Confession of FAITH Containing the Substance Of all the Fundamental ARTICLES IN THE Larger Confession, put fort〈…〉 the Elders of the Bapti〈…〉 Churches, Owning Personal Electio〈…〉 Final Perseverance.Acts 24. 14. After the way 〈…〉 Heresy, so worship we the Go〈…〉 thers, believing all things wh〈…〉 in the Law and the Prophets 〈…〉LONDON▪ Printed in the 〈…〉Title page of A short confession of faith, London, 1697

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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

Title page typeset from the transcription.

The Articles of Faith of the Church of Christ meeting at Horsley-Down. › Of a true Church.

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 a true Church.

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XXII. WE believe a true Church of Christ is not National, nor Parochial, but doth consist of a number of ¹godly Persons, who upon the Profession of their Faith and Repentance have been baptized, and in a solemn manner have in a Holy Covenant given themselves up to the Lord, and to one another, to live in Love, and to endeavour to keep the Unity of the Spirit in the Bond of Peace: Among whom the ²Word of God is duly and truly preached; and Holy Baptism, the ³Lord's Supper, and all other Ordinances are duly administered, according to the Word of God, and the Institution of Christ in the Primitive Church: watching over one another, and communicating to each other's Necessities, as becometh Saints; living Holy Lives, as becomes their sacred Profession; and not to forsake the assembling themselves, as the manner of some ⟨p. 23⟩⁴is; or to take leave to hear where they please in other Places when the Church is assembled, but to worship God, and feed in that Pasture, or with that Church, with whom they have covenanted, and given up themselves as particular Members thereof.

XXII. WE believe a true Church of Christ is not National, nor Parochial, but doth consist of a number of ¹

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The book

Title as printed

Author

Benjamin Keach 1640–1704

Place

London

Year

1697

Imprint

London : [s.n., 1697?]

Size

[7], 40 p.

Words

6,607

Catalogue

Wing K86 · ESTC R24038

Text

EEBO-TCP A47606

Passages

121

Sections

Title page

A short confession of faith

Of a true Church.

Of Laying on of Hands.

Of the Lord's Supper.¹

Of Church-Officers.

Of Prayer.

Of singing of Psalms, &c.

Of the Christian Sabbath.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

Of a true Church.

Of Laying on of Hands.

Of the Lord's Supper.1

Of Church-Officers.

Of Prayer.

Of singing of Psalms, &c.

Of the Christian Sabbath.

Of the Lord's Supper.¹