# Second Confession,

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Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: Second Confession,



Also drawn up at Amsterdam, on the 7th of October,
1630, called: Confession of Faith, and the
principal articles of the Christian doctrine.

[Not divided into separate articles, except the
articles of belief in God, and the manner of life in
the church.]

We believe with the heart, and confess with the
mouth, that there is one only, eternal, incomprehensible,
spiritual Being, which, in Scripture, is
called God; to whom alone is ascribed omnipotence,
mercy, righteousness, perfection, wisdom, all goodness,
and omniscience, and who is called a fountain
of life, and the source of all good, the Creator of all
things, and the Preserver of the same; who in the
Old Testament bears various appellations—the God
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God Schadai, the
God Jehovah, the God of Israel, I am that I am,
the Alpha and Omega, etc.; but who in the New
Testament is called by three distinct names—God
the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, whom we confess
to differ thus far, namely: that the Father, as
far as he is Father, is an other than the Son; and
the Son, as far as he is Son, is an other than the
Father, and the Holy Ghost, as far as he is a true
Holy Ghost, is an other than the Father and the
Son, and that they, although differing in name, are
nevertheless in their divine nature and attributes,
one only, undivided God, according to the testimony
of the Apostle: “For there are three that
bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. Rom.
10:9; Deut. 6:4; Is. 45:5,21; Rom. 3:30; 1 Cor.
8:4; Eph. 4:6; Gen. 21:33; Ps. 90:2; Is. 49:28;
Ps. 145:3; 4 Esdr. 8:21; Gen. 17:1; 2 Cor. 6:18;
Ex. 34:6,7; Luke 6:36; Ps. 11:7; Col. 3; Lev.
19:2; Matt. 5:48; 1 Tim. 1:2; Ps. 103:8; Matt.
19:17; Ps. 139; James 1:17; Gen. 1:1; Job 38
and 39; Ex. 3:6; 6:6; 5:1; Rev. 1:8; 22:13;
Matt. 28:19; John 14:16; 1 John 5:7.

That this Holy God, by his great power and incomprehensible
wisdom, created, in six days, out of
nothing, heaven and earth, together with all things
visible and invisible; and on the sixth day prepared
man a body of the dust of the earth, breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life, and thus made him a
living soul, or man; that he exalted this man above
all creatures, endowed him with wisdom, understanding
and reason, and made him Lord over all
creatures; nay, above all this, created him in his
divine image, in holiness and righteousness, for immortality,
and placed him in the garden of Eden,
where he might have been happy forever, yet
requiring of him true obedience, saying: “Of every
tree of the garden thou mayst freely eat; but of the
tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt
not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof
thou shalt surely die.” From this we see the free
will of man. Gen. 1:6,9,14,24; Jer. 32:17; Acts
17:24; Gen. 1:26,28; 2:7; Sir. 17:5; Wis. 2:23;
Gen. 2:8,9.

That man, through the subtlety of the serpent
and the envy of the devil, was brought to disobey
his Creator; whereby he, with all his posterity, fell
into death and condemnation, and thus, from the
most glorious, became the most miserable creature.
Gen. 3:1; Wis. 2:24; 4 Esdr. 7:48; Rom. 5:12;
1 Cor. 15:21.

That the Lord God, seeing the fall of his most
glorious creature, and that he could neither through
himself nor through any other creature be redeemed
therefrom, showed that he was a gracious and merciful
God, yea, the supreme or only goodness, in that
he sought to reconcile unto himself, out of pure
grace and without any merit, man and all who had
fallen in him. Ps. 49:8; Rev. 5:3; Ps. 33:5; Matt.
19:17; Rom. 5:12; 3:24; 2 Cor. 5:19.

But, as the justice of God required, that the sin
committed should not go unpunished, and as no
creature could satisfy the former, he not only frequently
promised man to send his only beloved Son
as a Savior, but prefigured it by various types. Gen.
3:15; 12:3,7; 16:18; 24:19; 7:14; 9:6; 11:10;
53; Jer. 23:5,6; 33:15; Dan. 7:13; 9:24; Micah
5:2; Hagg. 2:23; Matt. 3:1; Ex. 12:3; 25:17;
Num. 21:9; Deut. 30:15; Sir. 15:14.

That the Lord, after as well as before the fall, left
man his free will to accept, through faith in the
promised Savior, the proffered grace of God, or to
reject it, is evident not only from the sending out of
his prophets, apostles, and disciples, but also from
the kind invitation of his beloved Son; and this
justly, in order that he, as a righteous judge, might
have just cause, on the last day, to punish the despisers
with the pains of hell, and reward the obedient
lambs with the joys of heaven. Matt. 28:19;
Mark 16:15; Acts 17:31; Matt. 11:28; 22:9;
1 Tim. 1:15; Tit. 2:11; 2 Thess. 1:8; Acts 3:46;
Rom. 2:5; Bar. 3:29; John 3:16,36; 1 Thess.
1:6; Heb. 6:10.

That the Lord, being a true God, who does not
repent of that which he has promised, when the
time which he, in the secret counsels of his divine
will, had determined was fulfilled, sent his only, own
and true Son as a redeemer unto the world. 1 John
5:20; Deut. 7:8; Gal. 4:4.

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And since there has been for many years, and
still is daily, much disputation, concerning this
birth of our Savior, according to the flesh; therefore,
we believe and confess, that it is a supernatural
birth, which cannot be fathomed by human reason.
Yet, we believe and confess, by virtue of the
Scriptures, that the eternal, not spoken, but itself
speaking, real Word, which was before the foundation
of the world in great glory with the Father,
was before Abraham, was in the beginning with
God, and was itself God; whose goings forth have
been from of old, from everlasting, and through
which all things are created and have their being;
that this same, real Word, in the fullness of the
time, came forth from the Father, and descended
from heaven into the lowest parts of the earth, and,
according to the prophecy (Is. 7), was (at Nazareth,
that he might be called a Nazarene) conceived
in the virgin body of Mary (who, although betrothed
to Joseph of the house of David, yet was
not known of him) by the power of the most high
God, and the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost,
and became flesh, remaining what he had been
namely, God and the Son of God, and becoming
what he had not been, namely, man and the son of
man; in this manner, that we confess that the child
which Mary bore, and which was born at Bethlehem,
grew up, and suffered on the cross, was outwardly
and inwardly, visibly and invisibly, as he
sojourned here, the only, own, and true Son of
God, and the Redeemer of us all. John 1:1; 17:5;
8:58; Micah 5:1; John 1:3; 16:28; Eph. 4:9;
Matt. 1:20; Luke 1:31; Matt. 2:23; John 1:14;
Rom. 9:5; Ps. 2:7; Matt. 3:17; Luke 2:6,40;
Matt. 27; 17:5.

We believe and confess also, that he came to
redeem us from the curse, and, therefore, became
obedient unto the law, was circumcised on the
eighth day, and named after the name announced
by the angel before he was born, namely, Jesus,
that he might make his holy name to agree with his
holy work, namely, to save his people from their
sins. Gal. 3:13; 4:5; Gen. 17:12; Gal. 4:4;
Luke 2:21; Matt. 1:21; 18:11; Luke 19:10.

We also confess that he is our only true high
Prophet, High Priest, and spiritual King, who, in
his office as a prophet has proclaimed unto us God’s
great, secret counsel of the eternal peace with God,
through the holy Gospel, and, moreover, all that is
necessary for us to the new life. Deut. 18:15; Ps.
110:4; Heb. 3:1; Jer. 33:15; Matt. 21:5; 13:35;
Luke 10:5; John 3:3; Matt. 18:9.

Who, in his office as priest, has not only offered
up on the cross a sacrifice for his believing lambs
that will avail forever; but, after his glorious resurrection,
has entered into the holy of holies, yea, the
most holy, namely heaven, not by the blood of
goats and calves, but by his own blood; by which
he has obtained eternal redemption for all those
who believe in him, yea, sitteth on the right hand
of God his heavenly Father, where, as a high
priest, he pours out his holy prayers for the ignorance
of his people, and obtains forgiveness for
them. Eph. 5:2; Heb. 10:12; 9:12; Col. 3:1;
Heb. 5:2,5.

Who, in his office as king, as a victorious prince
has vanquished death, the devil, hell, and all our
enemies, and has prepared a place for the members
of his kingdom; ruling with the scepter of his
word, and protecting those who put their trust in
him, helping them to triumph till they receive the
everlasting kingdom at his hand. 2 Tim. 1:10;
Heb. 2:14,15; John 14:2; Ps. 45:6; Eccl. 29:25;
2 Cor. 2:14.

But since his kingdom was not of this world, he
did not take possession of it by carnal weapons of
iron or steel, but through suffering and fighting in
the flesh; to which end he prepared himself for
temptation, tribulation and suffering, and took upon
him the cursed death of the cross, under Pontius
Pilate; we confess, moreover, that this same Lord
Jesus Christ, who was crucified at Jerusalem, and
tasted death on mount Calvary, with exclamation of
his groaning Spirit, and amidst the convulsions of
heaven and earth, was the only and own Son of
God, and that we are reconciled unto God by the
blood and death of his Son, who by himself purged
our sins. John 18:36; Matt. 4:1; Luke 4:1; Matt.
16:21; Gal. 3:13; Deut. 21:23; 1 Tim. 6:13;
Matt. 27; Luke 23; 1 John 3:16; Rom. 8:22;
5:10; Heb. 1:3.

Who, also, as a sign that he was really dead, was
taken down from the cross by Joseph of Arimathea;
who wrapped him in a clean white cloth, and laid
him in a new hewn tomb, before which a great
stone was rolled, and a guard placed. Matt. 27:57.

But, since it was impossible that he should be
held by the hands of death, or that the Holy One
should see corruption, therefore we believe and confess
also, that by the glory of the Father, according
to the predictions of the prophets, he was raised
from the dead on the third day, amidst the convulsions
of heaven and earth, and arose bodily; and
that he certainly also confirmed his resurrection for
forty days by words, signs, and miracles, that he
taught, comforted, and admonished his disciples,
and finally, on Mount Olivet, was received by a
cloud, and in their sight ascended visibly unto
heaven, and entered into the holy of holies, seating
himself, as a true high priest, mediator, and advocate
between God and man, on the right hand of
the Majesty on high, where he appears continually
before his Father’s face to make intercession for his
believers. Acts 2:24; Ps. 16:10; Rom. 6:4; Acts
13:34; Matt. 28:2; John 20:4; Luke 24:36; Acts
1:12; Heb. 9:12; 1 John 2:1; 1 Tim. 2:5; Rom.
8:34.

And since before his precious suffering he taught
and comforted them, not to let their hearts be afraid;
that when he should have ascended to heaven, he
would send them another comforter, the Holy Ghost;
therefore, we believe that our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, blessed forever, was, as true God, also
found true in this particular, and did send, ten days
after his ascension, the Holy Ghost in visible form
to, or upon, his apostles in Jerusalem; which Holy
Ghost is a wisdom, strength, and power of God,
that proceeds from the Father through the Son,
and, no less than the Father and the Son, is with
them an eternal, undivided God; also a teacher,
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leader and guide to all godfearing and consolation-seeking
souls, showing them the way to and into
the spiritual Canaan. John 14:1; 15:26; 16:7;
Matt. 21:3; Rom. 9:5; John 5:20; Acts 2:2; Luke
1:35; Acts 5:3; John 14:26.

We believe, also, that the Lord God chose, first,
the holy angels in heaven, then, two sanctified
persons in paradise, and finally, of all the various
nations of the earth, a penitent and believing people
for his people; which is not only called a general
Christian church or congregation of godfearing men;
but which the Lord Christ has purchased with his
precious blood, and washed and cleansed with the
waters of the Holy Ghost, that he might present
to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing. And since the same is
so dear to him, he would, for the prosperity and
growth of his kingdom, not leave this holy church
unprovided for; but provided her, not only before,
but also after his ascension, with faith, love, hope,
and other ordinances, and also with two special
ministries, namely, the ministry of the holy Word,
and the care for the poor, or the office of deacon;
and appointed in it, some prophets, pastors, teachers,
helpers and rulers, to provide by common
counsel wisely for the church of God; and sent them
out. Gen. 2:22; 4 Esdr. 5:27; Acts 20:28; Eph.
5:26; 1 Cor. 6:20; Luke 10:1; Eph. 4:11; 1 Cor.
12:28; Mark 16:15.

In like manner, the apostles also commanded
their followers, to choose such men with fasting
and prayer. First, they shall be examined, then let
them minister; and the believers shall honor, love
and obey these men. Acts 6:3; 16:2; 1 Tim. 3:10;
1 Thess. 5:13; Heb. 13:17; 1 Tim. 5:17,18.

And, inasmuch as this church bears the figure of
the true church in heaven, they practice here on
earth, externally in the preaching of the Word, of
baptism, the supper, and other Christian ordinances,
and internally in the spirit, a true communion, here
and also in heaven with God and all the sanctified
of the Lord, after which, in the last day, the true
reality will follow. Acts 4:32; Heb. 12:22.

Matters, whereby those who unite in this church,
submit willingly and obediently to the customs, laws
and ordinances, which the Lord Christ, as the chief
Head of his church, Eph. 5:23, and only Lawgiver
of the New Testament, Matt. 28:20, has ordained
in his church, and which are also taught
and, in our weakness, practiced by us, viz,:

1. The Baptism of penitent and believing adults,
which is an external evangelical act, in which the
man who truly repents of his sins, who clothes his
heart with faith in Christ, and thereby mortifies and
buries his earthly members, and arises to a new,
penitent life, is baptized by an unblamable minister
ordained thereto, with common water, in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost, for the remission of all his sins; and such
a man, once baptized upon true repentance and
scriptural faith, we do not baptize again. Acts 2:38;
Mark 16:15,16; Acts 8:14,34,36,37; 10:43;
1 Cor. 3:5; Rom. 6:4; Matt. 3:11; Acts 10; Matt.
28:19; Eph. 4:5; Heb. 6:2.

2. The holy Supper of the Lord, also called the
Christian communion, which is to be held among
believers only, not with consecrated, but with common
bread and wine; not only in remembrance of the
precious, holy, and bitter suffering and death, and
the glorious resurrection of our Savior and Redeemer
Jesus Christ, but also of the consolatory
fruits thereby prepared for all believers; that they,
by virtue of this, may not only be moved to sincerely
deplore the bitter suffering and death of Jesus
Christ, which he endured for the remission of their
sins; but also to praise and bless the Lord, with
an internal, spiritual thanksgiving, for the benefits
which have sprung therefrom; and, also, to confirm
their Christian, brotherly, and spiritual communion
by a holy and godly life, to the praise of the Lord.
Matt. 26:26; Luke 22:19; Acts 2:46; 20:7; Mark
14:22,23; John 6:51; 1 Cor. 10:16,17; 1 Cor.
11:23,24.

3. Then follows the Washing of the saints’ feet;
that is, when our fellow-believers from distant places
come to visit us, we wash their feet, according as
opportunity offers, after the custom of the Old
Testament, and the example of Christ; thereby declaring
our humility toward God and our neighbor,
with an humble prayer, that the Lord would
strengthen us more and more in humility, and that,
like as we have washed one another’s feet, he would
be pleased to wash and cleanse our souls with his
blood and the waters of the Holy Ghost, from every
stain and impurity of sin, that we may appear pure
and blameless before his Father. Gen. 18:4; John
13:5; 1 Tim. 5:10; Luke 22:26; Phil. 2:3.

4. Likewise, The Works of love, which we divide
into three parts: 1. That a believer is bound to bring
his alms, according as the Lord has blessed him,
to the deacons, that they may have wherewith to
properly support the poor believers. 2. To visit,
comfort, attend, and nurse, according to the nature
of the case, the sick, imprisoned and sorrowing
hearts. 3. When we see our fellow-believers in
oppressive household cares, bad circumstances, or
with an insufficient income, to assist them with advice
and in deed, and by giving them our custom
in preference to a stranger. Matt. 6:1; Luke 12:33;
16:9; Acts 6:13; Matt. 25:35; Heb. 13:1–3.

5. As Marriage which was good and rightly instituted
in paradise, was afterwards abused through
lust by the children of the first world and also
through hardness of heart by the Jews, the great
Lawgiver of the New Testament restored it according
to its original ordinance, Matt. 19:4; and the
Apostle says, 1 Cor. 7:39: “The wife is bound by
the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her
husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to
whom she will; only in the Lord.” By this we
understand that a believer is not at liberty to unite
in marriage with an unbeliever; but only with one,
who, with him, of one heavenly Father, of incorruptible
seed, and thus of a spiritual generation, is
born anew, heavenly and spiritual; for since they
in baptism have offered up their members unto God,
and have given them to the obedience of their Head,
Christ, they cannot take away these, their members
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from Christ, their Head, and be yoked together
with one who is unregenerated. Gen. 2:24; 6:1,2;
Deut. 24:1; Matt. 19:8; 1 Pet. 1:23; John 3:15;
Rom. 12:1; 1 Pet. 1:22; Eph. 5:23.

6. The Office of the secular Authority we recognize
as an ordinance of God, for the protection of the
good, and the punishment of the wicked; we also
recognize that we owe unto it honor, obedience,
custom, taxes, and tribute, and that we should also
pray for it; but we do not find that Paul mentions
it among the offices of the church, nor that Christ
taught his disciples such a thing, or called them to
it; but, on the contrary, that he enjoined them to
follow him in his defenseless life and cross-bearing
footsteps, prohibiting all revenge, not only that
with arms, but also to return railing for railing; and,
on the contrary, commanding to pray for one’s
enemies, to do good unto them who do us evil; and
much of a similar nature which is connected with
the office of the magistracy; hence we are afraid to
fill such offices in our Christian calling. Rom. 13:2,3;
1 Pet. 2:13; Acts 4:19; Matt. 22:17; Rom.
13:7; Tit. 3:1; Jer. 29:7; 1 Cor. 12:28; Matt.
20:25; Luke 22:25; John 8:12; 10:27; Heb.
12:2; 1 Pet. 2:21; Rom. 12:19; Matt. 5:44.

7. The Swearing of oaths permitted in the Old
Testament, and in which many abuses have crept, is
prohibited by Christ and James, without any distinction;
therefore it is not lawful for a Christian to swear
the oath of blasphemy. Deut. 6:13; 10:20; Matt.
5:37; James 5:12.

8. But as in a good government ordinances without
penalties lose their force the Lord also has not
failed to place penalties to his ordinances; for Paul
says: “Them that sin, rebuke before all, that others
also may fear.” 1 Tim. 5:20. Christ also, in Matt.
18, has taught us to rebuke sinners. Paul teaches
to purge out the old leaven, and to put away from
among us those that are wicked; by which we understand
the Christian Ban which is instituted for the
shaming and conversion of the sinner, and for the
purpose of keeping the church pure, lest a little
leaven leaven the whole lump (1 Cor. 5:6,13; Deut.
13:5; 2 Thess. 3:14; Gal. 5:9), according to Matt.
16:19: “I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom
of heaven,” and Matt. 18:18: “Whatsoever
ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be
loosed in heaven. This discipline is used against
those who have once been enlightened, and have
received for truth the sound doctrine of Christ, but
who afterwards fall into false doctrine and heresy.
These, after they have been admonished once or
twice, but still persist in their evil principles, shall,
by Christian Separation, be avoided and shunned,
Tit. 3:10. Further, it is also used against persons
who are going astray in the gross works of the flesh,
upon sufficient confession of such persons themselves,
or upon the testimony of other commendable
witnesses; for such the church must have, before
she may proceed with the separation. Gal. 5:21;
Eph. 5:5; 1 Cor. 5:3; 6:9.

9. We understand, that Marrying out of the
Church is sinful, since it is contrary to the command
of the Lord, and has at various times been
reproved by the Lord and his prophets, through
deeds as well as through words; and since it is a
sin, arising either from a carnal, sensual life, or from
a want of confidence in God, as though he would
not provide him with a virtuous spouse; and is,
moreover, committed with premeditation, for which
reason it cannot be included in Gal. 6:1: “If a man
be overtaken in a fault, . . . restore such a one in
the spirit of meekness,” but much rather in Num.
15:30: “The soul that doeth aught presumptuously, . . .
shall be cut off from among his
people,” therefore many godfearing men, who were
assembled at different times, have understood, as
also we understand, that marriage out of the church,
with impenitents and unbelievers, is also to be punished
with separation from the church, that they
may the more earnestly seek repentance.

But as all sins are not equally great, and do not
actually deserve separation without previous admonition,
there is observed in the reproving of sin
between brother and brother the rule in Matt.
18:15–18. And if any man is overtaken in a fault,
then the rule Gal. 6:1 is followed.

Now, since we also understand that there can be
no separation where no withdrawing is found, we
confess also that we are in duty bound to admonish
(1 Thess. 3:15) the one separated, to reconcile himself
to the church by true repentance; and if there
is in him a willingness to reconcile himself, to make
haste with the anointing or reinstating, and not to
wait with those who have married out of the church,
until he or she bring with him, or her, the spouse
married out of the church. 2 Cor. 2:8. But if the
good admonition should be heedlessly rejected,
since the daily intercourse of the ungodly apostates
is unedifying, polluting, offensive, and frequently
hardens the sinner in his wicked life; we confess
that the person separated, or punished with the ban,
is to be avoided and shunned, even without the
aforesaid admonition, immediately after the separation,
in common, free, worldly transactions, as:
In eating and drinking, buying and selling, and
such like unnecessary matters; yet with this distinction,
that it be done with such moderation and discretion
that the word of God may everywhere
retain its place, and the higher laws and commandments
of the Lord, by which the believer is bound
to the separated one, be not broken, but that everywhere
necessity, word, promise, love, benevolence,
mercy, justice, and Christian discretion be observed.
1 Cor. 5:5; 2 Tim. 2:16–18; 2 Thess. 3:14; Tit.
3:10; Luke 6:36; 2 Pet. 1:6.

Likewise, if one man understand the passage
respecting shunning, in 1 Cor. 5, in a higher, and
another man, in a lower sense, both men being godfearing
in their life, they should, until further enlightenment,
be borne with in love, without contention
or disputing.

Whosoever seeks, in human weakness, to live
according to these, the chief, as well as to other
commandments, doctrines, and ordinances of the
Lord (more explicitly defined in his holy Word),
and thus to accomplish his pilgrimage on this earth,
of him we believe that he will not only feel at his
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departure from earth a sure witness of his conscience,
and have a glad hope; but at the resurrection of the
dead will indeed find it to be so, that all his sins
will be forgiven him through the holy merits and
comforting intercession of Christ. Luke 24:47;
Col. 1:14; Acts 13:38; 1 Tim. 2:5; 1 John 2:1;
Rom. 8:34.

Finally, we believe also, that our Savior Jesus
Christ, forever blessed, shall visibly come again in
the clouds, like as he ascended before; not so humble,
lowly, and serving, as he appeared to the
world in his holy incarnation; but glorious and magnificent,
with the power and glory of all his angels;
not to call the sinner to repentance, but to hold the
last judgment; to which end he will not only sit
upon the throne of his glory, but, as the natural sun
in Spring-time draws forth from the earth, not only
flowers, herbs and good fruits, but also nettles,
thistles, and thorns, so also, the true Sun of righteousness,
Jesus Christ, blessed forever, will then,
with the sound of the trumpet call forth and cause
to arise from the earth, all the great number of the
dead who from the beginning of the world up to the
present day have lived, died, and sown their bodies
in the earth to corruption, and as the womb her
fruit so shall the sea, hell, and death give up their
dead; then shall the dead be covered with their own
skin, and with their own eyes behold God, yea, be
clothed with their own bodies, in or with which they
have here served or despised the Lord. And after
those who then will be still living, will have been
changed to immortality in the twinkling of an eye,
the general multitude of all mankind will be placed
before the holy throne of God, where the books of
conscience shall be opened, and also another book,
which is the book of life; and the dead shall be
judged according to that which is written in these
books, that every one may receive in his own body,
either good or evil, according to what they have
done, or how they have lived here. Then will the
Lord, as a righteous Judge, separate the believers
from the ungodly, as a shepherd divideth the sheep
from the goats; and will set the believers, as obedient
lambs, on his right hand; but the unbelievers,
as wicked, rebellious, stinking goats, on his left
hand. He will look upon the lambs with his loving
eyes, and say to them in a voice sweet as the honey
comb: “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the
kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of
the world.” But upon the goats his angry face
shall be like the lightning, and his voice sound like
the thunder, and he shall say to them: “Depart
from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared
for the devil and his angels. Matt. 1:21; Acts
4:12; 1 Tim. 1:15; Acts 1:11; Rev. 1:7; Matt.
24:30; 2 Thess. 1:7; Matt. 25:31; 16:27; Acts
17:31; Jude 14; Dan. 7:9,13; Mal. 4:2; 1 Thess.
4:16; Matt. 24:31; John 5:29; Dan. 12:2; 1 Cor.
15:42; 4 Esdr. 7:32; Rev. 20:13; Job 19:26; Rev.
1:7; 2 Cor. 5:10; Matt. 16:27; Rom. 2:6; 1 Cor.
15:51; Matt. 25:32; Ezek. 34:17; Matt. 25:33,34,41;
4 Esdr. 16:10; 2 Thess. 1:8; Luke 17:24.

And we also further confess that then the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, the sun shall be
darkened, and the moon be changed into blood,
the stars shall fall from heaven, and the earth and
all that is therein shall be burned with fire; and then
shall the irrevocable sentence of the Greatest King
be executed. 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 6:12,13.

Then shall the ungodly, like sheep for the slaughter,
be driven to hell, and be cast into the great bottomless
pit, where there will be no lack of fuel.
There they shall not be laid on beds of down, but
on biting moths, and be covered with gnawing
worms, and tormented with flaming fire, so that
their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be
quenched, but the torment of their pain shall ascend
as the smoke of a fiery furnace, and it shall last forever
and ever. But on the contrary, we confess,
that the blessed of God shall be caught up in the
clouds, to meet the Lord in the air, and shall then
be led by the Lord Christ, their spiritual bridegroom,
into heaven, before the throne of God,
where he shall deliver up again to the Father the
kingdom and all power, that God may be all in all.
Ps. 49:14; Is. 30:33; 14:11; 2 Thess. 1:9; Mark
9:48; Is. 66:24; Rev. 9:2; 14:11; 1 Thess. 4:17;
Matt. 25:6; 1 Cor. 15:28.

Then shall the blessed of God be changed through
the glory of God from glory to glory, their tears
shall be wiped away; the crown of life, of glory, and
of gladness, shall be placed on their heads; palms of
victory shall be put in their hands, and they shall be
adorned with the white robe of the righteousness of
the saints. Thus shall they be joined to all the
saints of God, and be led to the fountain of living
waters, there to be refreshed for everlasting consolation;
they shall be fed on the spiritual mount Zion,
yea, shall follow the sweet lamb Jesus Christ, who
has bought them with his blood and death, in the
heavenly pleasure grounds, through contemplation
of the holy God in his inestimable throne, the heavens
in their beauty, and the angels in their joy.
2 Cor. 3:18; Phil. 3:21; Is. 25:8; Rev. 7:17;
James 1:12; 2 Tim. 4:8; 4 Esdr. 2:43,46; Rev.
7:9; 19:8; Matt. 8:11; Rev. 7:17; 14:1,4; 4 Esdr.
8:21; Bar. 3:24.

Then shall the blessed of God abound in heavenly
joy, so that with angelic tongues and heavenly
voices they will begin to sing with all the saints of
God the new song, giving unto him who sitteth
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, praise, honor,
glory, and blessing, for ever and ever. Amen. Rev.
14:3; 7:10,12.

Thus done by us, the undersigned ministers, teachers, and
elders of the United Friesic and High German Churches, for
ourselves, as well as in the name of our fellow-brethren and
ministers, and strangers assembled at these proceedings with
us, here at Amsterdam. October the 7th, 1730, new style, and
was subscribed to by fourteen persons, heads of the Churches,
for themselves as well as in the name of the churches by whom
they were sent.





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