Miscellaneous notes concerning the practice of washing the saints feet.
It must be confessed, That if exact Practice be required, and clearness in Gospel-Institutions before Communion; who dare be so bold as to say his hands are clean, and that he hath done all the Lord Commands, as to Institutions in his Worship? and must not confess the Change of Times doth necessitate some Variation, if not Alteration either in the matter or manner of things according to Primitive Practice, yet owned for true Churches, and received as visible Saints, though ignorant either wholly or in great measure, in laying on of hands, singing, washing of feet, and anointing with oyl, in the Gifts of the Spirit, which is the Urim and Thummim of the Gospel?
Differences in Judgment about Water-baptism, No Bar to Communion, John Bunyan, Henry Jessey, London: Printed for John Wilkins, 1673, pp. 116-117
Art 8 Wee believe that washing the Saints feet is A duty that Should Bee Practiced By the Churches of Christ Jesus Christ gives us the example.
Article 8 of the Articles of Faith of Isbell Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, Rusk County, Texas; organized November 25, 1900
“Called for resolutions, when the following was presented and adopted:
“Resolved, That we do not regard the observance, or non-observance of feet washing a test of fellowship; but is open to conviction of each church and each individual member.” (page 3)
“On motion, the Association agreed to refer Liberty Church to special resolution passed by the Body on feet washing, as an answer to query sent up from that church.” (page 6)
Minutes of the Fourteenth Annual Session of the Mount Zion Baptist Association, held with Shiloh Church, Rusk County, September 16th 1870, p. 3, 6
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