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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Title: 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.
Cite this Item: "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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The most wise, righteous and graci∣ous God doth oftentimes leave for a season his own Children to manifold Temptations, and the corruption of their own Hearts, to chastise them for their former sins, or to discover unto them the hidden strength of Corruption, and deceitfulness of their Hearts, that they may be humbled; and to raise them to a more close and constant dependence for their support upon himself, and to make them more watchful against all future occasions of sin, and for sundry other just and holy ends.