Of Communion of Saints.- ALL
saints that are united to Jesus Christ their head by his Spirit, and by
faith, have fellowship with him in his graces, sufferings, death,
resurrection, and glory. [1] And being united to one another in love, they
have communion in each other's gifts and graces; [2] and are obliged to
the performance of such duties, public and private, as do conduce to
their mutual good, both in the inward and outward man. [3]
- Saints,
by profession, are bound to maintain an holy fellowship and communion
in the worship of God, and in performing such other spiritual services
as tend to their mutual edification; [4] as also in relieving each other
in outward things, according to their several abilities and
necessities. Which communion, as God offereth opportunity, is to be
extended unto all those who in every place call upon the name of the
Lord Jesus. [5]
- This
communion which the saints have with Christ, doth not make them in any
wise partakers of the substance of his Godhead, or to be equal with
Christ in any respect; either of which to affirm is impious and
blasphemous. [6] Nor doth their communion one with another, as saints,
take away or infringe the title or property which each man hath in his
goods and possessions. [7]
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