The Scottish Church QuestionJames Nisbet, 1845 - 201 pages |
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Page 194 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the Word and Sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven : yet he hath authority, and it is his duty to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the Church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline be prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed.
Page 194 - God the Supreme Lord and King of all the world, hath ordained civil magistrates to be under him over the people, for his own glory, and the public good; and to this end hath armed them with the power of the sword, for the defence and encouragement of them that are good, and for the punishment of evildoers.
Page 2 - Church, that no pastor shall be intruded on any congregation contrary to the will of the people...
Page 194 - It belongeth to Synods and Councils ministerially to determine controversies of faith and cases of conscience ; to set down rules and directions for the better ordering of the public worship of God, and government of his Church...
Page 199 - By, in the greater number of the instances above referred to, requiring the inferior judicatories of the church to disobey the sentences, in matters spiritual and ecclesiastical, of the superior judicatories to which, by the constitution in church and state, they are subordinate and subject, and which, in compliance with the provisions of the statutes of the realm, their members have solemnly sworn to obey : — thus subverting ' the government of the church by kirk-sessions, presbyteries, provincial...
Page 20 - Young, to take the charge and oversight of this parish, and to come and labour among us in the work of the gospel ministry, hereby promising to you all due respect and encouragement in the Lord. We likewise entreat the reverend presbytery of...
Page 195 - ... the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God.
Page 193 - 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 189 - Confession of Faith, with the form and purity of worship presently in use within this Church, and its Presbyterian Church government and discipline, that is to say the government of the Church by kirk sessions, presbyteries, provincial synods and general assemblies...
Page 194 - The synod's directions and determinations, so far as consonant to the word of God, are to be received with reverence and submission...