Tag: Puritans
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Regulative Principle “Unworkable”
I believe in weekly communion and in corporate prayers of confession, especially but not exclusively those found in the old Book of Common Prayer, followed by scriptural declarations of pardon. I believe it is wise to confess the faith weekly using either the Apostles’ Creed or the Nicene Creed; and I think the nonsacramental worship…
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A Redeemed Life is a Separated Life
God’s people are holy not only because of their godliness and righteousness, but also because they are separated and distinguished from unbelievers in their doctrine, worship and life.
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A Puritan Prayer on the Lord’s Day
Give me in rich abundance the blessings the Lord’s Day was designed to impart; May my heart be fast bound against worldly thoughts or cares; Flood my mind with peace beyond understanding.
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Holidays and Holy Days
In the first three centuries of Christianity and during the Reformation, believers met for worship to the peril of life and limb. The Puritans of the 17th century walked on the Lord’s Days to their churches through creeks and crags, meadows and mountains, searing heat and freezing cold.