. 1 Rom. I. 5:9, 10; John 14:19 25:21,23; Heb. 18 Set forth by many of us, who are (falsely) called Ana-Baptists, to inform all Men (in these days of scandal and reproach) of our innocent Belief and Practise; for which we are not only resolved to suffer Persecution, to the loss of our Goods, but also Life itself, rather than to decline the same. THE BAPTIST CONFESSION OF FAITH With Scripture Proofs Adopted by the Ministers and Messengers of the general assembly which met in London in 1689 Editor's note: The Scripture links used in this on-line publication of the 1689 London Baptist ... Of Baptism . God’s promises are great and the responsibility to trust in those promises is great as well. 5 Rom. In which war, although the remaining corruption for a time may much prevail,10 yet, through the continual supply of strength from the sanctifying Spirit of Christ, the regenerate part does overcome;11 and so the saints grow in grace, perfecting holiness in the fear of God, pressing after an heavenly life, in evangelical obedience to all the commands which Christ as Head and King, in his Word has prescribed to them.12 The other important thing to state is that even though the EFCA is mostly believer baptism by immersion, we are baptist, not Baptist. 2 Gen. 3:12,13; 2 Cor. 31 Matt. 5:11,14; Rom. In the execution of this power wherewith he is so intrusted, the Lord Jesus calls out of the world unto himself, through the ministry of his word, by his Spirit, those that are given unto him by his Father,9 that they may walk before him in all the ways of obedience, which he prescribes to them in his word.10  Those thus called, he commands to walk together in particular societies, or churches, for their mutual edification, and the due performance of that public worship, which he requires of them in the world.11 11:26-28, Paragraph 6. Isaiah Jonah 5 Titus 1:15; Gen. 6:5; Jer. 90:2 3:21 5:7 By Ann Weber Becker; Faith and Life Press, 1997. 14 Rom. 16 Acts 15:15 3:21, Paragraph 1. 9 Mark 13:35-37; Luke 12:35-40 2:17 2:5, Paragraph 10. It was a Calvinistic confession that differed with the other Calvinistis confessions over believers baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Robert Knight, Pastor, Stukeley, Bucks All saints that are united to Jesus Christ, their head, by his Spirit, and faith, although they are not made thereby one person with him, have fellowship in his graces, sufferings, death, resurrection, and glory;1  and, being united to one another in love, they have communion in each others gifts and graces,2 and are obliged to the performance of such duties, public and private, in an orderly way, as do conduce to their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man.3 Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity, forbidden in the Word;8 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.9 This title can be purchased in print form from Founders Press.For a discussion of how robust a confession of faith should be, see B.H. 5:10 3:31, Paragraph 6. Baptism is distinct from saving faith. 25:46; Mark 9:48; 2 Thess. 6 Matt. The almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and infinite goodness of God, so far manifest themselves in His providence, that His determinate counsel extends itself even to the first fall, and all other sinful actions both of angels and men;11 and that not by a bare permission, which also He most wisely and powerfully binds, and otherwise orders and governs,12 in a manifold dispensation to His most holy ends;13 yet so, as the sinfulness of their acts proceeds only from the creatures, and not from God, who, being most holy and righteous, neither is nor can be the author or approver of sin.14 The moral law does for ever bind all, as well justified persons as others, to the obedience thereof,10 and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the Creator, who gave it;11 neither does Christ in the Gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen this obligation.12 To all those for whom Christ has obtained eternal redemption, He does certainly and effectually apply and communicate the same, making intercession for them;38 uniting them to Himself by His Spirit, revealing to them, in and by His Word, the mystery of salvation, persuading them to believe and obey,39 governing their hearts by His Word and Spirit,40 and overcoming all their enemies by His almighty power and wisdom,41 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.42 147:20; Acts 16:7 7:23; Matt. The confession’s chief author was Guido de Brès, a preacher of the Reformed churches of the Netherlands, who died a martyr to the faith in the year 1567. This makes baptism both a joyous and a challenging experience to the congregation. 10:29-31 First, the sacrament of baptism is the door to the other sacraments, and no sacrament can be validly received beforehand.
. 2 Matt. Put forth by the elders and brethren of many congregations of Christians (baptized upon profession of their faith) in London and the country. New, high quality paperback edition of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith and the 1695 Baptist Catechism, in one volume. 4:4,6, Paragraph 1. 12 Rom. 9:11,13,16,18, Paragraph 3. 19:5,6, Paragraph 2. 6:22, 23, Paragraph 2. 17 Rom. 5 Eph. 4:13 18:17, 18; 1 Cor. 25:41-43, Paragraph 1. In the early church and still today, baptism is associated with a public confession of faith. That grace is covenantal—for believers and their children. 4:2,3, Paragraph 14. 10:20; Jer. 4 Ezek. They being the root, and by God's appointment, standing in the room and stead of all mankind, the guilt of the sin was imputed, and corrupted nature conveyed, to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation,6 being now conceived in sin,7 and by nature children of wrath,8 the servants of sin, the subjects of death,9 and all other miseries, spiritual, temporal, and eternal, unless the Lord Jesus set them free.10 . Rather, what saves us is the “appeal to God for a clear conscience,” which is interpreted as a pledge to God to follow Jesus, and baptism is merely an appropriate symbol for that confession of faith. Of Sanctification 2:5, Paragraph 3. As we have noted, it is vital to affirm doctrinal truth, the faith once for all entrusted to the saints, and also to articulate my personal, experiential appropriation of that faith and transformation by that faith. 3:26-31, Paragraph 1. 5:1,2,5, 14:17; Ps. 27 Eph. Because it was adopted by the Philadelphia Association of Baptist Churches in the 18th century, it is also known as the Philadelphia Confession of Faith. 7 Col. 1:13; John 8:36 21 Ps. 1 1 John 1:3; John 1:16; Phil. 3:10; Rom. 2 Gen. 2:17; Gal. 11:6 1:11; Heb. 95:1-7, 65:2 13 Eph. 18 Matt. 10:16,17,21, Paragraph 2. That baptism is necessary for salvation is discussed at numerous other places on this web site. 14 Col. 2:3 Baptism is an ordinance of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ, to be unto the party baptized, a sign of his fellowship with him, in his death and resurrection; of his being engrafted into him; 1 of remission of sins; 2 and of giving up into God, through Jesus Christ, to live and walk in newness of life. 13 Gen. 1:20; Isa. 1:20 Believers are baptized into Christ and his body by the Spirit, water, and blood. 9 Isa. By Hans-Jurgen Goertz. 13:8, Paragraph 7. 2:15; Phil. 2:8-10 Good works are only such as God has commanded in his Holy Word,1 and not such as without the warrant thereof are devised by men out of blind zeal, or upon any pretense of good intentions.2 If you were to ask most any good Baptist what baptism is, they would respond with "it is a public profession of faith." 6:9,10; 1 Pet. Many confuse the term “baptism” to mean “believer baptism” (are we baptists or Baptists?) 8:3; Mark 16:15,16; John 3:16; 8:30; 2 Thess. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the church of God to a high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scriptures; and the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, and the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole (which is to give all glory to God), the full discovery it makes of the only way of man's salvation, and many other incomparable excellencies, and entire perfections thereof, are arguments whereby it does abundantly evidence itself to be the Word of God; yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth, and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts.8      Presbyterians and Congregationalists suffered less than did Baptists under this harassment.  No little reason for their relative success in resisting government tyranny was their united front of doctrinal agreement.  All Presbyterians stood by their Westminster Confession of 1646.  Congregationalists adopted virtually the same articles of faith in the Savoy Confession of 1658.  Feeling their substantial unity with paedobaptists suffering under the same cruel injustice, Calvinistic Baptists met to publish their substantial harmony with them in doctrine. Nahum 14 Rom. May 31. 16 1 Pet. & Glouc. 20:4,5, Paragraph 5. Those whom God has accepted in the beloved, effectually called and sanctified by his Spirit, and given the precious faith of his elect unto, can neither totally nor finally fall from the state of grace, but shall certainly persevere therein to the end, and be eternally saved, seeing the gifts and callings of God are without repentance, from which source he still begets and nourishes in them faith, repentance, love, joy, hope, and all the graces of the Spirit unto immortality;1 and though many storms and floods arise and beat against them, yet they shall never be able to take them off that foundation and rock which by faith they are fastened upon; notwithstanding, through unbelief and the temptations of Satan, the sensible sight of the light and love of God may for a time be clouded and obscured from them,2 yet he is still the same, and they shall be sure to be kept by the power of God unto salvation, where they shall enjoy their purchased possession, they being engraved upon the palm of his hands, and their names having been written in the book of life from all eternity.3 4 1 Cor. Spurgeon, then in the second year of his ministry at New Park Street Chapel, Southwark, in a preface addressed to All the Household of Faith, who rejoice in the glorious doctrines of Free Grace with which he prefixed this Confession when he published it in October, 1855. 3 Heb. 18:15-20, Paragraph 6. 6:10, Paragraph 7. 11 Rom. Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments, which are these: Genesis 1999, revised ed. 12:14, Paragraph 2. 32 Heb. 8:20; Luke 16:29,31; Eph. Greg, thanks for giving me that opportunity. 10:5-10; John 10:18 19:12; Jer. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil,11 do proceed all actual transgressions.12 6:18; Ps. 1 1 Cor. 6:1,2 4 Rom. The justification of believers under the Old Testament was, in all these respects, one and the same with the justification of believers under the New Testament.18 3 Gen. 1:28 7 1 Cor. 26 Rev. 16 Gal. 7 I Tim. THE SCHLEITHEIM CONFESSION OF FAITH, 1527. . 12:7 5. Faith thus receiving and resting on Christ and his righteousness, is the alone instrument of justification;6 yet is not alone in the person justified, but is ever accompanied with all other saving graces, and is no dead faith, but works by love.7 22:14, 13:20,21; Heb 6:4,5 Leonard Harrison,Pastor, Limehouse, London 4:14 5 Rom. 1:1 First, there is the sacramental view of baptism reflected by Roman Catholicism. 2:13; 1 John 5:9, Paragraph 5. 1 Rom. 3 Rom. 1:2 20:8 Not many believe or practice paedo-baptism in the EFCA. 43:3-5, Paragraph 1. 8 Lev. They will not, however, require rebaptism for those who have been baptized as infants in a covenantal sense. Job 8 1 John 3:1-3, Paragraph 3. 32:25,26,31; 2 Cor. 5:10; Eccles. The confession was first published in London in 1677 under the title "A confession of Faith put forth by the Elders and Brethren of many Congregations of Christians, Baptized upon Profession of their Faith in London and the Country. 1:6; 2 Tim. 1 Exod. 5:1,6,8; Phil. It has ever since born the name of the Second London Confession. CONFESSION. The Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective was developed in 1995, and is the most recent systematic statement of belief for Mennonite Church USA. William Collins, Pastor, Petty France, London 10:24,25, 3:12,13 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, as that they fall short of much which in duty they are bound to do.13 Baptism is the necessary result of saving faith. 2 1 Cor. Although the price of redemption was not actually paid by Christ until after His incarnation, yet the virtue, efficacy, and benefit thereof were communicated to the elect in all ages, successively from the beginning of the world, in and by those promises, types, and sacrifices wherein He was revealed, and signified to be the seed which should bruise the serpent's head;34 and the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world,35 being the same yesterday, and today and for ever.36 1;11, Paragraph 2. 27 1 Cor. 26 Matt. Although most in the EFCA are believer baptism by immersion, our commitment is that we will not divide over it. 35 Rev. This certainty is not a bare conjectural and probable persuasion grounded upon a fallible hope, but an infallible assurance of faith,4 founded on the blood and righteousness of Christ revealed in the Gospel;5 and also upon the inward evidence of those graces of the Spirit unto which promises are made,6 and on the testimony of the Spirit of adoption, witnessing with our spirits that we are the children of God;7 and, as a fruit thereof, keeping the heart both humble and holy.8 18:2; 2 Thess. God, having all life,17 glory,18 goodness,19 blessedness, in and of Himself, is alone in and unto Himself all-sufficient, not standing in need of any creature which He hath made, nor deriving any glory from them,20 but only manifesting His own glory in, by, unto, and upon them; He is the alone fountain of all being, of whom, through whom, and to whom are all things,21 and He hath most sovereign dominion over all creatures, to do by them, for them, or upon them, whatsoever Himself pleases;22 in His sight all things are open and manifest,23 His knowledge is infinite, infallible, and independent upon the creature, so as nothing is to Him contingent or uncertain;24 He is most holy in all His counsels, in all His works,25 and in all His commands; to Him is due from angels and men, whatsoever worship,26 service, or obedience, as creatures they owe unto the Creator, and whatever He is further pleased to require of them. Although the question you raise was not directly asked in our EFCA Doctrinal Survey, here are the assessments of the responses: 1. These good works, done in obedience to God’s commandments, are the fruits and evidences of a true and lively faith;3 and by them believers manifest their thankfulness,4 strengthen their assurance,5 edify their brethren, adorn the profession of the gospel,6 stop the mouths of the adversaries, and glory God,7 whose workmanship they are, created in Christ Jesus thereunto,8 that having their fruit unto holiness they may have the end eternal life.9 23. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which was good and well-pleasing to God,2 but yet was unstable, so that he might fall from it.3 3:18, 7:1, Paragraph 1. May 31 Of God and the Holy Trinity Brian Malcolm. 2:18 8. It is a public confession of your faith in, and commitment to, Jesus Christ. 19 Matt. 15 Col. 1:19 They who are united to Christ, effectually called, and regenerated, having a new heart and a new spirit created in them through the virtue of Christ's death and resurrection, are also farther sanctified, really and personally,1 through the same virtue, by his Word and Spirit dwelling in them;2 the dominion of the whole body of sin is destroyed,3 and the several lusts of it are more and more weakened and mortified,4 and they more and more quickened and strengthened in all saving graces,5 to the practice of all true holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.6 I. 110:3; Luke 1:74,75, Paragraph 1. 8 2 Thess. The 1689 Confession asserts that “the only proper subjects” of baptism are “those who do actually profess repentance towards God, faith in, and obedience to our Lord Jesus”. 9 Isa. 42:5,11 1:5      ‘This little volume,’ he wrote, ‘is not issued as an authoritative rule, or code of faith, whereby you are to be fettered, but as an assistance to you in controversy, a confirmation in faith, and a means of edification in righteousness.  Here the younger members of our church will have a body of divinity in small compass, and by means of the scriptural proofs, will be ready to give a reason for the hope that is in them. 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.7 8:28, Paragraph 6. The Lord Jesus hath, in this ordinance, appointed his ministers to pray, and bless the elements of bread and wine, and thereby to set them apart from a common to a holy use, and to take and break the bread; to take the cup, and, they communicating also themselves, to give both to the communicants.5 32:40, Paragraph 3. 9 Gen. 2:17 10:14,15,17 This is the 1689 Second London Confession of Faith that was the standard confession for Baptist churches in the British Empire for the next 250 years. 1 Gal. 1:5,6 4 Rom 5:12, etc. 16:18; Ps. In the New Testament, baptism follows a person’s faith. 2:13 Thomas Vaux, Pastor, Broadmead, Som. 12 Rom. 22 Exod. Just as Mark 16:16 teaches that belief and baptism are essential to salvation, and Acts 2:38 teaches that repentance and baptism are for (unto) remission of sins, so Romans 10:9,10 teaches that faith and confession are necessary to salvation. 9:14, 10:14; Rom. Benjamin Keach, Pastor, Horse-lie-down, Southwark 8:3; Heb. 3 Rom. 46:10,11; Ps. 1:30,31, Rom. I posted in a previous thread in a different forum that I believe a form of baptismal regeneration is taught in the Westminster Confession of Faith. 6 Rom. 4:25,34,35 3 Mal. 64:5,9; Eph. 5:17-19; Rom. This infallible assurance does not so belong to the essence of faith, but that a true believer may wait long, and struggle with many difficulties before he be partaker of it;9 yet being enabled by the Spirit to know the things which are freely given him of God, he may, without extraordinary revelation, in the right use of means, attain thereunto:10 and therefore it is the duty of every one to give all diligence to make his calling and election sure, that thereby his heart may be enlarged in peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, in love and thankfulness to God, and in strength and cheerfulness in the duties of obedience, the proper fruits of this assurance;11 -so far is it from inclining men to looseness.12 A BRIEF. 1 Matt. 77:1-12 6 Ps. 12 Luke 1:27,31,35; Rom. 13:15-22 10 John 6:45; 1 Cor. Jun 2 Introduction Brian Malcolm. 1689 Baptist Confession. 13 Acts 4:19,29; 1 Cor. 18 Acts 6:3,5,6, Paragraph 10. But the New Testament way to confess your faith is not to go forward. 7 Gal.5:6, James 2:17,22,26, Paragraph 3. 5 1 Cor. 7 1 Tim. 24:4, Paragraph 5. 9 Rom. 8:32; 2 Cor. Edward Price, Pastor, Hereford City, Hereford 8 Gen. 3:6, Paragraph 3. 6:16; 1 John 5:4,5 Of Christian Liberty and Liberty of Conscience The Lord Jesus, in His human nature thus united to the divine, in the person of the Son, was sanctified and anointed with the Holy Spirit above measure,13 having in Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge;14 in whom it pleased the Father that all fullness should dwell,15 to the end that being holy, harmless, undefiled,16 and full of grace and truth,17 He might be throughly furnished to execute the office of mediator and surety;18 which office He took not upon himself, but was thereunto called by His Father;19 who also put all power and judgement in His hand, and gave Him commandment to execute the same.20 2:10 8 Matt. 10 Rom. 2 Eph. 5 Neh. 15 1 Cor. The sacrament of Baptism is but once to be administered unto any person. 2 2 Sam. 32:3,4 45:7; Acts 10:38; John 3:34 30 John 15:26; Gal. and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead. 119:6,128, Paragraph 4. . 1:19, 20, Paragraph 3. 1 Acts 17:31; John 5:22,27 Second, one of the primary effects of baptism is the total forgiveness and wiping out of all sins committed before the reception of the sacrament. 7:29 and the life of the world to come. 1 Mic. God has endued the will of man with that natural liberty and power of acting upon choice, that it is neither forced, nor by any necessity of nature determined to do good or evil.1 3:16; John 3:23, Paragraph 1. We cannot by our best works merit pardon of sin or eternal life at the hand of God, by reason of the great disproportion that is between them and the glory to come, and the infinite distance that is between us and God, whom by them we can neither profit nor satisfy for the debt of our former sins;14 but when we have done all we can, we have done but our duty, and are unprofitable servants; and because they are good they proceed from his Spirit,15 and as they are wrought by us they are defiled and mixed with so much weekness and imperfection, that they cannot endure the severity of God’s punishment.16 3:23 3:13; Isa. 5:23 7 2 Pet. 6:14 As it is the law of nature, that in general a proportion of time, by God's appointment, be set apart for the worship of God, so by his Word, in a positive moral, and perpetual commandment, binding all men, in all ages, he has particularly appointed one day in seven for a sabbath to be kept holy unto him,28 which from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ was the last day of the week, and from the resurrection of Christ was changed into the first day of the week, which is called the Lord's Day:29 and is to be continued to the end of the world as the Christian Sabbath, the observation of the last day of the week being abolished. 36:27, Paragraph 1. Baptism declares that you are a follower of Jesus Christ. James Webb, Pastor, Devizes, Wilts 6 Mal. 3 Exod. 1:18,19; Isa. 3:16, Paragraph 3. The supreme judge, by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, and in whose sentence we are to rest, can be no other but the Holy Scripture delivered by the Spirit, into which Scripture so delivered, our faith is finally resolved.21 4:4,5 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 27 Heb. 8:1, 10:4 13. 10 Rom. 7:2,9, Paragraph 3. 2:12; Heb. 25:7; 60:2,3, Paragraph 3.   Solomon 2:10-12 8:30; 2 Tim. Greg, do you want Presbyterians to discuss their pastoral practice?:). 5 Rev. 2:16; Rom. 2:1,2, Paragraph 1. Some assume the EFCA does not require baptism for membership; others claim (wrongly) that in the EFCA a church cannot require baptism for membership 12 James 1:14,15; Matt. 11:32-34; 2 Sam. 4:25 11:27 1:23; Heb. 4 Rom. 14 Matt. 3 Luke 3:14, Paragraph 3. 23 Heb. 9 Rom. Confession is an expression of faith that qualifies one for baptism “unto” the remission of sins (Acts 2:38). Ezekiel 23 1 Cor. 12 2 Kings 19:28; Ps. 6:6,7 Daniel Click on a chapter to proceed to the chapter page with scripture proofs. 3:6,14,15, Paragraph 13. John Ball,  Minister, Tiverton, Devon 51:10,12 There is but one only,(a) living, and true God:(b) who is infinite in … 2:15; Matt. 13:17 5:14; 2 Thess. This promise of Christ, and salvation by him, is revealed only by the Word of God;3 neither do the works of creation or providence, with the light of nature, make discovery of Christ, or of grace by him, so much as in a general or obscure way;4 much less that men destitute of the revelation of Him by the promise or gospel, should be enabled thereby to attain saving faith or repentance.5 And, in fact, I still use these when I am privileged to participate in a baptism, as I did most recently with my daughter when she professed her personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and the faith once for all entrusted to the saints. 3. Out of …      “Forasmuch as this confession is not now commonly to be had; and also that many others have since embraced the same truth which is owned therein; it was judged necessary by us to join together in giving a testimony to the world of our firm adhering to those wholesome principles . 88; Ps. 23 Amos 5:21,22; Rom. 7:29 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.1 20. 1:7-10, Paragraph 3. 21 2 Tim. 4:8 All ignorant and ungodly persons, as they are unfit to enjoy communion with Christ, so are they unworthy of the Lord's table, and cannot, without great sin against him, while they remain such, partake of these holy mysteries, or be admitted thereunto;12 yea, whosoever shall receive unworthily, are guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, eating and drinking judgment to themselves.13 God, in his ordinary providence makes use of means,7 yet is free to work without,8 above,9 and against them10 at His pleasure. Of the Last Judgment,      ‘I have thought it right to reprint in a cheap form this excellent list of doctrines, which were subscribed to by the Baptist Ministers in the year 1689.  We need a banner because of the truth; it may be that this small volume may aid the cause of the glorious gospel by testifying plainly what are its leading doctrines . 1:10, Paragraph 4. 3 Gal. The end of God's appointing this day, is for the manifestation of the glory of his mercy, in the eternal salvation of the elect; and of his justice, in the eternal damnation of the reprobate, who are wicked and disobedient;4 for then shall the righteous go into everlasting life, and receive that fulness of joy and glory with everlasting rewards, in the presence of the Lord; but the wicked, who do not know God, and do not obey the gospel of Jesus Christ, shall be cast aside into everlasting torments,5 and punished with everlasting destruction, from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.6 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 yet as in matter of weight and moment, for confirmation of truth, and ending all strife, an oath is warranted by the word of God;4 so a lawful oath being imposed by lawful authority in such matters, ought to be taken.5 1:2; Acts 11:26 11:4,6 7:11 17:9; Rom. This is one of the practices that makes the EFCA unique. 1 Gen. 3:15 This office the Lord Jesus did most willingly undertake,21 which that He might discharge He was made under the law,22 and did perfectly fulfill it, and underwent the punishment due to us, which we should have born and suffered,23 being made sin and a curse for us;24 enduring most grievous sorrows in His soul, and most painful sufferings in His body;25 was crucified, and died, and remained in the state of the dead, yet saw no corruption:26 on the third day He arose from the dead27 with the same body in which He suffered,28 with which He also ascended into heaven,29 and there sits at the right hand of His Father making intercession,30 and shall return to judge men and angels at the end of the world.31 Confession consciously modeled after the Westminster Confession of Faith in Christ Seven Baptist congregations of London in.. 22:14, 13:20,21 ; Heb 6:4,5 13 John 6:44,45,65 ; 1 Peter ;! 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