A47381:99
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 lawful Oaths.
XXXVIII. WE do believe it is lawful to take some Oaths before the Civil Magistrate;1 an Oath of Confirmation being to put an end to all Strife: nay, and that it is our Duty so to do when lawfully called thereunto: and that those that swear, ought to swear in Truth, in Righteousness, and in Judgment.
Of Personal Propriety.
1XXXIX. WE do believe that every Man hath a just and peculiar Right and Propriety in his own Goods, and that they are not common to others; yet we believe that every Man is obliged to administer to the poor Saints, and to the public Interest of God, according to his Ability, or as God hath blessed him.