A47381:85

The articles of the faith of the Church of Christ

Name: The articles of the faith of the Church of Christ
Author: Benjamin Keach

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.

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704London : s.n., 1697

[12], 3-40 p. · 6.5k words · Wing K46 · ESTC R10175

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Body of text › Of the New and Second Covenant.

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Of the New and Second Covenant.

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XXXI. WE believe the Covenant of Grace was primarily made with the second Adam, ¹and in him with all the Elect, who as God-man, or Mediator, was set up from everlasting as a Common Person,² or as their Head and Representative; who freely obliged or engaged himself to the Father for them, perfectly to keep the whole Law in their Nature that had sinned,³ and to satisfy Divine Justice by bearing their Sins upon his own Body, i. e. the Guilt of all their Sins,⁴ which were laid upon him: and that he sustained that Wrath and Curse in his Body and Soul,⁵ that was due to them for all their Transgressions:⁶ and having received their discharge from Wrath and Condemnation, he gives it out to all that believe in him,⁷ and obtain Union with him, who are thereby brought actually into the said New Covenant, ⟨p. 32⟩and have a personal Right to all the Blessings thereof.

XXXI. WE believe the Covenant of Grace was primarily made with the second Adam,

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The book

Title as printed

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.

Author

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704

Place

London

Year

1697

Imprint

London : [s.n.], 1697.

Size

[12], 3-40 p.

Words

6,546

Catalogue

Wing K46 · ESTC R10175

Text

EEBO-TCP A47381

Passages

119

Sections

Title page

The articles of the faith of the Church of Christ

Of the New and Second Covenant.

Of Election.

Of final Perseverance.

Of the Resurrection.

Of Eternal Judgment.

Of Marriages.

Of Civil Magistrates.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of the New and Second Covenant.

Of Election.

Of final Perseverance.

Of the Resurrection.

Of Eternal Judgment.

Of Marriages.

Of Civil Magistrates.