shall ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT of Christ.

2 Cor. v. 10. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

whose kingdom shall have no end.

Luke, i. 33. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever, and of his kingdom there shall be no end.

John, xii. 34. The people answered him, We have heard out of the law, that Christ abideth for ever. (Is. ix. 6, 7; Ps. lxxxix. 36; cx. 4; Dan. ii. 44; vii. 14. 27.) 1 Tim. i. 17. Now unto the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only Wise GOD, be honour and glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

VIII. And I believe in the Holy Ghost,

Acts, v. 3. Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie unto the Holy Ghost? 9. And Peter said unto her (Sapphira), How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the LORD ?. 4. Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto GOD.

the Lord and Giver of life,

Gen. i. 2. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters; and God said, Let there be light; and there was light. 20. And Gop said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth

in the open firmament of heaven. 24. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle and creeping thing, and the beast of the earth after his kind; and it was so. Gen. ii. 7. And the Lord GOD formed man of the dust of the ground (in his own image created he him, i. 27), and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

who proceedeth from the Father and the Son,

John, xv. 26. But when the Comforter is come whom I WILL SEND unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of Truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.

Luke, xxiv. 49. And, behold, I SEND the promise of my Father upon you; but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem until ye be endued with power from on high. Acts, i. 4.

Acts, ii, 32, 33. This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses; therefore, being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, HE hath now shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified,

1 John, v. 7. For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one.

Mat. xii. 31, 32. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against

the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall never be forgiven him, neither in this world nor in the world to come. Mark, iii. 28, 29; Luke, xii. 10; 1 John, v. 14, 15, 16.

Who spake by the prophets.

Mat. xxii. 13. How then doth David in spirit call him LORD?

Neh. ix. 30. Yet many years thou testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in the prophets.

Zech. vii. 12. Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets.

Eph. iii. 5. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men (so clearly) as it is now revealed unto the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit.

1 Tim. iv. 1. Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils: speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them, which believe and know the truth. For every creature of GOD is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Heb. i. 1. GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath, &c.

2 Pet. i. 21. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man; but holy men of GOD spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.

IX. I believe one catholic and apostolic church.

1 Cor. i. 2. Unto the church of GOD, which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: grace be unto you, and peace from GOD our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Col. i. 2. To the saints and faithful brethren which are at Colosse.

Phil. i. 1. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons : grace be unto

you.

Col. i. 1, 2. Paul, an apostle, and all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia, &c.

1 and 2 Thess. i. 1. Paul, Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians, &c.

Acts, xiii. 1. There were prophets in the church at Antioch.

Col. iv. 16. Cause it to be read in the church at Laodicea.

Acts, viii. 1. There was a great persecution against the church at Jerusalem.

Rom. xvi. 1. I commend unto you Phoebe, our

sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea. 16. The churches of Christ salute you.

1 Cor. xvi. 19. The churches of Asia salute you. 2 Cor. viii. 1. Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia.

1 Pet. v. 13. The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you.

Col. i. 18. Salute the church which is in Nympha's house.

Philem. Paul, a prisoner, to the church which is in thy house.

Rom. xvi. 3, 4, 5. Greet Priscilla and Aquila; likewise greet the church that is in their house.

[From the three last instances, my dear brethren, it will be apparent that any private congregation of Christians forms a church in the sight of GOD, as the churches therein alluded to, are spoken of, merely as the households of certain pious persons, increased, probably, by the occasional congregating of their Christian neighbours; which private congregations have this glorious warranty and encouragement for assembly and PRAYER: Mat. xviii. 19, 20. "I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth, as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." But let no indolent or supine persons, calling themselves Christians, take excuse, in any thing that is here shown, to neglect due attendance at public worship whenever the opportunity offers; and the more