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 the Means of Grace.

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.

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Of the Means of Grace.

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XX. WE believe that the outward and more ordinary ¹means, whereby Christ communicates to us the Benefits of Redemption, are his Holy Ordinances, as Prayer, the Word of God, and Preaching, with Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, &c. and yet notwithstanding it is the Spirit of God that maketh Prayer, ²Reading, &c. and specially the Preaching of the Word, effectual to the convincing, converting, building up, and comforting, through Faith, all the Elect of God unto Salvation.

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A short confession of faith

Of the Means of Grace.

Of Baptism.

Of a true Church.

Of Laying on of Hands.

Of the Lord's Supper.¹

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Of the Means of Grace.

Of Baptism.

Of a true Church.

Of Laying on of Hands.

Of the Lord's Supper.1

Of the Lord's Supper.¹