Mailing List:2006-05-10 06, Re: 1724 covenant of Hopkinton Church, by Rose Zella Proctor
Mailing List Archives > 2006-05-10 06, Re: 1724 covenant of Hopkinton Church, by Rose Zella Proctor
From: Rose Zella Proctor <rzellaproc31 -at- vcn.com> Subject: Re: [WHITNEY-L] 1724 covenant of Hopkinton Church Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:50:20 -0600 References: <[email protected]> In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> This is just great. Thanks for printing it out for all of us. I take it this is from the Anglican Church. Part of the great fun of this genealogy business was my visit to Vermont and visiting some of the very old Anglican Churches. I love it but they were a bit stuffy though making the women renew the covenant after child birth?? This one goes into my Whitney book so my children can appreciate what their ancestors went through. I REALLY APPRECIATE all the great things people from this Clan share with all of us. Thanks again. Rose Zella On May 10, 2006, at 4:35 PM, Jo Hogle wrote: > The 1724 Covenant in Modern Vocabulary > > We do now, with a humble awareness of our total unworthiness of the > immeasurable privilege God is graciously giving us, accept and enter > into covenant with Him as our Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. > We surrender ourselves and our children to Him to be His according to > the Everlasting Covenant He made with us through the cross of our Lord > Jesus Christ, and so we accept the sacred obligations of His covenant > which ought never to be broken. We promise by the help and strength > of His grace, without which we are helpless to do any good thing, that > we will live as redeemed men and women as instructed by God's Holy > Word. We submit ourselves and our children to the rule of the Lord > Jesus Christ as Head of His Church and to the compassionate love and > authority of this church. We will conduct our lives before those who > hold civil and spiritual authority over us as the Bible and the Holy > Spirit teach us to. We give our word that wherever we may fail God or > you we will cry! > out to Him for His cleansing mercy and grace over our sins and > failures through our dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to whom be > Glory forever. Amen > > > > I accept this covenant and promise to live by it > ______________________________ . > > > > We then, the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ in this place, > whole-heartedly accept you into this fellowship of believers, and > promise that with the help of our God we will love and care for you as > our brothers and sisters in Christ. We make this commitment praying > that both you and we will be given mercy to be faithful in this > covenant and glorify God with the holiness that characterizes His > people forever. Amen > > I found the above and it seems to clarify both my own feeling as to > what the covenant is as well as the Covenant as Mike explained it. I > realize that my response was only to Mike, in which I explained that I > had previously researched this question and found that the covenant > was the church document agreeing to abide in faith and obey the rules > of the church (and the town). > I didn't bother to add/post the above document in it's original > language, this will suffice for this purpose. > Together with Mike's explanation of women having to confess sins and > own the covenant anew after childbirth, which explains what I was > finding. I think my question was answered. > Thanks Mike > Jo Hogle > JLHogle50 -at- msn.com<mailto:JLHogle50 -at- msn.com> > >
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