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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... political and ec- clesiastical chieftains in their attempt to manage and guide the public mind , but at their pertinacity in main- taining old institutions , which , before their own eyes , are crumbling to the dust . Such is the ...
... political and ec- clesiastical chieftains in their attempt to manage and guide the public mind , but at their pertinacity in main- taining old institutions , which , before their own eyes , are crumbling to the dust . Such is the ...
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... political in its character . It involves the great question of human LIBERTY : — liberty to think , to speak , to write , and to act . Are we free to use the minds which God has given to us ? to utter the thoughts which we may have ...
... political in its character . It involves the great question of human LIBERTY : — liberty to think , to speak , to write , and to act . Are we free to use the minds which God has given to us ? to utter the thoughts which we may have ...
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... political science . And assuredly the criticism , which I have supposed to be made , will come with an ill grace from those , who ought best to know , how often and how long , and under what desolating circumstances , church and state ...
... political science . And assuredly the criticism , which I have supposed to be made , will come with an ill grace from those , who ought best to know , how often and how long , and under what desolating circumstances , church and state ...
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... political opinions of youth . " There is not then so great a dissimilarity in these matters , that an identity of principle should be disowned , and all analogy discarded . Ecclesiastical men , it would seem , when on the side or under ...
... political opinions of youth . " There is not then so great a dissimilarity in these matters , that an identity of principle should be disowned , and all analogy discarded . Ecclesiastical men , it would seem , when on the side or under ...
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... political , in its general acceptation , is correctly used in the present discussion . The reason why I use the term , and so strenuously defend its use , is simply this : -It is desirable that the precise import of the technical words ...
... political , in its general acceptation , is correctly used in the present discussion . The reason why I use the term , and so strenuously defend its use , is simply this : -It is desirable that the precise import of the technical words ...
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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.