Excerpt from Articles of Faith, and Covenant, Adopted by the First Congregational Church in Concord, New-Hampshire: June 1, 1826 You believe, that there is one true god, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost: that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament were given by Divine Inspiration, and contain the only perfect rule of and practice that (361) maintains a righteous government over all creatures that Man has fallen from the state in which he was or1g1nally created, and is by nature entirely destitute of holiness: that an Atonement for sin has been made by the Lord Jesus Christ, so that repentm ance and faith are now the conditions of salvation You believe in the necessity of our being renewed by the agency of the' Holy Spirit in the increase in holiness, and perseverance unto salvation, of all who truly believe; in the doctrine of a general resurrection, and a future judgment; in the everlasting blessedness of the righteous, and the endless punishment of all' the finally impenitent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.