A short confession of faith

Name: A short confession of faith
Author: Benjamin Keach

A short confession of faith containing the substance of all the fundamental articles in the larger confession put forth by the elders of the Baptist churches, owning personal election and final perseverance.A short confession of faith containing the substance of all the fundamental articles in the larger confession put forth by the elders of the Baptist churches, owning personal election and final perserverance.

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

[7], 40 p. · 6.6k words · Wing K86 · ESTC R24038

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The Articles of Faith of the Church of Christ meeting at Horsley-Down. › Of Civil Magistrates.

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Of Civil Magistrates.

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XXXVII. WE do believe the ¹supreme Lord of Heaven and Earth hath ordained Magistrates for the good of Mankind: and that it is our Duty ²in all civil and lawful things to obey them for Conscience sake; nay, and to pray for all that are ³in Authority, that under them we may live a godly and peaceable ⟨p. 36⟩Life: and that we ought to render unto Cesar the things that are Cesar's, ⁴and to God the things that are God's.

XXXVII. WE do believe the ¹supream Lord of Heaven and Earth hath ordained Magistrates for the good of Mankind: and that it is our Duty ²in all civil and lawful things to obey them for Conscience sake; nay, and to pray for all that are ³in Authority, that under them we may live a godly and peaceable ⟨p. 36⟩

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A short confession of faith

Of Civil Magistrates.

Of lawful Oaths.

Of Personal Propriety.

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Of Civil Magistrates.

Of lawful Oaths.

Of Personal Propriety.

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