Sample Second London Confession of Faith (NKJV)

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The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith their churches regarding how to respond to Collier’s heresies - congregational cooperation. Upon the request of several regional pastors and some of the members of Collier’s church, elders from various Particular Baptist churches attempted to amicably retrieve Collier and all those who agreed with him from their firmly held heretical doctrines. Finally in 1677, and only after their biblical attempts of rescuing Collier and his followers failed, several elders and messengers decidedly cooperated with and endorsed a written response to Collier authored by Nehemiah Coxe and sent the response to Collier’s church. 29 Collier wasted no time with a reply. In it was evidenced no repentance, but rather scorn toward Coxe’s attack. His reply made clear he had no intention of recanting from his errors and furthermore was willing and able to 29 Nehemiah Coxe, Vindiciæ Veritatis, Or a Confutation of the Heresies and Gross Errors Asserted by Thomas Collier in his Additional Word to his Body of Divinity (London: Nath. Ponder, 1677). xviii
Historical Introduction continue the controversy into the unforeseeable future if they so desired. Collier’s obstinacy was to the lament of those in Collier’s church who were opposed to his heresies and afterward who were advised by the elders and messengers of the London churches to reject Collier and come out from among those who supported him. This controversy with Thomas Collier has reasonably been demonstrated by Baptist historians to play an integral part in our understanding of why there was a need for the Particular Baptists to publish the Second London Confession. 30 By this time in 1677 over thirty years had passed since the publication of their First London Confession, and it appears that the First London Confession had become scarce, so much so, that one of the key subscribers [Benjamin Keach] to the Second Confession 30 Samuel Renihan, The Petty France Church, 103-104; Haykin, Kiffin, Knollys and Keach, 68. xix
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