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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
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They by a proper Action showing their Consent hereunto; he adds;
They by a proper Action shewing their Consent hereunto; he adds;
We then the Church of our SAVIOUR in this Place, do receive you into our sacred Fellowship, and promise that by His Assistance, we will treat you with such Affection and Watchfulness, as your sacred Relation unto us now calleth for. This we do, imploring of our Lord, that both we and you, may obtain Mercy to be faithful in His Covenant, and Glorify Him with the Holiness that becomes his House forever.
We then the Church of our SAVIOUR in this Place, do receive you into our sacred Fellowship, and promise that by His Assistence, we will treat you with such Affection and Watchfulness, as your sacred Relation unto us now calleth for. This we do, imploring of our Lord, that both we and you, may obtain Mercy to be faithful in His Covenant, and Glorify Him with the Holiness that becomes his House forever.
A brief Prayer, wherein Thanks are given for the Gospel and the Success of it, and a Blessing is implored on the Church, and on those who now ask to be added thereto, and on others that may ask to be added, has been thought proper on these Occasions: Either at the Time of their Admission; or at the Time when their Qualifications for it, are exhibited.