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I *i The following are the Articles of Faith ami Practice held hv th« p« i Baptist Church m Wella.ul- and by ali ReVuirZff; r^r u f *"' i« Canada, and in the Uuitea States: ^ ^*"* ^^''''^''' *^^*^ ARTICLE I. That there is but one God, who is a snirif JnRnt»« «♦* i C..1V.L., llovdutio.»iv.8, EavelaUons.xv.4i Eiodx, Ji^e ARTICLE If, There are Three th.t bm record to Heavcns-Th, Patiim the Snv «, joLu. V 't! "' "• " """ '''""°""™' ^«'- "' «"«•"=»• «vui. is,;:^ ARTICLE III. I a 1 9 ARTICLE IV. God's purposes aro eteroal, His providence is nnircrsal, so that no event ever did or will take place contrary to the detcrrdiiiatc coun^^cl and fore- knowledge) of God; yet Kc is not the actor or do^jr of sin; neither does He tempt or compel men to sin, but His ctcnial purposes are perfectly consist- ent with the voluntary agency and accottntabJlii.y of His creatures.— Ephe- siaus i. 11; Hebrews vi. 17, 18; Romans xi. 33; James i. 13, 17; Ist John i. 5. ARTICLE V. God baS revealed to us His character and will, in the Scriptures of the Old and Xew Teatamcut, which couta'm a perfect and sufficient rule of our duty to God and Man, and by which we must be tried at the Day of Judjj- mont.— 2d Peter i. 20, 21; 2d Timothy iii. IC, 17; Isaiah viii. 20; John viii, 31; Proverbs xiii. 13; Deuteronomy iv. 2. ARTICLE VI. God made all things for His own pleasure, to display His own Glory, and He exercises a righteous government over His own Works.— Isaiah xlvi. 9. 11; Psalm xxxiii. 11; Daniel iv. 35; Job ix. 12; Kphcsiaos i. 11; Revela- tions iv. II. ARTICLE VII. God matlc Man upright, in His own image, after his own likeness, and placed him in a state of trial. — Genesis i. 2G, 27— v. 12; Kcclesiastes ... 29; Genesis xii. 15, IG, 17. ARTICLE VIII. Our first Parents sinned and fell from that holy and happy state, wherein they were created, and in consequence of the fall, all mankind arc, by nature, in a state of total enmity against God, so that while unregcnerate, they neither please nor enjoy Him, but »re under the curse of His holy law, de- serving His wrath for their own sinfulness.- Isaiah xliii. 27; Psalm xlix. 12; 1st Corinthians xv. 22; Genesis 8 iii., 24; Psalm ciii, 2, 3; Romans iii. 9, 19; Romans v. 12, 19; Romans viii. 7, 8; Isaiah 1. 5, G; Romans vii. 11, 18, 24. ARTICLE IX. God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, who, V»y his own obedience, death, and resurrection, has magnified the Divine Law, and opened the way for the honorable exercise of mercy, so that wlKtsoevcr be- lieveth on '. 36; Isaiah Every oi repent and from belie xxiv, 47; - iii. 19. Such is or receive Spirit.— J< God hat the World their work love is so reason wh; 4. 9, U; ] Romans v All whc through f siaos ii. I, This l!f< will be \m of misery Revelatioi At the of the jus Judgment lleveth'on Him shooM not perish, bnf, Imvc Evciia-tinu: T-lfp.— John ill. 1ft 36; Isaiah xliii. 21; John xix. 30; itoinaus iii. J.>, 20. ^ ARTICLE X. Every one wlio lives under the light of the Gospel is under obliirai ii n to repent and believe immediately; and the only obstacle which keop^ tliu iiiiuer from believing is his own sensual dispositiou or will.— Mark i. 19; Luke xxiv, 47; Acts xvii. 17, 30; Acts iii. 19; Luke xiii. 3; John v. 40; John iii. 19. AKTICLK SI. Such is the criminal disposition of all» by nature, that no one will believe or receive Christ until rcgcnonitcd by the special operation of the Holy Spirit.— John vi. 44, 65; Kphcsiaus ii. 8. ARTICLE XII. God hath chosen a particular number in Christ before the foundation of the World, who iu time, are called with an holy calling, not according to their works, but according to His own purpose and grace; and His electing love is so far from hindering tht salvation of sinners, that it is the only reason why any are brought cordially to crabrjice the Gospel.— Ephesians i. 4, 9, 11; 1st Peter i. 2; 2d Thes. ii. 13; Ist Tbes. v. 9, 10; Titus ii. 14; Uomaus viii. 30; Ephesians i. 5; Jeremiah xxxi, 31. ARTICLE XIII. All who are renewed by the Holy Ghost are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.— Romans viii. 31, 39; Ist Peter i. v; Ephe- sians ii. 1, 10; Psalm ex. 3; Philip it. 13; Jobu x. 27, 30; 2 Tim. 1. 9. ARTICLE XIV. This life is our only state of trial; immediately after death the righteous will be present with the Lord lu Heaven, aud the wicked will be in a state of misery and despair.— Hebrews ix. 27; Luke xiv. 22,23; Isaiah Ivii. 21; llevelations xiv. 13; Proverbs x. 23; Psalm i. 6. ARTICLE XV. At the end of the World there will be a resurrection of the bodies, both of the just aud unjust, when all the Human Race must stand before the Judgment Heat of Christ, who will receive the righteous into Life Eternah but will sentence ilio wIcIaM] to endlc.-ss i)iinis1im('nf, In haiil.^limcnf from tlio presence of God, und from the giory of His powi r tor cwr aiul pvlt. — .loliii V. 2H, 29; IstThes. iv. 16; Actsxvii. 31; 'id ruriiithians v. Id; Mutthow XXV. 31, 34; Second Thes. i. 7, 8, 9. orator ' Sjicf't lift', niuii at th AETIOTE I. A Chri^ian Charch is composed of visible oaiDts. who covcoant with each other, to walk together, according -to the rules of the Gospel.— Acts ii. 41,42; Ist Corinthiaas, i. 2, 1st Coriothiaos xii. 12,13; 1st Thes. v. 14; PhilemoD i. 27; Timothy ill 15. ARTICLE II. Christ has instituted Water Baptism and the Lord's Supper to be observed by His followers to the end of the world, and they ought to be adminisitcred by those only who arc iu good standing, and have themselves been buried in Baptism, and regularly set apart to the work of the Gospel Ministry.— 'Mat- thew xxviii. 19; Mark xvi. 15, 16; Ephcsiaus i. 9, 10; John iii. 23; Acts viii. 36, 39; Homans i. 4; 1st Corinthians z. 2; UaUtiaus iii. 27; 1st Cor- inthians XV. 29; Matthew xxvi. 26; Matthew xxvii. 28; Mark xiv. 22, 24; Luke xxii. 19 20; 1st Corinthians xi. 23, 26, ARTICLE III. Tboso who profess faith in Christ, and give evidence of true piety, are the outy proper subjects of Baptism, and immersion in the name of the Faturb, of the Soy, and of the Holv Ghost, as a figure or symbol of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and his members, is the only scrip- tural mode of Baptism.— Matthew iii. 7, 6, 10, 12; Mark 1. 1, la; Luke viii. 29; Mark xvi. 15, 16; Acts ii. 37, 41; Acts viii. 37, 39, 12; Acts xvi. 14> 15, 29, 24; Ephesiaos iv. 4, 5. ARTICLE IV. The Lord's Supper is a figurative representation of the sufferings of Christ, in having his body broken, and his blood shed for us, and an emblem of our feeding on Him by faith.<— Matthew xxvi. 26, 27; 1st Corinthians x. 16, 17, 21; Ist Corinthiaas xi. 23, 20; John vi. 48, 50, 51. Kvcty i of a majo! Bomaos : v. 19, 20; Before members, chapter o Public 10th vers 14; 1st i Chord nary case Mioist of the P ought to publicly, to all the ought to 1st Time Matthew i. 12; Ti Every mi till' -.loll 1 1 ittlll'W t with Lets H. V. 14; served istcred ried in -Mat- ; Acts it Cor- 22, 24; ly, arc of the of the ' scrip- kc viii. iv'u 14t Christ, of our 16, 17, ARTTnT,R V, Wutor "Riipti^^in on rjo-jpo! cvldnici. ,.f ropont'incp and faith, and a mrnm- ^H'ri lift', arc iin>r-sai-y qUiiliiicatiitii^ for chinrli iiicinina-lii|), and coJauiU- nion al the Lord'.-, tat.le.— Kpliosiaiis v. 11; 2d Tht;b. Ju. Gi AuU il. 42, 46. ARTICLE VI. Kvety ehurch has a right to discipline her own numl). r<. and \>\ the voice of majority of the brctbren,to exclude mcnihcrs whocunin.t l.c n t laimd — Eomaos xvi. 17; Acts xvl. 15; Ualatians vl. 1; Corlnthliiiis ii. 1..; lamei V. 19, 20; 2d Thes. ill. 14, 15. ARTICLE yn. Before on lodlvidual bring? a complaint to the church against any of its members, he ou^'bt to take the first and second steps, according to the 18th chapter of SL Matthew.— Matthew xviii. 15, 16, 17; Luke xvii.3, 4. ARTICLE VIII. Public offences ought to be publicly confessed.— Titus III. 10; 2d John 10th verse; Ist Timothy i. 20; Ist Timothy v. 19, 20, 21; Galatians ii. 11 14; 1st Corinthians vi. 18. ARTICLE IX. Church members arc forbidden to sue each other in the law la any ordi- naiy case.— >lst Curintblaos v. 1, 8. ARTICLE Z. Ministers and Deacons are ofRcers, ordained by the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery. Ministers, who are called Bishops, Pastors, Elders, ^e. ought to give themselves to the \7ork of the Ministry to study, and teaching publicly, and from house to house. Peacoos should serve tables and attend to all the temporal concerns of i\xz church; and other members having gifts, ought to improve them in subjection to the judgment of their brethren.— 1st Timothy iii. 2, 6; 1st Timothy iv. 13, 16; Ist Corinthians iv. 1, 2, 5, 6; Matthew xxviii. 19; Acts xx. 7, 27; Ist Timothy v. 17; Acte ii. 46; Titus i. 12; Timothy iii. 8; AcU vi. 1, 6; Acts xiii, 3; Romans xii. 6, 7, 8. ARTICLE XI. Every church, for the support of the Gospel Ministry, and other necessary charge? aniontr tbrm, ought to contribiste of tliuir substanco, accordiDg to cachotie*;* nitiiity. ilut* t!itMf» mny^e nn cffnuHtyr nml tfu* cTinrch hn<' a ntrM to judjjc ut' llic ubilii)- ul L'licli liiouibcr, anil i)nghi lu ileal wiih tliu-i; a* covctoas who iicglcct this duty.— 1st Coiiiitbiuns ix. 6. 14; l>t TimuLhy v. 17, 18; Galutfans vl. 6, 7; Matthew x. 10; 2d Corinthians ix, 7} VtQV, xl. 25; 2d C.'uriutliiaas viii. 12, 14; Ist Ooriuthiuus v. ii. ARTirLi'! xrr. It is our duty to give alim, especially to luilp tlio \wa]v mnmljor,-! of tlio church, yet lot cxcla«iing upplicuii nil t.. that provUioama'ii" by law- t'nrtho rotiof of thn poor.— -Ualatians vi. lU; ist John iii. 17; -lames ii. 14, ii. AKTIOLl:: XI II. The first ;lay of the week is, by way of eminence, styh'il tho Loral's Day, and the whole day ought to be devoted to the public and private duties t»f rclia(^ as iiliy V. I'lav. of tin; nl' the IT. s Day, ties of iigs at » visit- igiousi y and lis \vi. h1- uf those thnii, 11(1 (ip- islruiii 'S who liV till.' vi. 1(1; h