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United Church membership catalogue, 1742–1855 · scan page 9

Uncorrected OCR. Name spellings, dates, symbols and column order may be wrong. Verify against the original scan. Includes member death markings and dates. White-Haven is part of this New Haven congregation’s historical name; it is not West Haven. Overlaps the 1867 North Church manual.

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PROFESSION     OF    FAITH.
You  Bllidve  tliut  tlii/n-  is  uuc  only  living  and  tjue  God,  ex-
istinij;  in  tlir..i'  piT,-i.ns,  the  i"'atlier,  the  Son,  and  the  llnly  Clhost
— the  same  in  csscnee,  ami  e<|iial  in  glury  :  That  the  Seiijitures
of  th'-  (Jld  and  New  Testaments  are  irivrn  by  the  inspiration  uf
Uod,  and  are  a  pi.Ttect  ruh-  oft'aithand  jiractiee  :  That  all  man-
kind, by  nature,  are  in  a  lost  and  ruined  state  ;  and,  as  sinner.,,
stand  justl)  eundenined  by  the  law  of  Gud,  to  sutler  his  \s  i-ath
and  eurse:  That  the  at"nement  and  righteousness  vi  Jesus
Christ  is  llic;  uuly  r^undatiuu  of  hojie  u(  life  eternal:  Thai  the
cnli;;htening  and  sanctif\ing  intluenees  of  the  IIolv  Sj'irit  are
al'^-'ohitely  necessary  to  h-ad  us  to  a  saving  knowledgi'  of  the
truth,  to  make  us  holy,  and  fit  us  for  the  enjoyment  uf  Crud  :
That  Jesus  Christ,  who  is  God  and  man  in  one  person,  arose
from  tlie  dead  on  the  third  day,  and  ever  lives  to  make  inter-
ccssii.iii  f(.)r  his  peopli-.
You   believe   that   the   suuls  of  believers  are  at    their   death
imade  perfectly  holy,  and  admitted  to  the  enjoyment  of  (!od
in  his  heavenly  kingdom  :  That  at  the  end  <jf  the  world  there
will  be  a  resurrection  of  the  deavl,  and  final  judgment  of  all
t  mankind,  when  the  righteous  shall  be  jiubliely  acquitted  l»y
i  Christ,  the  Judge,  and  admitted  to  everlasting  life  and  glory,
[       and  the  wicked  condemned  to  everlasting  punishmeut.
C  O  V  EN  ANT.
And  you  do  this  day  ])ubliely  acknowledge  and  choose  the
only  living  and  true  God  to  be  your  God  ;  and  by  the  assistance
of  Divine  grace  resolve  to  make  his  Law  the  rule  of  your  life,

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Silent Grounds Collective, Church Burial & Death Records, CH-P002-0009. United Church membership catalogue, 1742–1855, printed page not verified, PDF page 9. Church of Christ in the United Society (New Haven, Conn.); digitized copy contributed by Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center https://archive.org/details/catalogueofmembe00chur/page/n9/mode/1up Accessed September 8, 2026.

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