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A confession of my faith and a reason of my practice
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
London: printed for Francis Smith, 1672
Title page typeset from the transcription.
A Confession of my Faith; and a reason of my practice in worship, &c. › Of the Scriptures.
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.
3. I believe, the great end why God committed the Scriptures to writing was; that we might be instructed to Christ, taught how to believe, encouraged to patience, and hope, for the grace that is to be brought unto us, at the revelation of Jesus Christ; also, that we might understand what is sin, and how to avoid the commission thereof. Joh. 20.31. 1 Joh. 5 13. Rom. 15.4 Concerning the works of men (said David) by the word of thy lips, I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Through thy precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way. I have hid thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psa. 17.4. and 119.104. v. 11.
3. I believe, the great end why God committed the Scriptures to writing was; that we might be instructed to Christ, taught how to believe, encouraged to patience, and hope, for the grace that is to be brought unto us, at the revelation of Jesus Christ; also, that we might understand what is sin, and how to avoid the commission thereof. Joh. 20.31. 1 Joh. 5 13. Rom. 15.4 Concerning the works of men (said David) by the word of thy lips, I have kept me from the pathes of the destroyer. Through thy precepts I get understanding, therefore I hate every false way. I have hid thy word in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. Psa. 17.4. and 119.104. v. 11.