A47381:52
The articles of the faith of the Church of Christ
The articles of the faith of the Church of Christ, or, Congregation meeting at Horsley-down Benjamin Keach, pastor, as asserted this 10th of the 6th month, 1697.
London : s.n., 1697
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.
Of the Law.
XVII. WE believe God requires Obedience of Man, and that the Rule of that Obedience is the moral Law as it is in the Hands of Christ;1 which teacheth all Persons their Duty to God, and to Man; the Sum of all being this, to love the Lord our God with all our Hearts, with all our Souls, and with all our Strength, and our Neighbours as our selves. And that tho the Law is abolished as a Covenant of Works, and as so considered, we are dead to it, 2and that dead to us; yet it remains as a Rule of Life and Righteousness for ever.
1XVIII. We believe no mere Man, since the Fall, is able in this Life perfectly to keep the Holy Law of God; and that every Offence against the Law deserves eternal Death, tho some Sins are more heinous in God's Sight than others.