Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry: Addressed to the Members of the Presbyterian Churches in the City of New York. To which is Prefixed, a Letter on the Present Aspect and Bearing of the Episcopal Controversy |
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Similar changes and diversity of practice have taken place , from the earliest
times , in reference to many other ordinances : and yet the visible church , from
the family of Adam to the present day , has not ceased to be the same in
substance .
Similar changes and diversity of practice have taken place , from the earliest
times , in reference to many other ordinances : and yet the visible church , from
the family of Adam to the present day , has not ceased to be the same in
substance .
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In the second place , the court reformers maintained , that the practice of the
church for the first four centuries , was a proper standard of church government
and discipline ; and in some respects a better standard than that of the apostles ...
In the second place , the court reformers maintained , that the practice of the
church for the first four centuries , was a proper standard of church government
and discipline ; and in some respects a better standard than that of the apostles ...
Page xxi
And , therefore , they rejected all the customs of the Papacy , and the practice of
the first three or four centuries , excepting so far as they corresponded with the
scriptures . In the third place , the court reformers maintained , that the church of ...
And , therefore , they rejected all the customs of the Papacy , and the practice of
the first three or four centuries , excepting so far as they corresponded with the
scriptures . In the third place , the court reformers maintained , that the church of ...
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... less numerous portions of professing protestant Christians , in every part of the
European and American world : —all these when traced to their original
organization , and their subsequent practice , have no other than Presbyterian
ordination ...
... less numerous portions of professing protestant Christians , in every part of the
European and American world : —all these when traced to their original
organization , and their subsequent practice , have no other than Presbyterian
ordination ...
Page xxxvii
... claims of both civil and ecclesiastical oppressors ; and calls upon them to
acknowledge the sovereignty of truth alone , and to regard the Bible as the only
statute book of Christ's kingdom , -- the only infallible rule of faith and practice .
... claims of both civil and ecclesiastical oppressors ; and calls upon them to
acknowledge the sovereignty of truth alone , and to regard the Bible as the only
statute book of Christ's kingdom , -- the only infallible rule of faith and practice .
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Page 35 - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 254 - They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.
Page 140 - It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the sacraments in the congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the congregation, to call and send ministers into the Lord's vineyard.
Page 473 - A chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people, that are to show forth the praises of him, who hath called them out of darkness, into his marvellous light.
Page 279 - And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Page 118 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page xiv - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 53 - Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
Page 116 - ... for ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal...
Page 289 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering : or he that teacheth, on teaching ; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
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| Title | Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry: Addressed to the Members of the Presbyterian Churches in the City of New York. To which is Prefixed, a Letter on the Present Aspect and Bearing of the Episcopal Controversy |
| Author | Samuel Miller |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Towar, J. & D.M. Hogan, 1830 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 31 aug. 2006 |
| Length | 485 pages |
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