PRIVATE THOUGHTS — INTRODUCTORY.--Page 1.

UPON
RELIGION,
DIGESTED INTO
TWELVE ARTICLES;
WITH
PRACTICAL RESOLUTIONS
FORMED THEREUPON.
Article I.--Page 6.

I believe there is One God, the Being of all beings.

Article II.--Page 10.

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.

Article III.--Page 39.

I believe that as there is one God, so this one God is three Persons--Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Article IV.--Page 41.

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.

Article V.--Page 44.

I believe the Son of God became the Son of man, that I, the son of man, might become the son of God.

Article VI.--Page 50.

I believe that Christ lived to God, and died for sin, that I might die to sin, and live with God.

Article VII.--Page 53.

I believe that Christ rose from the grave, that I might rise from sin, and that he is ascended into heaven, that I may come unto him.

Article VIII.--Page 57.

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.

Article IX.--Page 72.

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.

Article X.--Page 82.

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, baptism and the Lord's supper.

Article XI.--Page 93.

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 my deserts.

Article XII.--Page 103.

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.

RESOLUTIONS
ON THE FOREGOING ARTICLES.
Resolution I.--Page 115.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, to walk by rule, and therefore think it necessary to resolve upon the rules to walk by.

Resolution II--Page 116.

I am resolved, by the grace of God, to make the Divine Word the rule of all the rules I propose to myself.

Resolution III.-Page 118.

1 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.