That being come forth of this antichristian estate unto the freedom and true profession of Christ, besides the¹ instructing and well guiding of their own families, they are² willingly to join together in Christian communion and orderly covenant, and by confession of faith and obedience of Christ, to³ unite themselves into peculiar congregations; wherein, as members of one body whereof Christ is the only head, they are to worship and serve God according to His Word, remembering⁴ to keep holy the Lord’s day.

1. Genesis 18–19; Exodus 13:8, 14; Deuteronomy 6:7; Psalm 78:3–4; Proverbs 31:26–27; Ephesians 6:4 ↩︎
2. Nehemiah 9:38; Psalm 110:3; Isaiah 44:5; Jeremiah 50:4–5; Matthew 6; Luke 17:37; Acts 2:41–42 ↩︎
3. 1 Corinthians 1:2; 12:14; Ephesians 2:19; Colossians 2:19; Revelation 1:20; 2:1, 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14 ↩︎
4. Exodus 20:8; Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Revelation 1:10 ↩︎