought to be elect∣ed in every Congregation, accord∣ing to those holy Qualifications * 1.84 laid down in the Word of God: and that the said Elders and Dea∣cons

so chosen, ought solemnly to be ordained with Prayer, and lay∣ing on of Hands of the Eldership. * 1.85 That such Churches as have not Officers so ordained, are disorder∣ly, there being something still wanting.

Of Prayer.

XXVI. WE believe Prayer is * 1.86 a holy Ordinance of God, and that it ought to be performed by the Help and Assist∣ance of the Holy Spirit; and that not only the Prayer Christ taught his Disciples, but the whole Word of God is to be our Rule how to pray, and pour forth our Souls unto God: and that it is the indispensible Duty of all godly Fa∣milies (and others also) as well as private Christians, daily to pray for all things they need, and to give Thanks every Day for all good things they receive: and that the Omission of this Duty is a great Scandal to Religion, and a * 1.87 great Evil when it is carelesly or negligently performed.

Of singing of Psalms, &c.

XXVII. WE believe that sing∣ing * 1.88 the Praises of God, is a holy Ordinance of Christ, and not a part of Natural Religi∣on, or a moral Duty only; but that it is brought under Divine In∣stitution, it being injoined on the Churches of Christ to sing Psalms, Hymns, and spiritual Songs; and * 1.89 that the whole Church in their Pub∣lick Assemblies (as well as private Christians) ought to sing God's Praises, according to the best Light they have received. Moreover, it was practised in the great Repre∣sentative Church, by our Lord Jesus Christ with his Disciples, after he * 1.90 had instituted and celebrated the Sacred Ordinance of his Holy Supper, as a commemorative Token of Redeeming Love.

Of the Christian Sabbath.

XXVIII. WE believe that one Day in seven, ought to be solemnly observed in * 1.91

the Worship of God; and that by Moses's Law the Jews and prose∣lyted Strangers were to keep the seventh Day: but from the Resur∣rection of Christ the first Day of the Week ought by all Christians to be observed Holy to the Lord, that being called the Lord's Day; * 1.92 and the first time the Church met together after Christ's Ascension * 1.93 was on the Day of Pentecost, which was the first Day of the Week, as Tradition hath handed it down: and on that Day the Church also met together to break Bread, and * 1.94 make Collections for the poor Saints: and no mention is made that any one Gospel-Church kept the Jewish Sabbath in all the New Testament. And we believe that an Apostolical Precedent is equiva∣lent to an Apostolical Precept in this case.

Of Ministers, and their Maintenance.

XXIX. WE do believe that every Brother that hath received a Gift to preach, ha∣ving first pass'd the Probation of the Church, and being regularly called by the same, ought to ex∣ercise * 1.95 the said Gift to the Edifica∣tion of the Church when desired; and that no Brother ought to take * 1.96 upon him to preach, until he has a lawful Call so to do.

Moreover, we believe that it is the indispensible Duty of every Church, according to their Abili∣ty, to provide their Pastor, or * 1.97 Elders, a comfortable Mainte∣nance; as God hath ordained, that he that preaches the Gospel, should live of the Gospel, and not of his own Labour; but that he should wholly give himself up to the Work of the Ministry, and to watch over the Flock, being to be freed from all secular Business, and Encumbrances of the World: and

yet that it is abominable Evil for any Man to preach the Gospel for filthy lucre sake, but he must do * 1.98 it of a ready mind.

Of the First Covenant.

XXX. WE believe that the first Covenant, or Cove∣nant * 1.99 of Works, was primarily made with Adam, and with all Mankind in him, by virtue of * 1.100 which he stood in a justified state before the Fall, upon the condition of his own perfect and personal * 1.101 Obedience. But by the Fall he made himself uncapable of Life by that Covenant.

That the Law God gave by Mo∣ses to Israel, was of the same nature of that given to Adam, being a se∣cond * 1.102 Ministration of it; but not given for Life, but to make Sin ex∣ceeding sinful, and to shew how un∣able Man was in his fallen state to * 1.103 fulfil the Righteousness of God; and so (with the Ceremonial Law) it was given in subserviency to the Gospel, as a Schoolmaster to bring * 1.104 Sinners to Christ.

Of the New and Second Covenant.

XXXI. WE believe the Cove∣nant of Grace was primarily made with the second * 1.105 Adam, and in him with all the Elect, who as God-man, or Me∣diator, was set up from everlasting as a Common Person, or as their * 1.106 Head and Representative; who freely obliged or ingaged himself to the Father for them, perfectly to keep the whole Law in their Nature that had sinned, and to * 1.107 satisfy Divine Justice by bearing their Sins upon his own Body, i. e. the Guilt of all their Sins, which were laid upon him: and that he * 1.108 sustain'd that Wrath and Curse in his Body and Soul, that was due * 1.109 to them for all their Transgresti∣ons: and having received their dis∣charge * 1.110 from Wrath and Condem∣nation, he gives it out to all that believe in him, and obtain Union * 1.111 with him, who are thereby brought actually into the said New Cove∣nant,

and have a personal Right to all the Blessings thereof.

Of Election.

XXXII. WE do believe that God from all E∣ternity, according unto the most wise and holy Counsel of his own Will, freely and unchangeably de∣creed * 1.112 and ordained, for the ma∣nifestation of his own Glory, some Angels, and some of the lost Sons and Daughters of Adam, unto * 1.113 eternal Life; and that their num∣ber is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or di∣minished: and that others are left or passed by under a Decree of Preterition. And that those of Manking that are predestinated * 1.114 and fore-ordained, are particular∣ly and personally design'd unto e∣ternal * 1.115 Life: and these God, ac∣cording to his eternal and immu∣table Purpose, and good pleasure of his Will, did chuse in Christ * 1.116 (the Head of this Election) unto everlasting Glory, of his meer free Grace, without any foreseen Faith * 1.117

or Obedience and Perseverance therein, or any thing in the Crea∣ture as a Condition or Cause mo∣ving him thereunto; and all this only to the Praise of his own glo∣rious Grace.

Of final Perseverance.

XXXIII. WE believe all those whom God hath chosen, and who are effectually called, justified, and sanctified in Jesus Christ, can neither totally, * 1.118 nor finally fall away from a state of Grace; but shall certainly per∣severe therein unto the end, and eternally be saved; and this by * 1.119 virtue of their Election, or the immutable Decree of God, and the unchangeable Love of God the Father; and by virtue of their Union with Christ, together with his Death, Resurrection, and In∣tercession; as also from the nature of the Covenant of Grace, and * 1.120 Suretyship of Christ; and through the indwelling of the holy Spirit, who abideth in them for ever. * 1.121

Of the Resurrection.

XXXIV. WE believe that the Bodies of all Men, both the Just and Unjust, shall rise again at the last day, even the same numerical Bodies that die; tho the Bodies of the Saints shall be raised immortal and incorruptible, and be made like Christ's glorious Bo∣dy: and that the dead in Christ shall rise first.

Of Eternal Judgment.

XXXV. WE believe that God hath appointed a Day in which he will judg the * 1.122 World in Righteousness by Jesus Christ, or that there shall be a general Day of Judgment, when all shall stand before the Judgment∣seat of Christ, and give an account * 1.123 to him for all things done in this Body: and that he will pass an eternal Sentence upon all, accor∣ding as their Works shall be. * 1.124

Of Marriages.

XXXVI. WE believe Marri∣age * 1.125 is God's holy Ordinance, that is to say between one Man and one Woman: and * 1.126 that no Man ought to have more than one Wife at once: and that * 1.127 Believers that marry, should mar∣ry in the Lord, or such that are * 1.128 Believers, or Godly Persons; and that those who do otherwise, sin * 1.129 greatly, in violating God's holy Precept: and that Ministers as well as others may marry; for Marri∣age * 1.130 is honourable in all.

Of Civil Magistrates.

XXXVII. WE do believe the * 1.131 supream Lord of Heaven and Earth hath ordain∣ed Magistrates for the good of Mankind: and that it is our Duty * 1.132 in all civil and lawful things to obey them for Conscience sake; nay, and to pray for all that are * 1.133 in Authority, that under them we may live a godly and peaceable

Life: and that we ought to render unto Cesar the things that are Ce∣sar's, * 1.134 and to God the things that are God's.

Of lawful Oaths.

XXXVIII. WE do believe it is lawful to take some Oaths before the Civil Ma∣gistrate; * 1.135 an Oath of Confirmation being to put an end to all Strife: nay, and that it is our Duty so to do when lawfully called there∣unto: and that those that swear, ought to swear in Truth, in Righ∣teousness, and in Judgment.

Of Personal Propriety.

XXXIX. WE do believe that every Man hath a * 1.136 just and peculiar Right and Pro∣priety in his own Goods, and that they are not common to others; yet we believe that every Man is obliged to administer to the poor Saints, and to the publick Interest of God, according to his Ability, or as God hath blessed him.

FINIS.

Notes

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  Joh. 4. 24. Job 11. 7, 8, 9. Psal. 90. 2. Jam. 1. 17. Exod. 3. 4. Rev. 4. 8. Deut. 6. 4. Exod. 34. 6, 7.
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  Mat. 28. 19.
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  1 Joh. 5. 5.
• * 1.4

  Eph. 1. 4, 11.
• * 1.5

  Rom. 9. 22, 23.
• * 1.6

  Gen. 1. Heb. 11. 3.
• * 1.7

  Gen. 1. 26, 27, 28. Col. 3. 10. Eph. 4. 24.
• * 1.8

  2 Tim. 3. 16. Eph. 2. 20. Joh. 5. 39. Deut. 17. 18. Rev. 1. 3. Acts 8. 30.
• * 1.9

  Gen. 1. & 3. 15, 16.
• * 1.10

  Joh. 20. 30, 31. & 21. 24.
• * 1.11

  Gen. 3. 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 6. Eccl. 7. 29. Rom. 3. 23. 1 Joh. 3. 4. Tit. 1. 13. Rom. 5. 17. Gen. 6. 5. Jer. 17. 9. Rom. 3. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, &c. Jam. 1. 14. 1 Cor. 15. 14. Rom. 5. 6. Rom. 8. 7. Col. 1. 22. Mat. 15. 19. Rom. 7. 7, 14, 17, 18, 23, 24. Lam. 3. 39. Rom. 6. 23. Gal. 3. 10.
• * 1.12

  Job 11. 12. & 15. 14. & 25. 4.
• * 1.13

  Col. 3. 10. Tit. 1. 13. Psal. 51. 5.
• * 1.14

  Eph. 2. 2, 3.
• * 1.15

  Gen. 6. 3. Rom. 7. 5, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24.
• * 1.16

  Ephes. 2. 2, 3.
• * 1.17

  Rom. 8. 7.
• * 1.18

  Job 24. 13.
• * 1.19

  Ephes. 4. 28.
• * 1.20

  Col. 1. 21. Psal. 110. 3. Rom. 7. 11, 17, 18, 23, 24.
• * 1.21

  Ephes. 1. 4. Rom. 3. 20, 21, 22. Gal. 3. 21, 22. 1 Tim. 2. 5, 6. Joh. 1. 14. Galat. 4. 4.
• * 1.22

  Rom. 9. 5. Luke 1. 35. Col. 2. 9. Heb. 7. 24, 25.
• * 1.23

  Phil. 2. 6. Zech. 6. 13.
• * 1.24

  Joh. 1. 14. 1 Tim. 2. 5. Heb. 2. 14.
• * 1.25

  Mat. 2. 26, 38. Luke 1. 27, 31, 34, 35. Gal. 〈…〉〈…〉 Heb. 4. 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.26

  1 Tim. 2. 5.
• * 1.27

  Heb. 2. 17. Heb. 7. 24. Act. 15. 14, 15, 16.
• * 1.28

  1 Joh. 2. 2. Heb. 7. 25. & 10. 21. & 9. 24.
• * 1.29

  Isa. 33. 22. & 32. 1, 2. 1 Cor. 15. 25. Psal. 100.
• * 1.30

  Acts 3. 22. Job. 1. 18. 1 Pet. 1. 10, 11, 12, Joh. 15. 15. & 20. 31.
• * 1.31

  Gal. 4. 4. Heb. 12. 23. Isa. 53. 2, 3. Luk. 22. 44
• * 1.32

  Mat. 27▪ 46 Phil. 2. 8. 1 Cor. 15. 4. Acts 2. 24, 25, 26, 27, 31.
• * 1.33

  1 Cor. 1••. 4. Mark 16. 19. Eph. 1. 20. Acts 1. 11. & 17. 31▪ 1 Pet. 3. 22.
• * 1.34

  Joh. 1. 11. Tit. 3. 5, 6. Eph. 1. 13, 14. 1 Cor. 1. 9. Eph. 2. 8.
• * 1.35

  Eph. 3. 17.
• * 1.36

  1 Cor. 1. 9. 2 Tim. 1. 9. 2 Thess. 2. 13, 14. Acts 2. 37. & 20. 18. Ezek. 36. 27. John 6. 44, 45.
• * 1.37

  Rom. 3. 23, 24, 25, 26.
• * 1.38

  Eph. 1. 6, 7. Tit. 3. 7.
• * 1.39

  Rom. 5. 15, 16, 17, 18. 1 Cor. 1. 30 2 Cor. 5. 21
• * 1.40

  Act. 13. 39.
• * 1.41

  2 Cor. 5. 21.
• * 1.42

  Phil. 3. 7, 8, 9.
• * 1.43

  Rom. 10. 5.
• * 1.44

  1 John 3. 1.
• * 1.45

  John 1. 10. Rom. 8. 14. Gal. 2. 16. 1 John 3. 1, 2. & 4. 7. & 5. 1.
• * 1.46

  2 Thess. 2. 13. Eph. 4. 13. Rom. 6. 5, 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 7. Rom. 8. 29, 30. Rom. 5. 1, 2, 5. & 14. 17. Prov. 4 18. 1 Joh. 51. 3. 1 Pet. 1. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.47

  1 Cor. 15. 43. Mat. 25. 23 Mat. 10. 32 1 Joh. 3. 2. 1 Cor. 13. 12. 1 Thess. 4. 17, 18. 2 Cor. 5. 1, 2 Phil. 1. 21. 22.
• * 1.48

  Luk 16▪ 5 1 Pet. 3. 19, 20.
• * 1.49

  Luke 16. 23, 24. Acts 1. 25. 1 Pet. 3. 19 Ps. 49. 11. John 9. 28, 29. 2 Thess. 1. 8, 9.
• * 1.50

  Mich. 6. 8. 1 Sam. 15. 22. Rev. 2. 14. Mat. 19. 17 Mat. 22. 37, 38, 39, 40.
• * 1.51

  1 Joh. 3. 4. Rom. 7. 3, 4
• * 1.52

  Gen. 6. 5. Rom. 3. 9, 10, 11, 12, &c. Ezek. 8. 6. 1 Joh. 5. 16 Ps 78. 17, 32, 56.
• * 1.53

  Exod. 34. 6▪
• * 1.54

  Rom. 3. 25, 26.
• * 1.55

  Gal. 4. 4.
• * 1.56

  Isa. 53. 4, 5, 6, 10, 11. 1 Pet. 2. 24.
• * 1.57

  Rom. 8. 1.
• * 1.58

  John 5. 24. John 3. 15. 16.
• * 1.59

  Heb. 6. 18, 19, 20. Col. 2. 12. Acts 15, 9.
• * 1.60

  Acts 2. 36. Job 42. 5. 1 Pet. 2. 7. John 3. 3.
• * 1.61

  John 1. 12. Isa. 26. 3, 4. Phil. 3. 9. Ephes. 2. 8.
• * 1.62

  Acts 2. 37. Joel 2. 12. Jer. 3. 22. & 31. 18, 19. Ezek. 36. 31. 2 Cor. 7. 10 Isa. 1. 16, 17 Heb. 6. 1, 2.
• * 1.63

  Zec. 12. 10.
• * 1.64

  Acts 2. 36.
• * 1.65

  Mat. 28. 19, 20. Acts 2. 42, 46, 47. Neh. 8. 8. 1 Cor. 14. 24, 25.
• * 1.66

  Acts 26. 32 Psal. 19. 8. Rom. 1. 15, 16.
• * 1.67

  Acts 20. 32 Rom. 10. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Prov. 8. 34.
• * 1.68

  1 Pet. 2. 1, 2. Ps. 119. 18 Heb. 4. 2. 2 Thess. 2. 10. Jam. 1. 25.
• * 1.69

  1 Pet. 3. 21 1 Cor. 12. 13. Mat. 28. 19, 20. Rom. 6. 3, 4, 5. Col. 2. 12, 13. Gal. 3. 27. Acts 2. 38. & 22. 16.
• * 1.70

  Acts 8. 37. Col. 2. 21, 22.
• * 1.71

  Rev. 22. 18 Prov. 30. 6.
• * 1.72

  Mat. 28. 19, 20. Mat. 3. 16. Joh. 3. 23. Acts 8. 38. Rom. 6. 3. Col. 2. 13.
• * 1.73

  Acts 2. 41, 42. & 5. 13, 14. 1 Pet. 2. 5. Luke 1. 6.
• * 1.74

  Acts 2. 40, 41, 42.
• * 1.75

  Eph. 4. 3.
• * 1.76

  Acts 2. 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, &c. 1 Cor. 16. 1, 2.
• * 1.77

  Heb. 10. 25.
• * 1.78

  Heb. 5. 12. & 6. 1, 2. Acts 8. & 19. 6.
• * 1.79

  Eph. 1. 13, 14.
• * 1.80

  Acts 8. & 19. 〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.81

  Heb. 2. 3, 4.
• * 1.82

  A 4▪ 4▪ ••at. 26. 26, 27, 28. Mark 14. 21, 22, 23. Luke 22. 19, 20. 1 Cor. 11. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27. Acts 20. 17.
• * 1.83

  1 Tim. 3. 1, 2, &c. Tit. 1. 5.
• * 1.84

  1 Tim. 3. 2—12.
• * 1.85

  Tit. 1. 5, 6, 7, 8. Acts 13. 3. 1 Tim. 5. 22. & 4. 14.
• * 1.86

  Phil. 4. 6. Psal. 65. 2. John 4. 23. 1 Pet. 2. 5. Rom. 8. 26. John 5. 14. Psal. 47. 7. Eccl. 5. 1, 2. Jam. 5. 16. Eph. 6. 18. 1 Cor. 14. 14. Col. 4. 2. Josh. 24. 15. Gen. 18. 19.
• * 1.87

  Jer. 10. 25.
• * 1.88

  Eph. 5. 19. Col. 3. 16.
• * 1.89

  Acts 16. 25 Heb. 2. 12. Jam. 5. 13.
• * 1.90

  Mat. 26. 30 Mar. 14. 26
• * 1.91

  Exod. 20.
• * 1.92

  Rev. 1. 10.
• * 1.93

  Act. 2. 1, 2. Acts 20. 7.
• * 1.94

  1 Cor. 16. 2
• * 1.95

  1 Tim. 3. 2. Eph. 4. 11.
• * 1.96

  1 Pet. 4. 10 Rom. 12. 6, 7.
• * 1.97

  1 Cor. 9. 9—14. Rom. 15. 2••. Gal. 6. 6. 1 Tim. 5. 15.
• * 1.98

  2 Pet. 5. 2.
• * 1.99

  Gen. 2. 17.
• * 1.100

  Rom. 3. 12.
• * 1.101

  Rom. 10. 5. & 5. 10 to 20.
• * 1.102

  Rom. 3. 19, 20. 2 Cor. 3. 9, 11.
• * 1.103

  Rom. 7. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13.
• * 1.104

  Gal. 3. 10.
• * 1.105

  Zech. 6. 13.
• * 1.106

  Rom. 3. 23, 24, 25, 26. Isa. 57. 5, 6, 10, 11.
• * 1.107

  Rom. 8. 3. Heb. 9. 15, 16, 17.
• * 1.108

  Heb. 7. 22.
• * 1.109

  Luk. 22. 2〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.110

  1 Cor. 11. 2〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.111

  Rom. 6. 2〈…〉〈…〉 & 8. 16, 17, 18.
• * 1.112

  Rom. 8. 29, 30, 31.
• * 1.113

  Acts 13. 48.
• * 1.114

  Rom. 9. 11.
• * 1.115

  〈◊〉〈◊〉. Thess. 4. 4, 5.
• * 1.116

  〈…〉〈…〉ph. 1. 3, 4, 11.
• * 1.117

  2 Thess. 2. 13.
• * 1.118

  Rom. 8. 28, 29, 30, 31.
• * 1.119

  Joh. 10. 28, 29. Rom. 8. 38, 39 Rom. 8. 3〈…〉〈…〉 33, 3〈…〉〈…〉
• * 1.120

  2 Tim. 2.
• * 1.121

  2 Cor. 6. 17.
• * 1.122

  Acts 17. 31.
• * 1.123

  2 Cor. 5. 10.
• * 1.124

  Eccles. 12.
• * 1.125

  Gen. 3. 24.
• * 1.126

  Mat. 19. 5.
• * 1.127

  1 Cor. 6. 16.
• * 1.128

  Eph. 5. 31.
• * 1.129

  Rom. 7. 4.
• * 1.130

  Heb. 13. 4.
• * 1.131

  Rom. 13. 1, 2, 3.
• * 1.132

  Tit. 3. 1.
• * 1.133

  1 Pet. 2. 13:
• * 1.134

  Mat. 22. 21.
• * 1.135

  Exod. 20. 7. Jer. 4. 2. Gen. 24. 2. Neh. 5. 12. Heb. 6. 16, 17.
• * 1.136

  Exod. 20. 17. Acts 5. 4. & 20. 33.