er; and that a Christian church ought to admit no person to
its holy communion, before he exhibit credible evidence of his
godly sincerity; that perseverance in holiness is the only method
of making our calling and election sure, and that the final
perseverance of saints, though it is the effect of the special
operation of GOD on their hearts, necessarily implies their own
watchful diligence; that they who are effectually called, do, in
this life, partake of justification, adoption, and sanctification,
and the several benefits which do either accompany or flow from
them; that the souls of believers are, at their death, made
perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; that
their bodies, being still united to CHRIST, will, at the
resurrection, be raised up to glory, and that the saints will be
made perfectly blessed in the full enjoyment of GOD, to all
eternity: but that the wicked will awake to shame and everlasting
contempt, and, with devils, be plunged into the lake that burneth
with fire and brimstone forever and ever. I moreover believe that
GOD, according to the counsel of his own will, and for his own
glory, hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass, and that all
beings, actions, and events, both in the natural and moral world,
are under his providential direction; that GOD'S decrees perfectly
consist with human liberty, GOD'S universal agency with the agency
of man, and man's dependence with his accountability; that man has
understanding and corporeal strength to do all that GOD requires
of him; so that nothing but the sinner's aversion to holiness
prevents his salvation; that it is the prerogative of GOD to bring
good out of evil, and that he will cause the wrath and rage of
wicked men and devils to praise him; and that all the evil which
has existed, and will forever exist, in the moral system, will
eventually be made to promote a most important purpose, under the
wise and perfect administration of that ALMIGHTY BEING, who will
cause all things to work for his own glory, and thus fulfil all
his pleasure."

Declaration.

"And, furthermore, I do solemnly promise that I will open and
explain the Scriptures to my pupils with integrity and
faithfulness; that I will maintain and inculcate the Christian
faith, as expressed in the creed, by me now repeated, t