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The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and…
The Christian religion expressed I, briefly in the ancient creeds, the Ten commandments, and the Lords prayer, and, II, more largely in a profession taken out of the Holy Scriptures, containing 1, the articles of the Christian belief, 2, our consent to the gospel covenant, 3, the sum of Christian duty, according to the primitive simplicity, purity, and practice, fitted to the right instruction of the ignorant, the promoting of holiness, and the charitable concord of all true believers ... / by Richard Baxter.
London : s.n., 1660
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24. The Pastor is to lead, and the people to consent and join in heart in the public prayers, and unanimously to pour out their souls unto the Lord in penitent confession of sin, and fervent petition, and joyful thanksgiving and praise: and this according to the direction of the holy Scriptures; and especially of the Lords prayer: which is the most perfect, comprehensive summary, form and pattern of our prayers.
24. The Pastor is to lead, and the people to consent and joyn in heart in the publike prayers, and unanimously to pour out their souls unto the Lord in penitent confession of sin, and fervent petition, and joyful thanksgiving and praise: and this according to the direction of the holy Scriptures; and especially of the Lords prayer: which is the most perfect, comprehensive summary, form and pattern of our prayers.
25. Confession is to be made, both of our own sin, and the sins of the Church and Nation, of Magistrates, Ministers and People: yet so as that we turn it not into a reproaching and dishonouring of our superiors, or an abusing of mens persons, by venting our malice or distempered passions, ⟨p. 40⟩or uncharitable censures against them; we must confess our original and actual sin: The great corruption of our hearts and lives: our sinful thoughts, affections, words and actions: our privative and positive sin: out omissions and commissions: our secret and unknown sins in general, and our known and open sins by name: our sins of ignorance, and sins against knowledge: our sins before and since conversion: our sins against the Lord himself, consisting in our unholiness, contrary to the first table; and our unjustice and uncharitableness against our neighbour; and our folly and injury against our selves: The sins of our relations, and of our more private life: our sins against the light and law of nature; and our sins against the Gospel and grace of a Redeemer: Against the outward means of Grace, and against the inward motions of the Spirit, and of our consciences: against mercies and judgements: against the examples of Christ and his servants, and the warning-falls of others; especially those sins by which we have most dishonoured God and our holy profession; and have most scandalized, hardened or tempted others: And all our confessions should proceed from true contrition and hatred of the sin.