MINISTER:
HAVING
BEEN, AS WE TRUST, BROUGHT BY DIVINE GRACE TO EMBRACE THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST, AND TO GIVE OURSELVES WHOLLY TO HIM,
WE DO NOW SOLEMNLY AND JOYFULLY COVENANT WITH EACH OTHER,
TO WALK TOGETHER IN HIM, WITH BROTHERLY LOVE, TO HIS GLORY
AS OUR COMMON LORD, WE DO, THEREFORE, IN HIS STRENGTH ENGAGE.
ASSEMBLY: THAT WE WILL EXERCISE A CHRISTIAN CARE
AND WATCHFULNESS OVER EACH OTHER, AND FAITHFULLY WARN, EXHORT,
AND ADMONISH EACH OTHER AS OCCASION MAY ACQUIRE:
MINISTER: THAT WE WILL NOT FORSAKE; THE ASSEMBLING
OF OURSELVES TOGETHER BUT WILL UPHOLD THE PUBLIC WORSHIP 0F
GOD, AND THE ORDINANCES OF HIS HOUSE:
ASSEMBLY: THAT WE WILL NOT OMIT CLOSET AND FAMILY
RELIGION AT HOME, NOR NEGLECT THE GREAT DUTY OF RELIGIOUSLY
TRAINING OUR
CHILDREN, AND THOSE UNDER OUR CARE, FOR THE SERVICE OF CHRIST,
AND THE ENJOYMENT OF HEAVEN:
MINISTER: THAT, AS WE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD,
AND SALT OF THE EARTH, WE WILL SEEK DIVINE AID TO ENABLE US
TO DENY UNGODLINESS, AND EVERY WORLDLY LUST, AND TO WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY
IN THE WORLD, THAT WE MAY WIN THE SOULS OF MEN:
ASSEMBLY: THAT WE WILL CHEERFULLY CONTRIBUTE OF OUR
PROPERTY, ACCORDING AS GOD HAS PROSPERED US, FOR THE MAINTENANCE
OF A FAITHFUL AND EVANGELICAL MINISTRY AMONG US, FOR THE SUPPORT
OF THE POOR, AND TO SPREAD THE GOSPEL OVER THE EARTH:
MINISTER: THAT WE WILL IN ALL CONDITIONS, EVEN TILL
DEATH, STRIVE TO LIVE TO THE GLORY OF HIM WHO HATH CALLED
US OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.
ALL: "AND MAY THE GOD OF PEACE, WHO BROUGHT
AGAIN FROM THE DEAD OUR LORD JESUS, THAT GREAT SHEPHERD OF
THE SHEEP, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF THE EVERLASTING COVENANT,
MAKE US PERFECT IN EVERY GOOD WORK, TO DO HIS WILL, WORKING
IN US THAT IS WELL PLEASING IN HIS SIGHT, THROUGH JESUS CHRIST;
TO WHOM BE THE GLORY, FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN." |
