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 Laying on of Hands.

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Of Laying on of Hands.

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XXIII. WE believe that laying ¹on of Hands (with Prayer) upon baptized Believers, as such, is an Ordinance of Christ, and ought to be submitted unto by all such Persons that are admitted to partake of the Lord's Supper; and that the end of this Ordinance is not for the extraordinary Gifts of the Spirit, but for a farther Reception ²of the Holy Spirit of Promise, or for the Addition of the Graces of the Spirit, and the Influences thereof; to confirm, strengthen, and comfort them in Christ Jesus; it being ratified and ³established by the extraordinary ⟨p. 24⟩Gifts of the Spirit in the Primitive Times, to abide in the Church, as meeting together on the first Day of the Week was, Act. 2. 1. that being the Day of Worship, or Christian Sabbath, under the Gospel; and as Preaching the Word was, Acts 10. 44. and as Baptism was, Mat. 3. 16. and Prayer was, Acts 4. 31. and singing Psalms, &c. was, Acts 16. 25, 26. so this of laying on of Hands was, Acts 8. & ch. 19. For as the whole Gospel was confirmed by Signs and Wonders,

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A short confession of faith

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 Ministers, and their Maintenance.

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36

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 Ministers, and their Maintenance.

Of the Lord's Supper.¹