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title: 'Why John H. Bocock Loved the Presbyterian Church'
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author: 'R. Andrew Myers'
date: 2024-03-03
url: https://confessional.org/blog/2024-why-john-h-bocock-loved-the-presbyterian-church
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# Why John H. Bocock Loved the Presbyterian Church

“My church is the old Presbyterian church; rich, through all ages of her history, in divine learning, and in human learning, in deep thought, and in deep faith. She is my church; and with fervent charity, and kind good will towards all other friends of our common Lord, and to the churches into which they are gathered, I confess that I deeply and truly love my own church. I will explain why. If my reasons are good and true, they may awaken the same sacred attachment in other hearts — perhaps in your own, dear reader.

1\. I love my church because she honours the Lord Jesus Christ as a divine Saviour; loves, adores, and enthrones him in her heart, as the ‘only Redeemer of God’s elect;’ receives him in all his offices as Prophet, Priest, and King; believes in him supremely as the Mediator of the covenant of grace; and owns and acknowledges him, and him only, as the Head of the Church on earth and in heaven.

2\. I love my church because, with all her imperfections, such as may cling to the best of earthly things, still, the piety which is in here is true godliness; it humbles, and warms, and cheers the believer’s heart; and is produced to quite as great a degree as that in any other church, by the simple action of the divine word on the human heart.” — [**John H. Bocock**](/authors/john-holmes-bocock), *Why I Love My Church*