History of the Secession ChurchA. Fullerton, 1841 - 956 pages |
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... congregation , to which the person or persons shall be appointed . " " In the order of election , it is to be eschewed , that any person be intruded in any offices of the kirk , contrary to the will of the congregation to which they are ...
... congregation , to which the person or persons shall be appointed . " " In the order of election , it is to be eschewed , that any person be intruded in any offices of the kirk , contrary to the will of the congregation to which they are ...
Page 30
... congregations and presbyteries , in providing of kirks with ministers , " and to ascertain " what is to be accounted ... congregation dissented , and if it was found by the pres- bytery that the dissent was not grounded " on causeless ...
... congregations and presbyteries , in providing of kirks with ministers , " and to ascertain " what is to be accounted ... congregation dissented , and if it was found by the pres- bytery that the dissent was not grounded " on causeless ...
Page 31
... congregation was given the power of approving or disapprov- ing of the choice thus made . Should any opposition be made by the congregation , or by any portion of it , to the candidate proposed , their reasons for doing so were to be ...
... congregation was given the power of approving or disapprov- ing of the choice thus made . Should any opposition be made by the congregation , or by any portion of it , to the candidate proposed , their reasons for doing so were to be ...
Page 38
... congregation , to be by them " either approven or disapproven . " If the congregation disapproved of the choice by the elders and heritors , they were to lay their rea- sons before the presbytery , " by whose determination the call- ing ...
... congregation , to be by them " either approven or disapproven . " If the congregation disapproved of the choice by the elders and heritors , they were to lay their rea- sons before the presbytery , " by whose determination the call- ing ...
Page 81
... congregation ; and that this liberty should with all care be reserved to every several con- gregation , to have the ... congregations , and declaring them to be no longer ministers of the Established Church , yet such was the agitated ...
... congregation ; and that this liberty should with all care be reserved to every several con- gregation , to have the ... congregations , and declaring them to be no longer ministers of the Established Church , yet such was the agitated ...
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Popular passages
Page 378 - ... to take order that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire...
Page 626 - GOD is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 904 - And the seventh angel sounded ; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever...
Page 626 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
Page 166 - For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 631 - Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers...
Page 820 - ... to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus : whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Page 381 - God alone is lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship.
Page 696 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 453 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.