6  Behold, this is mine authority, and the authority of my servants, and my preface unto the book of my ^bcommandments, which I have given them to publish unto you, O inhabitants of the earth.

  13  And they shall observe the ^bcovenants and church articles to do them, and these shall be their teachings, as they shall be directed by the Spirit.

  4  And let my servant Edward Partridge, when he shall appoint a man his portion, give unto him a writing that shall secure unto him his portion, that he shall hold it, even this right and this inheritance in the church, until he transgresses and is not accounted worthy by the voice of the church, according to the laws and ^ccovenants of the church, to belong to the church.