A26895:97
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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III. That the Churches may be capable of the Discipline of Christ,1 and constituted and ruled according to the Word of God, and the ends of our Office and Labours may be attained, we are Agreed and Resolved to take none for Adult members of the Churches committed to our special charge, nor admit them, as such, to Church-Communion and Privileges, but those that have first made some personal credible Profession of true Christianity, that is, of Faith and Obedience, and as members of those Churches, submit to our Pastoral over-sight according to the Word of God. But all that make ⟨p. 17⟩this Profession of Christianity and Consent to live in Communion with the Church, and under the Ministry and Discipline of Christ, we shall receive, though they be weak in knowledge, and utterance, and duties; and shall faithfully employ our Ministerial abilities and care for their edification and salvation.
III. That the Churches may be capable of the Discipline of Christ,1 and constituted and ruled according to the Word of God, and the ends of our Office and Labours may be attained, we are Agreed and Resolved to take none for Adult members of the Churches committed to our special charge, nor admit them, as such, to Church-Communion and Priviledges, but those that have first made some personal credible Profession of true Christianity, that is, of Faith and Obedience, and as members of those Churches, submit to our Pastoral over-sight according to the Word of God. But all that make ⟨p. 17⟩this Profession of Christianity and Consent to live in Communion with the Church, and under the Ministry and Discipline of Christ, we shall receive, though they be weak in knowledge, and utterance, and duties; and shall faithfully imploy our Ministerial abilities and care for their edification and salvation.
- 1Art. 3. For a personal profession of Christianity to be made by all that will be taken for adult members, and partake of their Communion.