An Essay on the Origin, Character, and Tendency of Creeds and Confessions of Faith: As Instruments of Ecclesiastical PowerCushing & Sons, 1834 - 262 pages |
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... object not to Dr. M's log- ic . Give him his premises and his conclusion follows . If creeds be by divine warrant , or if church courts have a right thus to entangle the simple , control the credulous , fetter the timid , and overreach ...
... object not to Dr. M's log- ic . Give him his premises and his conclusion follows . If creeds be by divine warrant , or if church courts have a right thus to entangle the simple , control the credulous , fetter the timid , and overreach ...
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... objects with their own eyes . I greatly fear that a dreadful secret is thus escaping to public view ; and that , as has been often asserted , the fathers were giants , but we are all pig- mies . Ignorance of biblical subjects , among ...
... objects with their own eyes . I greatly fear that a dreadful secret is thus escaping to public view ; and that , as has been often asserted , the fathers were giants , but we are all pig- mies . Ignorance of biblical subjects , among ...
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... to make myself un- derstood ; and believing that object to be fully ac- complished , I shall next inquire after the origin of these rules of " church fellowship . " CHAPTER IV . ORIGIN OF CREEDS . Have they a 68 ESSAY .
... to make myself un- derstood ; and believing that object to be fully ac- complished , I shall next inquire after the origin of these rules of " church fellowship . " CHAPTER IV . ORIGIN OF CREEDS . Have they a 68 ESSAY .
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... , yet he might have in- directly accomplished his object , had he furnished a scriptural warrant for voluntary associations . For if Jehovah had 92 ESSAY . CHAPTER V Subject continued — Voluntary associations destitute Scriptural authority,
... , yet he might have in- directly accomplished his object , had he furnished a scriptural warrant for voluntary associations . For if Jehovah had 92 ESSAY . CHAPTER V Subject continued — Voluntary associations destitute Scriptural authority,
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... object ; and if he promptly rejects them , he will do no more , than in justice to his own understand- ing , I should suppose he would do . The world has grown too old to be convinced by such arguments ; and our own good sense would ...
... object ; and if he promptly rejects them , he will do no more , than in justice to his own understand- ing , I should suppose he would do . The world has grown too old to be convinced by such arguments ; and our own good sense would ...
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Page 207 - And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is, God : but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
Page 134 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 179 - This is a misery much to be lamented, for, though they were burning and shining lights in their times, yet they penetrated not into the whole counsel of God, but, were they now living, would be as willing to embrace further light as that which they first received.
Page 73 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 190 - For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God ; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre ; but a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 208 - And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Page 73 - Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Page 66 - ... granted all their wishes, filled their houses with wealth, made them happy in love and victorious in war. Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired...
Page 208 - And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 81 - Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God : and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.