A declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational Churches in England; agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers. Licensed and entred according to order.

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A declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational Churches in England; agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers. Licensed and entred according to order.
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Congregational Churches in England.
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London :: printed for Nath. Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry,
1688.
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Congregational churches -- Catechisms -- Early works to 1800.
Congregational churches -- Doctrines -- Early works to 1800.
Congregational churches -- England -- Early works to 1800.
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"A declaration of the faith and order owned and practised in the Congregational Churches in England; agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers. Licensed and entred according to order." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A52593.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.

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III.

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 be∣fore he be partaker of it; yet being inabled by the Spirit to know the things which are freely given him of God, he may without extraordinary Revelation in the right use of ordinary means attain thereunto: And therefore it is the Duty of every one to give all diligence to make his Calling and Ele∣ction

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sure, that thereby his Heart may be inlarged in Peace and Joy in the Holy Ghost, in Love and Thankfulness to God, and in Strength and Cheerful∣ness in the Duties of Obedience, the proper Fruits of this Assurance; so far is it from inclining Men to loosness.

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