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Kay & John Collins 2006
Old Baptist Church
"Top Meeting"

Extracted from the Old Baptist Church Record Book.

The Church Covenant Renewed July 16 1735


We whose names are here unto subscribed having as we
hope through grace given our selves to the Lord do judge it
our duties to give ourselves to each other by the will of God 
to walk together in a visable Church state Laying the Foundation
upon the person office authority spirit and word of Christ and
through him and assistance from him We do solemly promis
and engage in his awfull presence and his holy angels in the presence
of proffesers and of the world to beare our Testimony against all
Idolitery superstition and all false wais and moads of the
ignrant world and all unsound professers by withdrawing from
them Walking in Christ as we have been hoped to put him on
standing up for him contending earnistly for the faith once delivered
to ye saints Jude ye 3 ver. We do also promise in this our Covenant
with Christ and each other to observe all
the Laws and Ordenances
of his House  discharging all Relative duties in this or any
other Relation we stand in whatsoever. We do solemly engage con-
stantly to attend on the ministery of ye word Except hindred by sick-
ness or any lawful means and so frequent Church meetins to give
advice in cases of difficulty as in admonishing ofenders and in
casting out if need be governing with our Lord in his house to
keep it clein. Baptising and adding members upon a confecion that
they have Believed in Christ with all the hart and there conversation
answerable professing alegianc to Christ as their King & Law giver.  
We do also judge ourselves bound in consience to have & to hold
Communion with other sister Churches of the same faith &
practis to Love the ministers and members of such Churches
as our one and to use the same methods to wards them in Love
when ofending as to wards our one in a way of Brotherly Reproof 
det[er]mining to then act in the same manner to wards us holding a
core
spondancy by messengers & letters as shall be thought most
expedient
oning those whom God hath furnished with spirituall gifts
and ministearoll abilities whether Learned or unlearned in human
arts & siances. But if sister Churches any of them fall into errors in
doctrin or practis and after Brotherly admonition Reform
not then to
declare to have no
communion with them yet not to hate their persons.
We do solom
ly declare that we do love all & esteem them that love and
serve our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Though
they differ from us in
som things
we can hold conference with them Joyne in prayers heare
such preach that are sound in ye doctrings of ye
Gospel But cannot sit
down in a full
Communion though we Believe them to be & have the
esence of a gospel
Church but not Reguler siting down at the Lords
Table with
unbaptised persons which practis we Judge unwarrantable
from many good and substancial Reasons
that may be given.

1.     Because we find no such ye evidence in all the word of God and
we are Commanded to walk as we have ye Apostels and primitive
Church for our ensamples .

2.     Because we have no command to do so and we are to do nothing
in ye worship of God without a command from god

3.     Because we are expresly required to observe all things that the Lord
Jesus Christ commanded

4.     Because Jesus Christ hath conferd no dispencing power to any
person Church or people in ye whole world to dispence with the neglect
of any of his ordenances.

5.     Because such a practis openeth a door to the loosing of this
ordenance and by the same Rule we may dispence with one we may with
all while there is neither ordenances nor order lost in the Church.

6.     Because the primitive saints were and we are to be of mind

7.     Because this is the most likely way to preserve peaces & concord
in the Church of Christ.

For these and many other Reasons we whose names are
subscribed have Covenanted to walk together in the felowshipe
of ye Gospel and to have our Testimony for truth.







2Cor:8:7


Cor:2:6



Luk:1:6




Math18:
15,16,17 ver

Mark 16:13
Acts 8:12
37ver
Isaia 33:22


Gala 6:1

















Philip ye 3. 17
Cor 11
1:2 verses

Leviti: ye 10 ver 1


Math28: vers 19&20
Acts 3:22




Philip ye 1:27:2
Coren 13:11 120
1 Peter 3:8
1 Coren 1-10

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