[We believe] That the first day of the week is the Lord’s-Day, or Christian Sabbath; and is to be kept sacred to religious purposes, by abstaining from all secular labor and [sinful] recreations; by the devout observance of all the means of grace, both private and public; and by preparation for that rest which remaineth for the people of God.
19“Superficial”in ed. 1853.20“Scriptural”in ed. 1853.21“Immersion…in”reads“immersion in water of a believer, into.”22“Holy Ghost”in ed. 1853.23“The”in ed. 1853.24For“with its purifying power”is substituted the following:“with its effect in our death to sin andresurrection to a new life”ined.1853