Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry: Addressed to the Members of the Presbyterian Churches in the City of New York. To which is Prefixed, a Letter on the Present Aspect and Bearing of the Episcopal ControversyTowar, J. & D.M. Hogan, 1830 - 485 pages |
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Page xv
... fact , that almost every part of the outward ceremonial of the visible church HAS ACTUALLY BEEN CHANGED , FROM TIME TO TIME , without affecting the ex- istence or order of the spiritual community . During the first , or patriarchial ...
... fact , that almost every part of the outward ceremonial of the visible church HAS ACTUALLY BEEN CHANGED , FROM TIME TO TIME , without affecting the ex- istence or order of the spiritual community . During the first , or patriarchial ...
Page xvii
... fact , again and again altered , and the integrity of the church still pre- served ? Even supposing then , that we actually found pre- lacy pourtrayed in the New Testament , as a historical verity in the apostolic age , which we are ...
... fact , again and again altered , and the integrity of the church still pre- served ? Even supposing then , that we actually found pre- lacy pourtrayed in the New Testament , as a historical verity in the apostolic age , which we are ...
Page xviii
... fact is not divine command . To maintain , then , that , even if prelacy could be proved to have been at that time in actual use , it must for ever re- main in use , and can never be dispensed with , without de- stroying the very being ...
... fact is not divine command . To maintain , then , that , even if prelacy could be proved to have been at that time in actual use , it must for ever re- main in use , and can never be dispensed with , without de- stroying the very being ...
Page xxvi
... fact ? Why that all the reformers on the continent of Eu- rope , without one solitary exception , declared in favour of the doctrine of ministerial parity , as the truly primitive and apostolic doctrine ; acknowledged prelacy to be a ...
... fact ? Why that all the reformers on the continent of Eu- rope , without one solitary exception , declared in favour of the doctrine of ministerial parity , as the truly primitive and apostolic doctrine ; acknowledged prelacy to be a ...
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... fact , that those who are devoted to worldly pleasure , ambition and splendour ; those who hate faithful preaching , and strict discipline ; those who wish to bear the Christian name , but not to have the trouble of any anxious thought ...
... fact , that those who are devoted to worldly pleasure , ambition and splendour ; those who hate faithful preaching , and strict discipline ; those who wish to bear the Christian name , but not to have the trouble of any anxious thought ...
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Page 31 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page 25 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 29 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Page 142 - It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the sacraments in the congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the congregation, to call and send ministers into the Lord's vineyard.
Page 295 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith...
Page 121 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.
Page 291 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 120 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page xiv - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 260 - They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.