A letter to the lord chancellor, on the claims of the Church of Scotland in regard to its jurisdiction, and on the proposed changes in its polityWilliam Whyte & Company, 1839 - 315 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 68
Page 3
... choose or to have a vote on the nomination of ministers . -treated as part of the privileges and liberty belonging to the people as members of the Church on earth . Doctrine of Divine Origin of Presbytery . -of Divine Origin.
... choose or to have a vote on the nomination of ministers . -treated as part of the privileges and liberty belonging to the people as members of the Church on earth . Doctrine of Divine Origin of Presbytery . -of Divine Origin.
Page 5
... choose to have him . I shall , in the sequel , notice the remarkable acknowledgment now made by the author of the measure . It seems to import that the principle of the Veto is vicious - one which the Church ought not to admit . The ad ...
... choose to have him . I shall , in the sequel , notice the remarkable acknowledgment now made by the author of the measure . It seems to import that the principle of the Veto is vicious - one which the Church ought not to admit . The ad ...
Page 8
... choose their own instructors , was neither a more diffi- cult nor a more sweeping change to adopt , -although originating in the very same views , -than that which should give , under the existing economy , a right to reject the ...
... choose their own instructors , was neither a more diffi- cult nor a more sweeping change to adopt , -although originating in the very same views , -than that which should give , under the existing economy , a right to reject the ...
Page 17
... choose to present , ―he says , ( p . 53 , ) No proceeding of the General Assembly has ever been fol- lowed by consequences which have more generally or permanently affected the state of the country . It was most strenuously opposed ' at ...
... choose to present , ―he says , ( p . 53 , ) No proceeding of the General Assembly has ever been fol- lowed by consequences which have more generally or permanently affected the state of the country . It was most strenuously opposed ' at ...
Page 22
... choose , yet you shall not have the 6 man whom you yourselves might wish and deem it best to have- so long as any one vestige of the patron's power remains , the Chris- ' tian Church is not , and cannot be , what we have this night seen ...
... choose , yet you shall not have the 6 man whom you yourselves might wish and deem it best to have- so long as any one vestige of the patron's power remains , the Chris- ' tian Church is not , and cannot be , what we have this night seen ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acknowledge act of Assembly act of Parliament admit adopted advocates appointment asserted Auchterarder authority Book of Discipline bytery Chalmers character choice choose Christ Christian Church Courts Church of Scotland civil claim clergy clergymen Committee communicants Confession of Faith congregation constitution controul course Court of Session Crown decide decision declared dissent divine doctrine duty ecclesiastical effect enforce Established Church exercise favour give gospel ground House of Lords important individual influence interests judge judgment jurisdiction Legislature liberty Lord Brougham Lord Melbourne Lord Moncreiff Lordship matter measure ment mind ministers ministry nomination non-intrusion object opinion parish Parliament parties pastor patron patronage person popular election practical preaching Presby present presentee principle proceedings proposed qualifications question quoad sacra reference regulations religious resolution result right to reject sanction Seceders selection sermons speech spiritual statute Synod tion trial truth Veto act Veto law views
Popular passages
Page 53 - ... from and after the first day of May 1712, it shall and may be lawful for her Majesty, her heirs and successors, and for every other person or persons who have right to any patronage or patronages of any church or churches...
Page 188 - Beyond the power of language, will unfold The form of beauty smiling at his heart, How lovely ! how commanding ! But though Heaven In every breast hath sown these early seeds Of love and admiration...
Page 99 - ... duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God.
Page 104 - To these officers the keys of the kingdom of heaven are committed, by virtue whereof they have power respectively to retain and remit sins, to shut that kingdom against the impenitent, both by the Word and censures; and to open it unto penitent sinners, by the ministry of the gospel, and by absolution from censures, as occasion shall require.
Page 99 - 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, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly SETTLED, administered, and observed.
Page 65 - Church, and with the resolution of last General Assembly, ever to give and inculcate implicit obedience to the decisions of civil courts, in regard to the civil rights and emoluments secured by law to the Church, instruct the said Presbytery to offer no farther resistance to the claims of Mr.
Page 40 - ... the major part of the male heads of families, members of the vacant congregation, and in full communion with the church, shall disapprove of the person in whose favour the call is proposed to be moderated in, such disapproval shall be deemed...
Page 56 - Therefore it ought and should be found and declared by decree of the lords of our council and session, that in consequence of the death of C.
Page 14 - And for their publishing of such opinions, or maintaining of such practices, as are contrary to the light of nature; or to the known principles of Christianity, whether concerning faith, worship, or conversation; or to the power of godliness: or such erroneous...
Page 188 - Ask the swain Who journeys homeward from a summer day's Long labour, why, forgetful of his toils And due repose, he loiters to behold The sunshine gleaming as through amber...