The Cambridge and Saybrook Platforms of Church Discipline: With the Confession of Faith of the New England Churches, Adopted in 1680; and the Heads of Agreement Assented to by the Presbyterians and Congregationalists in England in 1690J. R. Marvin, 1829 - 132 pages |
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... Worship , and of the Sabbath - day Of Lawful Oaths and Vows 100 101 103 Of the civil Magistrate Of Marriage Of the Church 104 106 106 Of the Communion of Saints Of the Sacraments Of Baptism Of the Lord's Supper 108 108 109 110 Of the ...
... Worship , and of the Sabbath - day Of Lawful Oaths and Vows 100 101 103 Of the civil Magistrate Of Marriage Of the Church 104 106 106 Of the Communion of Saints Of the Sacraments Of Baptism Of the Lord's Supper 108 108 109 110 Of the ...
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... worship as well as in manners ) until it may be feared , the candlestick will quickly be removed out of its place . " * The Cambridge Platform never has been superseded or formally annulled in Massachusetts ; though by the gradual ...
... worship as well as in manners ) until it may be feared , the candlestick will quickly be removed out of its place . " * The Cambridge Platform never has been superseded or formally annulled in Massachusetts ; though by the gradual ...
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... worship of God in any other church , though not within their own parish . But no such like covenant of God , nor any other religious tie lieth upon them to attend the worship of God in their own parish church , as did lie upon the Jews ...
... worship of God in any other church , though not within their own parish . But no such like covenant of God , nor any other religious tie lieth upon them to attend the worship of God in their own parish church , as did lie upon the Jews ...
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... worship , according to the second commandment , and therefore to continue one and the same unto the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ , Of the form of church government; and that it is one, ble, and prescribed in the word immuta-
... worship , according to the second commandment , and therefore to continue one and the same unto the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ , Of the form of church government; and that it is one, ble, and prescribed in the word immuta-
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... worship itself , nor circum- stances separable from worship . In respect of their end , they must be done unto edification . In respect of the manner , decently and in order , according to the nature of the things themselves , and civil ...
... worship itself , nor circum- stances separable from worship . In respect of their end , they must be done unto edification . In respect of the manner , decently and in order , according to the nature of the things themselves , and civil ...
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Page 87 - Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation, so as a natural man being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able by his own strength to convert himself, or to prepare himself thereunto.
Page 75 - ALTHOUGH the light of nature, and the works of creation and providence, do so far manifest the goodness, wisdom, and power of God, as to leave men inexcusable ; yet they are not sufficient to give that knowledge of God, and of his will, which is necessary unto salvation...
Page 96 - This infallible assurance doth not so belong to the essence of faith, but that a true believer may wait long, and conflict with many difficulties before he be partaker of it ;" yet, being enabled by the Spirit to know the things which are freely given him of God, he may, without extraordinary revelation, in the right use of ordinary means, attain thereunto.
Page 106 - The catholic or universal Church, which is invisible, consists of the whole number of the elect, that have been, are, or shall be gathered into one, under Christ the head thereof; and is the spouse, the body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 113 - As Christ would have us to be certainly persuaded that there shall be a judgment, both to deter all men from sin, and for the greater consolation of the godly in their adversity ; so will he have that day unknown to men, that they may shake off all carnal security, and be always watchful, because they know not at what hour the Lord will come, and may be ever prepared to say, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly. Amen.
Page 80 - These angels and men, thus predestinated and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed ; and their number is so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Page 12 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Page 79 - God from all eternity did by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass ; yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Page 75 - Lord, at sundry times, and in divers manners, to reveal himself, and to declare that his will unto his church; and afterwards for the better preserving and propagating of the truth, and for the more sure establishment and comfort of the church against the corruption of the flesh, and the malice of Satan and of the world, to commit the same wholly to writing: which maketh the Holy Scripture to be most necessary; those former ways of God's revealing his will unto his people being now ceased.
Page 83 - They being the root of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation. IV. From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.