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Confession of Faith.

"Neither are any other redeemed by Christ,but the elect only."

Holy Scripture.

quity that he hath done shall he die. Again; When the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God, wherefore turn and live ye." Ezek. xviii. 25, &c. "I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Mark ii. 17. "Joy shall be in

heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, that need no repentance." Lukexv.17."If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted?" Gen. iv. 7.

"Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all.” 2 Tim. ii. 6. "He is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world." 1 John ii. 2.

Confession of Faith.

"All those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, He is pleased in His appointed and accepted time, effectually to call by His Word and Spirit." "Others not elected, although they may be called by the ministry of the word, and may have some common operations of the Spirit; yet they never truly come unto Christ, and therefore cannot be saved."

"Neither are any other justified but the elect only." "Those whom God effectually calleth, He also freely justifieth; not by infusing righteousness into them, but by pardoning their sins, and by accounting and accepting their persons as righteous: not for any thing wrought in them, or done by them, but for Christ's sake alone: not by imputing faith itself, the act of believing,

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Holy Scripture. "Come unto Me, all that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you St. Matt. xi. 28. Go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel unto every creature: he that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; but he that believeth not, shall be damned." St. Mark xvi. 15.

"Abraham staggered not

at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; and being fully persuaded that what He had promised, He was able also to perform. And, therefore, it was imputed to him for righteousness. Now, it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on

Confession of Faith.

or any other Evangelical obedience, to them as their righteousness; but by imputing the obedience and satisfaction of Christ unto them, they receiving and resting on Him, and His righteousness by faith: which faith they have not of themselves, it is the gift of God."

"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."

"The Almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in His providence, that it extendeth itself, even to

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Him, that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead, Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification." "Therefore, as by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of One, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." Rom. iv. 20, &c.; v. 18.

"As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God." St. John i. 12. "Repent, and be baptized

every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." Acts ii. 38.

"Let no man say, when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil; neither tempteth He any man." St.James i. 15. "O

Confession of Faith.

the first fall, and all other sins of angels and men, and that not by a bare permission, but such as hath joined with it, a most wise and powerful bounding, and otherwise ordering and governing of them, in a manifold dispensation, to His own holy ends ; yet so as the sinfulness thereof proceedeth only from the creature, and not from God."

They whom God hath accepted in His Beloved, effectually called and sanctified by His Spirit, can neither totally nor finally fall away from the state of grace; but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved."

Holy Scripture.

Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself, but in Me is thine help." Hos. xiii. 9. “What could have been done more to My vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth

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grapes say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye House of Israel, I will judge every one after his ways." Ezek. xxxiii. 20.

"Let him that thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall." 1 Cor. x. 12. "The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth." Ezek. xxxiii. 12.

Confession of Faith.

Holy Scripture.

"Watch ye, therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man." St. Luke xxi. 36. "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life," Rev. ii. 10.

NOTE B.

"No Christian should ever think of trying the steadiness of his Ecclesiastical principles, by frequenting places of worship among those whose opinions are at variance with his own."

Romish Doctrines.

"I profess that there are truly and properly seven Sacraments of the new Law, instituted by Jesus Christ our Lord, and necessary for the salvation of mankind, although not all for every one: viz. Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unc

Anglican Doctrines.

"How many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in His Church? Two only, as generally necessary to salvation; that is to say, Baptism and the Supper of the Lord." Catechism.

N. B. Confirmation, Penance, Orders, and Matrimony, are sacred Rites,

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