The Free Church of Scotland: Her Origin, Founders and TestimonyT. & T. Clark, 1893 - 346 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 41
Page vi
... true inspiration , or that we are not under sacred obligation to have regard to it , because it was bounded by the limit of Scripture . They would have rejoiced exceedingly to see the Church of Scotland formally reconstructed , but they ...
... true inspiration , or that we are not under sacred obligation to have regard to it , because it was bounded by the limit of Scripture . They would have rejoiced exceedingly to see the Church of Scotland formally reconstructed , but they ...
Page viii
... true . But there is a sense in which the Free Church was born in 1843 , and it is a sense which ought to be kept in mind at the Jubilee . It is no far - fetched or paradoxical statement that , ere 1843 , the Church of Scotland had ...
... true . But there is a sense in which the Free Church was born in 1843 , and it is a sense which ought to be kept in mind at the Jubilee . It is no far - fetched or paradoxical statement that , ere 1843 , the Church of Scotland had ...
Page 4
... true in all its parts of the Church to which I have the honour to belong - In England every man's house is his castle : not that it is surrounded with walls and battlements - it may be a straw - built shed ; every wind of heaven may ...
... true in all its parts of the Church to which I have the honour to belong - In England every man's house is his castle : not that it is surrounded with walls and battlements - it may be a straw - built shed ; every wind of heaven may ...
Page 17
... true Christian superintendency or episcopacy had become inextricably involved , say , with the baronial lordship of feudalism , might it not have been in closest accordance with the spirit and method of Christ to divest it of its ...
... true Christian superintendency or episcopacy had become inextricably involved , say , with the baronial lordship of feudalism , might it not have been in closest accordance with the spirit and method of Christ to divest it of its ...
Page 24
... true is that remark of Disraeli's , occurring in the bright novel of his early manhood which captivated Goethe , " With words we govern men . " Call a Parliament a " General Assembly , " and the cleverest Buckle , if a bit of a pedant ...
... true is that remark of Disraeli's , occurring in the bright novel of his early manhood which captivated Goethe , " With words we govern men . " Call a Parliament a " General Assembly , " and the cleverest Buckle , if a bit of a pedant ...
Contents
6 | |
22 | |
36 | |
42 | |
48 | |
58 | |
70 | |
75 | |
184 | |
192 | |
202 | |
216 | |
224 | |
242 | |
250 | |
266 | |
88 | |
116 | |
133 | |
143 | |
151 | |
158 | |
169 | |
178 | |
273 | |
297 | |
305 | |
313 | |
325 | |
331 | |
339 | |
Other editions - View all
The Free Church of Scotland - Her Origin, Founders and Testimony Peter Bayne No preview available - 2009 |
Common terms and phrases
admitted Andrew Thomson Assembly Auchterarder Begg Bible brethren Buchanan Candlish Carlyle Catholic century Chalmers chapel ministers CHAPTER Christian Church of England Church of Scotland Civil Magistrate Civil Power claim clergy Confession of Faith congregations connection constitution Convocation Cook Court of Session crown 8vo Cunningham Dean of Faculty declared Divine Dunlop duty ecclesiastical Edinburgh Erastian Established Church Evangelical exercise eyes favour Free Church gospel Guthrie Handbook Series Head heart honour House of Lords Hugh Miller Jesus King land lawyers leader liberty Lord Brougham Lord Melbourne Lord Moncreiff matter ment Moderate party moral never obey ordination parish parishioners Parliament pastor patron patronage practical preachers preaching Presby Presbyterian present principle pulpit question realise Reformed religion religious sacred Scot Scottish Scripture settlement solemn spiritual independence spiritual jurisdiction statesmen Strathbogie sympathy temporal theological things tion truth union Veto Act whole words
Popular passages
Page 16 - But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, "Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
Page 62 - That it is a fundamental law of the church, that no pastor shall be intruded on any congregation contrary to the will of the people...
Page 4 - The magistrate might withdraw his protection, and she might cease to be an Establishment any longer ; but in all the high matters of sacred and spiritual jurisdiction, she would be the same as before. With or without an Establishment, she, in these, is the unfettered mistress of her doings. The king by himself, or by his representative, might be...
Page 102 - The Parliament is the temporal head of the Church, from whose acts, and from whose acts alone, it exists as the National Church, and from which alone it derives all its powers.
Page 4 - ... but the mountain breezes to play around her, and nought but the caves of the earth to shelter her, as now, when admitted to the bowers of an Establishment.
Page 63 - Church ; and further declare that no person shall be held to be entitled to disapprove, as aforesaid, who shall refuse, if required solemnly, to declare in presence of the Presbytery, that he is actuated by no factious or malicious motive, but solely by a conscientious regard to the spiritual interests of himself or the congregation...
Page 285 - The Lord Jesus, as King and Head of his Church, hath therein appointed a government, in the hand of Church officers, distinct from the civil magistrate.
Page 232 - Faith, and ratified by the laws of this kingdom, and for the maintenance by them of the jurisdiction of the office-bearers, and the freedom and privileges of the members of the Church from that doctrine flowing, that this Church is subjected to hardship, and that the rights so sacredly pledged and secured to her are put in peril...
Page 232 - AND, FINALLY, the General Assembly call the Christian people of this kingdom, and all the Churches of the Reformation throughout the world, who hold the great doctrine of the sole Headship of the Lord Jesus over his Church, to witness, that it is for their adherence to that doctrine, as set forth in their Confession of Faith, and ratified by the laws of...
Page 345 - For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.