CONFESSION OF FAITH AND COVENANT.
The
fo11owing Confession of Faith and Covenant has been used by this Church, on the
admission of members, from time immemorial.
You profess to believe and acknowledge the eternal Jehovah, who is the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, to be the one only living and true God; and renouncing and forsaking sin, you do give up yourself to this God, desiring truly to know him, believe in him, love and obey him, and to be made happy in the enjoyment of the blessed fruits of his love.
You profess to believe, that
all mankind are fallen from God into a state of sin and misery, and that they are justly
exposed to his wrath and curse.
You profess to believe, that
God the Father
so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son,
that whosoever should believe in him might not perish, but have everlasting
life; and that Jesus Christ is the
only begotten Son of God,
and the only Saviour of lost man;
and you give up yourself to him, desiring truly to believe on him and to be
subject unto him in all his saving offices.
You profess to believe, that
it is the office and work of the Holy
Spirit to make application of the redemption purchased by Christ,
unto all who shall be saved; and you give up yourself to him, desiring that he
may be your Teacher, Sanctifier, and Comforter.
You profess to believe the
Scriptures of the Old and New
Testaments to be the word of God,
and a perfect Rule of Faith and Practice; and you do take them as such.
You also engage to submit
yourself to the Watch and Government of the Church of Christ,
especially in this place, professing that, by help of divine grace, you will
walk orderly and inoffensively among us, according to the Rules and Directions
of the Gospel; [and that you will
endeavor by precept and example to bring up your children in the nurture and
admonition of the Lord.]
These things you profess to
believe, and solemnly promise and engage, before God
and this Assembly?
We
then receive you, as a member of the same body with ourselves, entitled to a1l
the privileges of Christ’s
visible kingdom; and we promise to watch over you with faithfulness and love, to
bear you in remembrance at the throne of grace, and to treat you as our
in the fellowship of the GOSPEL.