We whose Names are hereunto subscribed, apprehending our selves called of GOD into the Church-State of the Gospel, do first of all confess our selves unworthy to be so highly favoured of the Lord, and admire that free and rich Grace of His which triumphs over so great Unworthiness; and then with an humble Reliance on the Aids of Grace therein promised for them, that, in a Sense of their Inability to do any Good thing, do humbly wait on him for all, we now thankfully lay hold on His Covenant; and would choose the Things that Please Him.
We declare our serious Belief of the Christian Religion, as contained in the Sacred Scriptures, and with such a View thereof as the Confession of Faith in our Churches has exhibited; heartily resolving to conform our Lives unto the Rules of that Holy Religion as long as we live in the World.
We give up our selves unto the Lord JEHOVAH, who is the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and avouch Him this Day to be our GOD, our Father, our Saviour, and our Leader, and receive Him as our Portion forever.
We give up our selves unto the Blessed JESUS, who is the Lord JEHOVAH, and adhere ⟨p. 8⟩to Him as the Head of His People in the Covenant of Grace, and rely on Him as our Priest, and our Prophet, and our King, to bring us unto Eternal Blessedness.
We acknowledge our Everlasting and Indispensable Obligations, to glorify our GOD in all the Duties of a Godly, and a Sober, and a Righteous Life; and very particularly in the Duties of a Church State, and a Body of People associated for an Obedience to Him, in all the Ordinances of the Gospel: And we thereupon depend upon His gracious Assistances for our faithful Discharge of the Duties thus incumbent on us.
We desire and intend, and (with Dependence on His promised and powerful Grace) we engage, to walk together as a CHURCH of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, in the Faith and Order of the Gospel, so far as we shall have the same revealed unto us: Conscientiously attending the Public Worship of GOD, the Sacraments of His New Testament, the Discipline of His Kingdom, and all His Holy Institutions, in Communion with one another, and watchfully avoiding sinful Stumbling-Blocks and Contentions, as becomes a People whom the Lord has bound up together in a Bundle of Life.
At the same time, we do also present our Offspring with us unto the Lord;
We whose Names are hereunto subscribed, apprehending our selves called of GOD into the Church-State of the Gospel, do first of all confess our selves unworthy to be so highly favoured of the Lord, and admire that free and rich Grace of His which triumphs over so great Unworthiness; and then with an humble Reliance on the Aids of Grace therein promised for them, that, in a Sense of their Inability to do any Good thing, do humbly wait on him for all, we now thankfully lay hold on His Covenant; and would chuse the Things that Please Him.
We declare our serious Belief of the Christian Religion, as contained in the Sacred Scriptures, and with such a View thereof as the Confession of Faith in our Churches has exhibited; heartily resolving to conform our Lives unto the Rules of that Holy Religion as long as we live in the World.
We give up our selves unto the Lord JEHOVAH, who is the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and avouch Him this Day to be our GOD, our Father, our Saviour, and our Leader, and receive Him as our Portion forever.
We give up our selves unto the Blessed JESUS, who is the Lord JEHOVAH, and adhere ⟨p. 8⟩to Him as the Head of His People in the Covenant of Grace, and rely on Him as our Priest, and our Prophet, and our King, to bring us unto Eternal Blessedness.
We acknowledge our Everlasting and Indispensible Obligations, to glorify our GOD in all the Duties of a Godly, and a Sober, and a Righteous Life; and very particularly in the Duties of a Church State, and a Body of People associated for an Obedience to Him, in all the Ordinances of the Gospel: And we thereupon depend upon His gracious Assistances for our faithful Discharge of the Duties thus incumbent on us.
We desire and intend, and (with Dependence on His promised and powerful Grace) we engage, to walk together as a CHURCH of the Lord JESUS CHRIST, in the Faith and Order of the Gospel, so far as we shall have the same revealed unto us: Conscienciously attending the Publick Worship of GOD, the Sacraments of His New Testament, the Discipline of His Kingdom, and all His Holy Institutions, in Communion with one another, and watchfully avoiding sinful Stumbling-Blocks and Contentions, as becomes a People whom the Lord has bound up together in a Bundle of Life.
At the same time, we do also present our Offspring with us unto the Lord;
