Germany, England, and Scotland: Or, Recollections of a Swiss MinisterSimpkin, Marshall, 1848 - 506 pages |
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... authority , and without being in any manner bound by the opinion of the church . While such prin- ciples were boldly professed , an outcry arose in Germany , not so much against the union as in favour of the liberty of the church ; and ...
... authority , and without being in any manner bound by the opinion of the church . While such prin- ciples were boldly professed , an outcry arose in Germany , not so much against the union as in favour of the liberty of the church ; and ...
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... authority " of the Holy Scriptures . " 66 These are certainly sound words : the whole of Christianity is comprised in these two points . But this was not all : another idea , an idea of great importance to our times , was pointed out ...
... authority " of the Holy Scriptures . " 66 These are certainly sound words : the whole of Christianity is comprised in these two points . But this was not all : another idea , an idea of great importance to our times , was pointed out ...
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... authority in the state , or with the Romans who place it in the clergy . We desire to remain true Genevese , who , looking to Christ as the Head of authority to the church , place the church power in the assembly of the faithful , and ...
... authority in the state , or with the Romans who place it in the clergy . We desire to remain true Genevese , who , looking to Christ as the Head of authority to the church , place the church power in the assembly of the faithful , and ...
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... authority is much shaken ; in Britain the parents , generally speaking , know how to keep their children at a respectful distance ; and this is a great element of strength for a nation . When the Bible would pronounce a threat against a ...
... authority is much shaken ; in Britain the parents , generally speaking , know how to keep their children at a respectful distance ; and this is a great element of strength for a nation . When the Bible would pronounce a threat against a ...
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... authority be placed on a more elevated pedestal . I conclude , by saying , that a revolution in theological instruction and in ecclesiastical insti- tutions , are two grand desiderata in the Church of England . These two revolutions ...
... authority be placed on a more elevated pedestal . I conclude , by saying , that a revolution in theological instruction and in ecclesiastical insti- tutions , are two grand desiderata in the Church of England . These two revolutions ...
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Page 354 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 256 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 368 - And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 461 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Page 287 - If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; if my people which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways : then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
Page 21 - These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
Page 256 - What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops. And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Page 90 - Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
Page 419 - If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Page 356 - What do I see but Christ, in one of his members, wrestling there? Think you that we are the sufferers ? No, it is Christ in us ; for he sends none a warfare on their own charges.