CONFESSION OF FAITH, FORM OF ADMISSION, AND NAMES OF MEMBERS. "THAT THOU MAYEST KNOW HOW THOU OUGHTEST TO BEHAVE THYSELF CAMBRIDGE: THURSTON AND TORBY M DCCC XLII. DIVINITY BCHOOL LIBRARY HARVARD UNIVERSITY ADVERTISEMENT. THE following Confession of Faith, Form of Admission, Ecclesiastical Principles, and Rules, were prepared in accordance with a vote of the Church, and after mature, thorough, and prayerful examination were unanimously adopted, and, together with some historical notices, ordered to be printed for the use of the members. The work is now presented to the Church with the earnest prayer, that through the influence of Divine Grace, it may be instrumental in bringing us all in "the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in weight to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: from whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love." Cambridge, July, 1842. |