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.
Author
Congregational Churches in England.
Publication
London :: printed for Nath. Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry,
1688.
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Subject terms
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 5, 2024.

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THE Bodies of Men after Death return to Dust, and see Cor∣ruption, but their Souls (which nei∣ther

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dye nor sleep) having an immor∣tal Subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them, the Souls of the Righteous being then made perfect in Holiness, are received into the highest Heavens, where they behold the Face of God in Light and Glory, waiting for the full Redemption of their Bo∣dies: And the Souls of the Wicked are cast into Hell, where they remain in Torment and utter Darkness, reser∣ved to the Judgment of the Great Day: Besides these two Places for Souls sepa∣rated from their Bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none.

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