(This Book contains “The Articles of the Faith and Practice of a Primitive or Strict and Particular Baptist Church,” and Annotations, or Explanatory and illustrative notes on the same. To facilitate reference, each Article with its corresponding Annotations is here presented under one heading.)
Inspiration asserted; Verbal Inspiration; 2 Timothy 3:16
The Being Of God; Our Knowledge Of Him; The Trinity A Mystery; Erroneous Phraseology; Christ, the Creator; 1 John 5:7,8
Adam’s Original Nature; Federal Headship Taught In Scripture; Human Guilt And Depravity Distingusihed; Christ, Through His Miraculous Conception, Exempt From The Results Of The Fall; Adam’s Sin, Our Shame; Death A Penal Evil; Federal Headship The Security Of The Elect; Infant Salvation; The Fall And Its Results To Be Preached; Note On James Wells
The Covenant Of Grace; Covenant Engagements Of The Father; Of The Son; And Of The Holy Spirit; Those Of Christ A Clue To The Understanding Of His Ministry; Divine Preterition; Importance Of These Truths; Since They Explain Difficulties; Error Concerning Them To Be Resisted
Mediation, Defined And Explained; Characterizes God’s Whole Moral Government; Christ A Mediator In Relation To Adam And To All Men; And Especially Of The New Covenant; Christ’s Mediation, Its Seven Branches; Biblical Illustrations Of; An Inclusive Office; Based On His Sonship; And Effectual
Redemption And Atonement Not Identical; Redemption, A Phrase In Civil Law—The Hebrew “Goel”; The Atonement; Romands 8:3; Redemption, Particular; The Atonement, Commensurate; Mischievous Doctrines; The Truth Supported By Arguments—Logical Inferences; The Benfits Of Christ’s Work Extend, Though Not Savingly, To All Men
Christ’s Intercession For The Elect Only; Satisfactory To Him; Harmony Of, With The Spirit’s Effectual Operation On Earth
Distinctions To Be Noted; Justification, The Term Forensic; Righteousness Of Christ; Justification By Its Imputation; By Whom Denied; Faith And Justification; Note, Repentance And Faith Not Conjoined With Justification And Salvation In The Case Of Children Dying In Infancy; Divine Forgiveness; God Alone The Forgiver Of Sin; James 5:16; Confession Must Precede Pardon; The Spirit’s Witness To Divine Pardon; The Ground Of “Assurance”; 2 Samuel 12:13
Reasons For The Omission Of This, As An Article Of Faith, From the Doctrinal Statements Of Many Churches; Though All Agree As To Its Importance; Present need Of A Concise Yet Comprehensive Article Which Should Receive Universal Approval
Chastisement, A Parental Act; Not A Penal Inflication; Their Sufferings Of Saints Not Necessarily Chastisement; Mistaken View Of Tobias Crisp And Others; Ground Of Their Error
The Elect And Redeemed Only Called By Grace; The Spirit’s Operations Invincible, The Arminian Notion Exposed; Ability, Natural And Moral Denied; The Spirit’s Operations Mysterious, Yet Consistent With Man’s Rational Constitution; Regeneration And Conversion
It Is A Declaration Or Proclamation; Offered Grace—Though An Ancient Doctrine—Denied; Having No Scriptural Authority; Texts Examined; Implies Creature-Ability; Spurgeon And Wells Contrasted, Romans 10:20,21; Its Refusal Does Not Augment Future Punishment; Gospel Invitations Addressed To Specified Characters; General Invitations, Objections To
Faith, Its Divine Origin, “The Gift Of God”; Not A Natural Duty, Our Sentiments Stated; Misrepresentations Denied; Faith, How To Be Preached; An Objection Met; Duty-Faith Denied By Strict And Particular Baptists; “The Metropolitan Association Of Strict Baptist Churches” And “The Home Counties Baptist Association,” Their Declarations Contrasted; Remarks On The Latter; Duty-Faith An Awful Error; Spiritual Faith Not Commanded By The Law; Nor By The Gospel—Texts Examined; Faith, Presented Hypothetically, Not A Command To The Unregenerate To Believe; Duty-Faith, Why Maintained; The Term “Mystery”; Silence Of Modern Particular Baptists Concerning This Error; Reticence Of Its Advocates As To Whence And How They Adopted It; “Is It Not A Harmless Error?”
Remarks On Texts Often Cited By Arminians
The Intermediate State Claims Consideration; Disembodied Saints, Though Happy, Not Yet Glorified, Dr. Watts On; The Death Of Saints, A Sleep; The Intermediate State One Of Consciousness; Joy Of The Godly After Death; Degrees In Glory Denied; The Resurrection Of The Sainst; Diversity Of Opinion Permissible; Mutual Recognition Of Saints In Heaven, John Stevens On
Certainty Of Both; Where Opinion On Non-Essentials Differ, Liberty To Be Accorded; Glorification, Its Blessedness; “Will Saints And Sinners Be Raised Simultaneously?”; Notes On Several Scriptures; Millenarianism Lacks Scriptural Support, And Is A Pernicious Notion; Future Judgment; Of The Saints Before The Tribunal (bema) Of Christ; Which Is Not The “Great White Throne”; Judgment, The, Of The Living Or Quick; Of Sinners Of All Human Kind; Of Angels; Final COndition Of The Godly And Ungodly, Heaven And Hell Both Eternal; Views Of Materialists, Universalists, And Those Entertaining The “Larger Hope”; Annihilation Of The Wicked, The Doctrine Stated; And Refuted; G. W. Shepherd On Human Immortality; The “First Adam,” His Soul Deathless; The “Last Adam,” His Holy Soul Immortal; The Ground Of The Error Of “Conditional Immortality”; Eternal Punishment, Though Terrible, Distinctly Revealed, And To Be Preached
Christ’s Church A Unity, Which Christians Should Render Apparent; Note On The Word “Church”; Systems Of Church Government; Independents And Baptists; Baptist Churches, “Bodies”; Independent; Organized; Whose Membership Is Voluntary; And Involves Mutual Consideration; Irregular Assemblies Whether True Churches?; Christian And Church Fellowship
The Christian Ministry Among Episcopalians, Presbyterians And The Free Churches; Christian Bishops, Or Pastors; Qualifications Of; Election Of; Ordination Of; And Their Remuneration; Evangelists; Christain Deacons; Their Character; The Office Whether Perpetual; Or Periodical; Teachers
Sacramentalists And Evangelists; The Ordinances Not Sacraments Or Efficient Channels Of Grace; They Are Perpetual; Other Ritual Acts Disallowed
Baptism Is Immersion; Objections Met; Its Subjects Must Possess Intelligence; And Have Repented And Believed; Baptism Not A Condition Of Salvation; Truths Expressed By; Views Of Pedobaptists
We Baptise Believers Under Two Circumstances; Oral Confession Indispensable When Baptism Precedes Church Membership; Two-Fold Assurance Then Sought; Objections Met; Advantages Realised; Suffolk’s Testimony; Hazelton’s Corroboration
A Repast; Transubstantiation And Consubstantiation Disclaimed; An Acts Of Commemoration, Not Communication; Figurative Language; “This Is My Body—This Cup, The New Testament In My Blood”; Note On The Use Of Fermented Wine; The Rite Symbolises The Plan Of Salvation; The “Rest-Meal”; Worshippers’ Actions Symbolical; Fellowship And Communion; Fellowship With Christ, And With Other Members, Both Signified; Cause Of Happy Experiences At The Communion, Dr J. G. Rogers And Dr. R. W. Dale Quoted; Objections To The Latter Opinion; View Of Strict Baptists; The Ordinance, An Incitive To Holiness; Unworthy Receiveing, 1 Corinthians 11:27-34
The Lord’s Supper An Acts Of Church Worship Only; United Communion Services Unscriptural; Our Position Defended—Testimonies Of J. C. Philpot And W. Palmer; Case Of The Eunuch; Further Proofs Based On—The Universal Manner Of Receiving Members; Religious Life In Apostolic Times; The Nature Of The Ordinance; And Its Relation To Church Discipline; The Ordinance Not A Means Of Grace For The Sick And Dying; Note On The Public Notification Of Church Exclusion
Strict And Open Churches; Transient Communion, Antiquity Of; Terms Of; Reasons For These; And The Practice Shown To Be Scriptural—From The Nature Of The Ordinance; The Supremacy Of Christ, “As Lord”; The Claims Of Christian Benevolence; And Expediency; And Because Demanded By The Dignity Of “Sister Churches”; Objections Answered; Strict Baptists As Transient Communicants
Christians Locally Removed, Should As Promptly As Possible Join Another Church; Care to Be Taken In The Reception Of Members Of Other Churches; All Should Vote For Their Reception Or Rejection; A Publica Confession Not Essential From Persons So Joining, But May Be Asked As A Favor; The Amalgamation Of Churches Unscriptural
Method Of Procedure; A Confession Of Faith Essential; But Not Re-Baptism
How Only Membership Can Terminate; Church Exclusion—For Absence; Backsliding; Heresy; And Immorality; Religious Derelicts, Their Recovery, Personal Efforts For; Their Reception After Restoration; Rebaptism, Whether Necessary
Membership Should Be Reality; Embodies “The Social Principle”; Is Volunatary; Demands Holiness; Constant Attendance; Courtesy And Placeability; Pecuniary Generosity; Practical Concern For Other Churches And Christians; And The Maintenance Of Benevolent Societies
Importance Of “The Truth”; Which Every Church Should Conserve; As “A Pillar And A Ground Of The Truth” (1 Timothy 3:14,15); W. Palmer’s Corroboration; The Mission Of The Churches; How “The Truth” Should Be Conserved; By Displaying It; By Circulating The Bible; By Instructing Children; Divine Authority For Sunday Schools; Which Should Impart Moral Instruction; And Sound Doctrine; “Should Church Members Only Be Teachers?”; Views Of Dr. Parker And J. Hazelton; Practice As Soho Chapel; Churches Should Aid In the Extension Of The Gospel; Whereby All Will Be Benefited And The Elect Saved; Home Claims, Priority; Erroneous Teaching, Evils Of; Anxious Inquirers To Be Specially Helped; Not By Fullerism Or Arminianism, But By Sound Doctrine; And By Presenting Distinctions; Delineations; And Directions; As In A Church There Is Not Only Diversity, But Unity, All Should Co-Operate; And Respect The Body, As Such; None Should Become Members Of A Strict And Particular Baptist Church Unless In Full Sympathy With Its Principles And Practices
The Foregoing Articles Mainly Based On Those Of Dr. Gill; Ancient Church Covenant
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