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THE GREAT ADVANTAGE AND NECESSITY OF PUBLIC PRAYER,
AND OF FREQUENT COMMUNION;
AND
A DEFENCE OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS, COLLECTED INTO ENGLISH METRE
BY THOMAS STERNHOLD, JOHN HOPKINS, AND OTHERS.
OXFORD:
JOHN HENRY PARKER.
MDCCCXLVI.
THOUGHTS ON Religion
ARTICLE I. I believe there is One God, the Being of all beings
ART. II. I believe that whatsoever the Most High God would have
me to believe or do, in order to His glory and my happiness, He
hath revealed to me in His Holy Scriptures
ART. III. I believe that as there is One God, so this One God is
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Three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
ART. IV. I believe that I was conceived in sin, and brought forth in
iniquity; and that, ever since, I have been continually conceiving
mischief, and bringing forth vanity.
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ART. V. I believe the Son of God became the Son of Man, that I, the
son of man, might become the son of God
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Art. VI. I believe that Christ lived to God, and died for sin, that I
might die to sin, and live with God
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Art. VII. I believe that Christ rose from the grave, that I might
rise from sin; and that He is ascended into Heaven, that I might
come unto Him
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Art. VIII. I believe that my person is only justified by the merit of
Christ imputed to me; and that my nature is only sanctified by
the Spirit of Christ implanted in me
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Art. IX. I believe God entered into a double covenant with man,
the covenant of works made with the first, and the covenant of
grace made in the second, Adam
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Art. X. I believe that as God entered into a covenant of grace with
us, so hath He signed this covenant to us by a double seal, Bap-
tism and the Lord's Supper
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Art. XI. I believe that after a short separation, my soul and body
shall be united together again, in order to appear before the
judgment-seat of Christ, and be finally sentenced according to
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Art. XII. I believe there are two other worlds besides this I live in ;
a world of misery for unrepenting sinners, and a world of glory
for believing saints.
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RESOLUTIONS FORMED FROM THE FOREGOING
ARTICLES.
I. GENERAL RESOLUTIONS.
RESOLUTION I. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to walk by rule,
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Resol. II. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to make the Divine
Word the rule of all the rules I propose to myself
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Resol. III. I am resolved, that as I am not able to think or do any
thing that is good, without the influence of the Divine grace, so
I will not pretend to merit any favour from God upon account
of any thing I do for His glory and service
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II. CONCERNING MY CONVERSATION IN GENERAL.
Resol. I. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to make Christ the
Pattern of my life here, that so Christ may be the Portion of
my soul hereafter
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Resol. II. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to walk by faith, and
not by sight, on earth, that so I may live by sight, and not by
faith in Heaven
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RESOL. III. I am resolved, by the grace of God, always to be looking
upon God as always looking upon me
III. CONCERNING MY THOUGHTS.
RESOL. I. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to watch as much over
the inward motions of my heart as the outward actions of my life 226
RESOL. II. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to stop every thought
at its first entering into my heart, and to examine it whence it
comes, and whither it tends
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RESOL. III. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to be as fearful to
let in vain, as careful to keep out sinful, thoughts
RESOL. IV. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to be always exer-
cising my thoughts upon good objects, that the Devil may not
exercise them upon bad
RESOL. V. I am resolved, by the grace of God, so to marshal my
thoughts, that they may not one jostle out another, or any of
them prejudice the business I am about
IV. CONCERNING MY AFFECTIONS.
RESOL. I. I am resolved, by the grace of God, always to make my
affections subservient to the dictates of my understanding, that
my reason may not follow, but guide my affections.
RESOL. II. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to love God as the
best of goods, and to hate sin as the worst of evils
RESOL. III. I am resolved, by the assistance of Divine grace, to make
God the principal object of my joy, and sin the principal object
of my grief and sorrow; so as to grieve for sin more than suffer-
ing, and for suffering only for sin's sake
RESOL. IV. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to desire spiritual
mercies more than temporal, and temporal mercies only in refer-
ence to spiritual
RESOL. V. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to hope for nothing
so much as the promises, and to fear nothing so much as the
threatenings, of God
V. CONCERNING MY WORDS.
RESOL. I. I am resolved, by the grace of God, never to speak much,
lest I often speak too much, and not to speak at all, rather than
to no purpose
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RESOL. VI. I am resolved, by the grace of God, to arm myself with
that spiritual courage and magnanimity, as to press through all
duties and difficulties whatsoever, for the advancement of God's
glory, and my own happiness
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RESOL. VII. I am resolved, by the grace of God, so to be angry as
not to sin, and therefore to be angry at nothing but sin
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