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A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches…
A Declaration of the faith and order owned and practiced in the Congregational churches in England agreed upon and consented unto by their elders and messengers in their meeting at the Savoy, October 12, 1658.
London: printed by John Field, 1659
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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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This Law so written in the heart, continued to be a perfect ⟨p. 32⟩Rule of righteousness after the fall of man, and was delivered by God upon mount Sinai in ten Commandments, and written in two Tables, the four first Commandments containing our duty towards God, and the other six our duty to man.
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Beside this Law commonly called Moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel Ceremonial Laws, containing several Typical Ordinances, partly of Worship, prefiguring Christ, his Graces, Actions, Sufferings and Benefits, and partly holding forth divers Instructions of Moral Duties: All which Ceremonial Laws being appointed only to the time of Reformation, are by Jesus Christ the true Messiah and only Law-giver, who was furnished with power from the Father for that end, abrogated and taken away.
Beside this Law commonly called Moral, God was pleased to give to the people of Israel Ceremonial Laws, containing several Typical Ordinances, partly of Worship, prefiguring Christ, his Graces, Actions, Sufferings and Benefits, and partly holding forth divers Instructions of Moral Duties: All which Ceremonial Laws being appointed onely to the time of Reformation, are by Jesus Christ the true Messiah and onely Law-giver, who was furnished with power from the Father for that end, abrogated and taken away.