A47606:102
A short confession of faith
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.
London : s.n., 1697?
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Articles of Faith of the Church of Christ meeting at Horsley-Down. › Of lawful Oaths.
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; 1an 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.
XXXIX. WE do believe that every Man hath a