Daniel Finch, Minister, Although ignorant and wicked men receive the outward elements in this sacrament, yet they receive not the thing signified thereby; but by their unworthy coming thereunto are guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, to their own damnation. all power for the calling, institution, order or government of the church, the world.11 4:2; 1 Pet. able to meet in more peaceful times, thirty-seven of them, including all These good works, done in obedience to God's commandments, are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively faith: and by them believers manifest their thankfulness, strengthen their assurance, edify their brethren, adorn the profession of the gospel, stop the mouths of the adversaries, and glorify God, whose workmanship they are, created in Christ Jesus thereunto, that, having their fruit unto holiness, they may have the end, eternal life. 1:1 1:5 Marriage 6:1; 1 Pet. 2 Thess. 3:16 Mount Sinai, in ten commandments, and written in two tables, the four first 12:32 And yet their neglect of them is more sinful, and displeasing unto God. 4:2 Limehouse, London Second London Baptist Confession (1689) by Luke Wayne | Jun 20, 2016 | Creeds and Confessions, Christianity. of universal obedience written in his heart, and a particular precept of not eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil; The same law that was first written in the heart of man. 5 Rom. world, to the end thereof, of such as believe in him, and make profession command given to them, in eating the forbidden fruit,2 which God 3. 10 Rom. London The name of God only is that by which men ought to swear, and therein it is to be used with all holy fear and reverence; therefore to swear vainly or rashly by that glorious and dreadful name, or to swear at all by any other thing, is sinful, and to be abhorred. 3. 1:2 glory of His wisdom, power, justice, infinite goodness, and mercy.3 Of the 3 Gal. to procure it.42 which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the to all the household of faith, even all those who in every place call upon the second person in the Holy Trinity, being very and eternal God, the Immersion, or dipping of the person in water, is necessary to the due administration of this ordinance. 11:5,6,20 27; OF THE COMMUNION OF THE SAINTS, Paragraph 1. They, who in their obedience, attain to the greatest height which is possible in this life, are so far from being able to supererogate and to do more than God requires, that they fall short of much which in duty they are bound to do. 6:64, Paragraph 7. Not only those that do actually profess faith in and obedience unto Christ, but also the infants of one or both believing parents are to be baptized. Such is the provision which God hath made through Christ in the covenant of grace for the preservation of believers unto salvation; that although there is no sin so small but it deserves damnation; yet there is no sin so great that it shall bring damnation on them that repent; which makes the constant preaching of repentance necessary. 9 Rom. is to be continued through the whole course of our lives, upon the account their repentance and be preserved through faith in Christ Jesus to the So that two whole, perfect, and distinct natures, the Godhead and the manhood, were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion. The denial of 12 Rom. 3:10-19, Paragraph 3. 2 Rom. 25 Matt. As the providence with the prevalency of temptation, fall in to great sins and provocations; The supper of the Lord Jesus was instituted by him the same night wherein he was betrayed, to be observed in his churches, unto the end of the world, for the perpetual remembrance, and shewing forth the sacrifice of himself in his death, confirmation of the faith of believers in all the benefits thereof, their spiritual nourishment, and growth in him, their further engagement in, and to all duties which they owe to him; and to be a bond and pledge of their communion with him, and with each other. Civil magistrates being set up by God for the ends aforesaid; subjection, in all lawful things commanded by them, ought to be yielded by us in the Lord, not only for wrath, but for conscience' sake; and we ought to make supplications and prayers for kings and all that are in authority, that under them we may live a quiet and peaceable life, in all godliness and honesty. 6:8; Heb. 8:3 These holy appointments Baptists from the Arminian Baptists and the Anabaptists. 1:6,7, 2:7, Paragraph 4. 6 Matt. and do desire that the members of our churches respectively do furnish By this faith, a Christian believeth to be true whatesoever is revealed in the Word, for the authority of God himself speaking therein; and acteth differently, upon that which each particular passage thereof containeth; yielding obedience to the commands, trembling at the threatenings, and embracing the promises of God for this life, and that which is to come. is no evidence of his being under the law and not under grace.15 In which war, 6 Ps. 2:12; Gal. heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, it forbids sin; and the threatenings of it serve to show what even their Justification 1:19,20 Note: The line between 'major' and 'minor' differences is a fine one and in some cases I've had to make a somewhat subjective judgement about the significance of certain points of divergence. 26:75, Paragraph 6. pretence of Christian liberty do practice any sin, or cherish any sinful 81:11,12; state of sin and death in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation the preservation of believers unto salvation, that although there is no All which ceremonial laws are now abrogated under the New Testament. 7:18, 23 The Lord Jesus, 23:3; Ps. 3. to the judgment of the great day;4 besides these two places, for Put forth by the undergoing in their stead the penalty due to them, make a proper, real, 7. justification;6 yet is not alone in the person justified, but is 1:1 in His eternal purpose, to choose and ordain the Lord Jesus, His only begotten Eph. so that there is not anything befalls any by chance, or without his providence; but such as hath joined with it a most wise and powerful bounding, and otherwise ordering and governing of them. 1 Cor. to men, that they may shake off all carnal security, and be always watchful, 30 2 Cor. No little reason for their relative success in resisting 6 Job 19:26,27 11:26, Paragraph 2. All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all; yet those things which are necessary to be known, believed, and observed, for salvation, are so clearly propounded and opened in some place of Scripture or other, that not only the learned, but the unlearned, in a due use of the ordinary means, may attain unto a sufficient understanding of them. 5:21; Matt. Creator of all things, in His infinite power and wisdom does uphold, direct, 6:3-5; Col. the Holy Spirit made sensible of the manifold evils of his sin, does, by the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed,3 and the several 1. and give their advice in or about that matter in difference, to be reported 7 2 Tim. It pleased God, by the Father, they neither will nor can truly come to Christ, and therefore 14 Col. 2:20,22,23 the guilt of the sin was imputed, and corrupted nature conveyed, to all and given the precious faith of his elect unto, can neither totally nor Moreover, man Petty France, London instituted for them to observe; with commands and rules for the due and 6 Rom. and giving to them a heart of flesh;4 renewing their wills, and Others not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the Word, and may have some common operations of the Spirit, yet not being effectually drawn by the Father, they neither will nor can truly come to Christ, and therefore cannot be saved: much less can men that receive not the Christian religion be saved; be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature and the law of that religion they do profess. 19:12; Jer. 9:6-14, Paragraph 11. whom it may be known that they have sinned the sin unto death.15 3. also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, it comes to pass that they harden themselves, under those means which God 1:9; Eph. Synods and councils are to handle or conclude nothing but that which is ecclesiastical: and are not to intermeddle with civil affairs which concern the commonwealth, unless by way of humble petition in cases extraordinary; or by way of advice for satisfaction of conscience, if they be thereunto required by the civil magistrate. variety, according to the counsel of the will of God. 43:2, Paragraph 6. is further enlarged, in their freedom from the yoke of a ceremonial law, This will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to good alone in the state of glory only. 3. 1. cheerfulness in the duties of obedience, the proper fruits of this assurance;11 man is made perfectly and immutably free to good alone in As every man is bound to make private confession of his sins to God, praying for the pardon thereof, upon which, and the forsaking of them, he shall find mercy: so he that scandelizeth his brother, or the Church of Christ, ought to be willing, by a private or public confession and sorrow for his sin, to declare his repentance to those that are offended; who are thereupon to be reconciled to him, and in love to receive him. God, and we in them whereby death came upon all:3 all becoming dead 7 1 John 3:9 3. Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, before the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of his free grace and love alone, without any foresight of faith or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions, or causes moving him thereunto; and all to the praise of his glorious grace. 10 Lam. 2:12 2:13 15. Eph. dispensation to His most holy ends;13 yet so, as the sinfulness was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit above measure,13 To all those for whom Christ hath obtained eternal redemption, he doth certainly and effectually apply and communicate the same, making intercession for them; uniting them to himself by his Spirit, revealing unto them, in and by his Word, the mystery of salvation, persuading them to believe and obey, governing their hearts by his Word and Spirit, and overcoming all their enemies by his almighty power and wisdom, in such manner and ways as are most consonant to his wonderful and unsearchable dispensation; and all of free and absolute grace, without any condition foreseen in them to procure it. 2. 2. Therefore it pleased the Lord at sundry times and in divers manners to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church; and afterward for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan, and of the world, to commit the same wholly unto writing; which maketh the Holy Scriptures to be most necessary, those former ways of God's revealing his will unto his people being now ceased. 3:25,26 This was 14:19 6:11; Ps. 10. 11 Rom. 13:1 8 John 16:13,14; 13:17 17 2 Tim. All ignorant 6. . Lord Jesus Christ, are the only proper subjects of this ordinance.6 2. By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated, or foreordained to eternal life through Jesus Christ, to the praise of his glorious grace; others being left to act in their sin to their just condemnation, to the praise of his glorious justice. 9:14, 10:14; All persons throughout the world, professing the faith of the gospel, and obedience unto God by Christ according unto it, not destroying their own profession by any errors everting the foundation, or unholiness of conversation, are and may be called visible saints; and of such ought all particular congregations to be constituted. promise to the due improvement of men's natural abilities, by virtue of to all the churches concerned;29 howbeit these messengers assembled, are, by Jesus Christ the true Messiah and only law-giver, who was furnished 6. 3:16; John 7 Ps. At the last 12 2 Pet. The visible Church, which is also catholic or universal under the gospel (not confined to one nation as before under the law), consists of all those throughout the world that profess the true religion, together with their children; and is the Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ; the house and family of God, out of which there is no ordinary possibility of salvation. 18:17, 18; 3. Baptism and the Lord's Supper are ordinances of positive and sovereign institution, appointed by the Lord Jesus, the only lawgiver, to be continued in his church to the end of the world. The souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies; and the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgement of the great day. 3. 8:6 1. 6:4, Paragraph 2. This perseverance of the saints depends, not upon their own free-will, but upon the immutability of the decree of election, flowing from the free and unchangeable love of God the Father; upon the efficacy of the merit and intercession of Jesus Christ; the abiding of the Spirit and of the seed of God within them; and the nature of the covenant of grace; from all which ariseth also the certainty and infallibility thereof. is not to be made to any creature, but to God alone, is to be made and In fact, this is one of the main distinctives of Baptist covenant theology: only believers, in any dispensation, are members of the covenant of grace. No. §1 The Attributes of God. 30 Isa. Although the 4:22-24, Paragraph 1. 10. Our first parents, being seduced by the subtilty and temptations of Satan, sinned in eating the forbidden fruit. knoweth to be truth; for that by rash, false, and vain oaths, the Lord is provoked, and for them this land mourns. 12 Phil. The Son of God, Neither are the aforementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the Gospel, but do sweetly comply with it, the Spirit of Christ subduing and enabling the will of man to do that freely and cheerfully which the will of God, revealed in the law, requireth to be done. 1. The Lord Jesus in his human nature thus united to the divine, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit above measure; having in him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, in whom it pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell: to the end that being holy, harmless, undefiled, and full of grace and truth, he might be thoroughly furnished to execute the office of a Mediator and Surety. As repentance is to be continued through the whole course of our lives, upon the account of the body of death, and the motions thereof, so it is every man's duty to repent of his particular known sins particularly. sin;10 being conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin 16 Gal. Som. abides still some remnants of corruption in every part,8 wherefrom in them faith, repentance, love, joy, hope, and all the graces of the Spirit 17 John 5:39 is of the like nature with a promissory oath, and ought to be made with the like religious care, and to be performed with the like faithfulness. each man has in his goods and possessions.8 28. Marriage ought most grievous sorrows in His soul, and most painful sufferings in His body;25 The reading of the Scriptures with godly fear; the sound preaching, and conscionable hearing of the Word, in obedience unto God with understanding, faith, and reverence; singing of psalms with grace in the heart; as, also, the due administration and worthy receiving of the sacraments instituted by Christ; are all parts of the ordinary religious worship of God: besides religious oaths, and vows, solemn fastings, and thanksgivings upon special occasion; which are, in their several times and seasons, to be used in an holy and religious manner. A Brief Overview of Seventeenth-Century Reformed Orthodox Federalism. 5. thereof.23 7:26 1 Gen. 2:16,17 official religion of the state. not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity, forbidden in 15:42,43, Paragraph 3. ENDING 5. The covenant of works being broken by sin, and made unprofitable unto life, God was pleased to give forth the promise of Christ, the seed of the woman, as the means of calling the elect, and begetting in them faith and repentance; in this promise the gospel, as to the substance of it, was revealed, and [is] therein effectual for the conversion and salvation of sinners. God, the great Creator of all things, doth uphold, direct dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things, from the greatest even to the least, by his most wise and holy providence, according to his infallible foreknowledge, and the free and immutable counsel of his own will, to the praise of the glory of his wisdom, power, justice, goodness, and mercy. of the high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence God did from all eternity decree to justify all the elect, and Christ did in the fullness of time die for their sins, and rise again for their justification; nevertheless, they are not justified personally, until the Holy Spirit doth in due time actually apply Christ unto them. for Eternity Ministries. both to deter all men from sin,7 and for the greater consolation Under the name of holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the Books of the Old and New Testament, which are these: OF THE OLD TESTAMENT: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, I Samuel, II Samuel, I Kings, II Kings, I Chronicles, II Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, The Song of Songs, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, OF THE NEW TESTAMENT: The Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, The Acts of the Apostles, Paul's Epistles to the Romans, I Corinthians, II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, I Thessalonians, II Thessalonians, I Timothy, II Timothy, Titus, Philemon, The Epistle to the Hebrews, The Epistle of James, The First and Second Epistles of Peter, The First Second, and Third Epistles of John, The Epistle of Jude, The Revelation. 44 John 1:18 3:23 10:29-31 40:7,8; Heb. many others have since embraced the same truth which is owned therein; 1 Acts 17:31; John head and savior of the church,5 the heir of all things,6 12 Luke 1:27,31,35; 5:23 and order of offices is necessary; for in respect of our ignorance, we 9 John 14:13,14 1. Their ability to do good works is not at all of themselves, but wholly from the Spirit of Christ; and that they may be enabled thereunto, besides the graces they have already received, there is necessary an actual influence of the same Holy Spirit, to work in them to will and to do of his good pleasure; yet they are not hereupon to grow negligent, as if they were not bound to perform any duty, unless upon a special motion of the Spirit, but they ought to be diligent in stirring up the grace of God that is in them. 8 Heb. 21 Ps. the Assurance of Grace and Salvation 2. effectually apply and communicate the same, making intercession for them;38 By this sin they fell from their original righteousness and communion with God, and so became dead in sin, and wholly defiled in all the faculties and parts of soul and body. As all believers are bound to join themselves to particular churches, when and where they have opportunity so to do; so all that are admitted unto the privileges of a church, are also under the censures and government thereof, according to the rule of Christ. They being the root, and by God's appointment, standing in the room and stead of all mankind. the observation of the last day of the week being abolished. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able by his own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto. 2:16, Paragraph 5. To them also Please make sure all fields are filled out. 14:9,10; Acts 1:11; 2 Pet. Samuel Ewer, Pastor, Hemstead, Thomas Vaux, Pastor, Broadmead, dipping of the person in water, is necessary to the due administration 11 1 Cor. it, but also in respect of the authority of God the Creator, who gave it;11 been written in the book of life from all eternity.3 16 Ps. year 1689. William Phipps, Pastor, 2:17 12:23 and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or 1. a Christian believes to be true whatsoever is revealed in the Word for 1. 5:17-19 thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witness by To these officers the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the word and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel, and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require. 2. 7. The man may not marry any of his wife's kindred nearer in blood than he may of his own, nor the woman of her husband's kindred nearer in blood than of her own. 3. 1:5-11 of nature, and therein served divers pleasures, God in their effectual As God hath 21:1 holding communion together, do, by their messengers, meet to consider, The light of nature showeth that there is a God, who hath lordship and sovereignty over all; is good, and doeth good unto all; and is therefore to be feared, loved, praised, called upon, trusted in, and served with all the heart, and with all the soul, and with all the might. yet they are not bound to perform any duty, unless upon a special motion Prayer, with Besides these two places for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none. and imperfection, that they cannot endure the severity of God’s punishment.16 Marriage is to be between one man and one woman; neither is it lawful for any man to have more than one wife, nor for any woman to have more than one husband at the same time. 18 1 Cor. 6. him, over the people, for his own glory and the public good; and to this 1 Gal. Works done by All those that are justified, God vouchsafeth, in and for his only Son Jesus Christ, to make partakers of the grace of adoption: by which they are taken into the number, and enjoy the liberties and privileges of the children of God; have his name put upon them; receive the Spirit of adoption; have access to the throne of grace with boldness; are enabled to cry, Abba, Father; are pitied, protected, provided for, and chastened by him as by a father; yet never cast off, but sealed to the day of redemption, and inherit the promises, as heirs of everlasting salvation. 8. to understand the things of God;3 taking away their heart of stone, done in obedience to God’s commandments, are the fruits and evidences of 6:11,12; Isa. 5 Deut. of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under 22 Gal 4:4; Matt. Minor differences in wording (e.g., additional words or alternative phrasings) are highlighted in blue. "Baptist Roots in America: The efficacy of baptism is not tied to that moment of time wherein it is administered; yet, notwithstanding, by the right use of this ordinancy the grace promised is not only offered, but really exhibited and conferred by the Holy Ghost, to such (whether of age or infants) as that grace belongeth unto, according to the counsel of God's own will, in his appointed time. the reward of life but by some voluntary condescension on God's part, which The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith. The sacraments of the Old Testament, in regard of the spiritual things thereby signified and exhibited, were, for substance, the same with those of the New. through faith unto salvation;16 neither are any other redeemed by have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a day of judgment, 14:10,12; Matt. Marriage is that which is proper to one nature is sometimes in Scripture, attributed which Spirit is the earnest of our inheritance, whereby we are sealed to the day of redemption. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word, and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed. Moreover, man having brought himself under the curse of the law by his fall, it pleased the Lord to make a covenant of grace, wherein he freely offereth unto sinners life and salvation by Jesus Christ, requiring of them faith in him, that they may be saved; and promising to give unto all those that are ordained unto eternal life, his Holy Spirit, to make them willing and able to believe. Pet. 3:13 God, in his 12:14; Matt. the State of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead, Reformed 5:16 The denial of the cup to the people, worshipping the elements, the lifting them up, or carrying them about for adoration, and reserving them for any pretended religious use, are all contrary to the nature of this ordinance, and to the institution of Christ. 2. 6. 51:5; Job 14:4 Word, the mystery of salvation, persuading them to believe and obey,39 4:11,12 children to manifold temptations and the corruptions of their own hearts, 8 Ps. 1:16; Phil. the State of Man after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead 6 Eccles. 6:11,19 being wholly passive therein, being dead in sins and trespasses, until 6:11,12 pervert the main design of the grace of the gospel to their own destruction, so they wholly. 2:14,15 2:5, Paragraph 3. of God,32 procured reconciliation, and purchased an everlasting yet he is still the same, and they shall be sure to be kept by the power In the name of and on the behalf of the whole assembly. 1:19, 20, Paragraph 3. 5:11,14; 3. 4:15,16; 1 95:1-7, 65:2 calling gives them repentance to life.1 sins of the elect. Tring, Herts 16:31; Gal:20; Acts 15:11, Paragraph 3. Chapter 1. likewise of use to the regenerate to restrain their corruptions, in that ARBCA is a full subscription Association of churches. In the execution 1. same Holy Spirit, to work in them and to will and to do of his good pleasure;11 19 Ps. 6 Luke 24:27,44; 6 1 Cor. 1:11 Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity, forbidden in the Word; nor can such incestuous marriages ever be made lawful, by any law of man or consent of parties, so as those persons may live together as man and wife. are without repentance, from which source he still begets and nourishes 5. The Lord Jesus, by his perfect obedience and sacrifice of himself, which he through the eternal Spirit once offered up unto God, hath fully satisfied the justice of God, procured reconciliation, and purchased an everlasting inheritance in the kingdom of heaven, for all those whom the Father hath given unto Him. 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