Foreasmuch as Almighty God, by His Grace, has been pleased to call us out of darkness into His marvelous light, and all of us have been regularly baptized upon a profession of our faith in Christ Jesus, and have given up ourselves to the Lord, and to one another in a gospel church way, to be governed and guided by a proper discipline, agreeable to the word of God. We do therefore in the name of our Lord Jesus, and by His assistance, covenant, and agree to keep the discipline of the church we are members of, in the most brotherly affection toward each other, we endeavor particularly to observe the following rules.
In brotherly love to pray for each other, to watch over one another, and if need be in the most tender and affectionate manner, to reprove one another.
We also agree, with God’s assistance to pray in our families, attend our church meetings, observe the Lord’s day and keep it holy, and not absent ourselves from the communion of the Lord’s supper and feet washing without a lawful excuse, to be ready to communicate to the defraying of the church’s expenses, and for the support of the ministry, not irregularly depart from the fellowship of the church, nor to remove to distance churches without a regular dismission.
These things we do covenant and agree to observe and keep sacred in the name of and by assistance of God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
