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Chapter 27. Of the Communion of Saints
Article 1. All saints that are united to Jesus Christ, their head, by
His Spirit and by faith, have fellowship in His graces, sufferings, death,
resurrection, and glory, although they are not made thereby one person with
Him. Being thus united to one another in love, they have communion in each
others gifts and graces, and are obliged to the performance of such duties,
public and private, in an orderly way, as do conduce to their mutual good, both
in the inward and outward man.
Article 2. Saints by profession are bound to maintain a holy
fellowship and communion in the worship of God and other spiritual services as
tend to their mutual edification, as well as in relieving each other in outward
things according to their various abilities and necessities. This communion, as
God offers opportunity, is to be extended to all the household of faith, even
those who in every place call upon the name of the Lord Jesus, though
especially to them in the relation in which they stand, whether in families or
in churches. Nevertheless, their communion one with another as saints does not
take away or infringe the title or propriety that each man has in his goods and
possessions. |