A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice

Name: A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice
Author: John Bunyan

A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice, or, With who, and who not, I can hold church-fellowship, or the communion of saints

John Bunyan 1628–1688London: printed for Francis Smith, 1672

[10], 130 p. · 23k words · Wing B5506 · ESTC R36326

Title page typeset from the transcription.

A Confession of my Faith; and a reason of my practice in worship, &c. › A reason of my Practise in Worship,

Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.

[ Earlier:168–183 of 218

:168p. 116¶1

1. This looks too like a spirit of persecution. Job. 19.25, 26, 27, 28.

:169p. 117¶2

2. It respecteth more a form, then the spirit, and power of Godliness. 2 Tim. 3.5.

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3. This is to make Laws, where God hath made none, and to be wise above what is written; contrary to Gods word, and our own principles.

:171p. 117¶4

4. It is a directing of the Spirit of God.

:172p. 117¶5

5. It bindeth all mens Faith and light to mine opinion.

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