Resolutions of Chappawamsic Church, Virginia
WHEREAS, The Scriptures plainly teach that God is the only Creator, the only Lawgiver in nature or in grace, that natural men are dead to spiritual things, that the Gospel is to natural men foolishness and the savor of death unto death, that to living saints only, it is the power of God; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we, the members of Chappawamsic Church, assembled, do hold that the doctrine, as held by some who call themselves Primitive Baptists, that the Gospel is the means or instrument, by which sinners are quickened into life, is a heresy, and that the means introduced therewith, such as Sunday-schools, Missionary Societies, are unscriptural and prejudicial to the saints, in that it subverts the great purpose for which the Gospel was given, namely, to bear glad tidings of salvation to such as are made alive by the Spirit, that the righteousness of God be revealed from faith to faith; and we do beseech such of our brethren as have been entangled in this Arminian net, to prayerfully consider and boldly retract such heresies, that we may walk in fellowship giving all praise to God.
JOHN T. ALEXANDER, MODERATOR.
R. L. ARRINGTON, CLERK.
Adopted at the regular church meeting, held with said church, on Saturday, November 16, 1889.
Copied from "Zion's Advocate," 1890, p. 5.
