Discussions on Church Principles: Popish, Erastian, and PresbyterianT. & T. Clark, 1863 - 576 pages |
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... intruded upon them against their will or without their consent , has been established by evidence which cannot be successfully or even plausibly assailed . * The possession and exercise of this right by the people was of course opposed ...
... intruded upon them against their will or without their consent , has been established by evidence which cannot be successfully or even plausibly assailed . * The possession and exercise of this right by the people was of course opposed ...
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... intruded on any Congrega- tion contrary to the will of the people ; and , in order that this principle may be carried into full effect , the General Assembly , with the consent of a majority of the Presbyteries of this Church , do ...
... intruded on any Congrega- tion contrary to the will of the people ; and , in order that this principle may be carried into full effect , the General Assembly , with the consent of a majority of the Presbyteries of this Church , do ...
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... intruded on any con- gregation contrary to the will of the people ; " and , " in order that this principle may be carried into full effect , " it proceeds to declare , enact , and ordain , etc. There is here in the Act itself a manifest ...
... intruded on any con- gregation contrary to the will of the people ; " and , " in order that this principle may be carried into full effect , " it proceeds to declare , enact , and ordain , etc. There is here in the Act itself a manifest ...
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... intruded contrary to the will of the congregation . That principle is preserved unimpaired , so long as it is provided that even when the presbytery think the grounds of the dissent un- founded , but have not succeeded in removing the ...
... intruded contrary to the will of the congregation . That principle is preserved unimpaired , so long as it is provided that even when the presbytery think the grounds of the dissent un- founded , but have not succeeded in removing the ...
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... intruded contrary to the will of the congregation , the church would manifestly act an unworthy and discreditable part if she were to rescind or suspend the Veto Act , unless and until some measure , in full consistency with the great ...
... intruded contrary to the will of the congregation , the church would manifestly act an unworthy and discreditable part if she were to rescind or suspend the Veto Act , unless and until some measure , in full consistency with the great ...
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Page 170 - Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual or ecclesiastical things or causes, as temporal; and that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state or potentate, hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual within...
Page 212 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church...
Page 169 - THE King's Majesty hath the chief power in this realm of England, and other his dominions, unto whom the chief government of all estates of this realm, whether they be ecclesiastical or civil, in all causes doth appertain, and is not, nor ought to be, subject to any foreign jurisdiction.
Page 320 - The visible church which is also catholic or universal under the gospel, (not confined to one nation as before under the law,) consists of all those throughout the world, that profess the true religion, together with their children...
Page 467 - That it is, and has been since the Reformation, the principle of this Church that no minister shall be intruded into any parish contrary to the will of the congregation...
Page 226 - Church; to receive complaints in cases of mal-administration, and authoritatively to determine the same: which decrees and determinations, if consonant to the Word of God, are to be received with reverence and submission, not only for their agreement with the Word, but also for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his Word.
Page 323 - For altogether this is to be avoided, that any man be violently intruded or thrust in upon any congregation ; but this liberty, with all care, must be reserved to every several church, to have their votes and suffrages in election of their ministers.
Page 465 - For a long series of years annual instructions had been given to the Commission, " to make due " application to the King and Parliament, for " redress of the grievance of patronage, in case " a favourable opportunity for doing so should
Page 253 - Word," and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the Church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed.3J 07.
Page 27 - For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.