The doctrines and discipline of the Methodist episcopal Church in America, with notes by T. Coke and F. Asbury |
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... charged ( 1 ) to be attentive to the teachers , refpecting the purity of their doctrine , and to regulate every thing with due authority : " I befought thee to abide ftill at Ephefus , -that thou mightest charge fome , that they teach ...
... charged ( 1 ) to be attentive to the teachers , refpecting the purity of their doctrine , and to regulate every thing with due authority : " I befought thee to abide ftill at Ephefus , -that thou mightest charge fome , that they teach ...
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... Charge them that are rich in this world [ not , that they throw their property into a common stock with the other members of the church , to which they belong , but ] that they do good , that they be rich in good works , ready to ...
... Charge them that are rich in this world [ not , that they throw their property into a common stock with the other members of the church , to which they belong , but ] that they do good , that they be rich in good works , ready to ...
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... charge brought against the bishop : and if two thirds of them verily believe him to be guilty of the crime laid to his charge , they fhall have authority to fufpend the bishop till the enfuing general conference , and the diftricts ...
... charge brought against the bishop : and if two thirds of them verily believe him to be guilty of the crime laid to his charge , they fhall have authority to fufpend the bishop till the enfuing general conference , and the diftricts ...
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... charge of immorality , at the mercy of two - thirds of the little conference of nine . To thefe obfervations we may add , 1. That a branch of the epifcopal office , which , in every epifcopal church upon earth , fince the first ...
... charge of immorality , at the mercy of two - thirds of the little conference of nine . To thefe obfervations we may add , 1. That a branch of the epifcopal office , which , in every epifcopal church upon earth , fince the first ...
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... charge of all the elders , deacons , travelling and local preachers , and exhorters in his diftrict . 3. To change , receive , or fufpend preachers in his diftrict during the intervals of the conferences , and in the absence of the ...
... charge of all the elders , deacons , travelling and local preachers , and exhorters in his diftrict . 3. To change , receive , or fufpend preachers in his diftrict during the intervals of the conferences , and in the absence of the ...
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Page 112 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 118 - Jews ; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; To...
Page 28 - ... he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath- but also for conscience
Page 17 - Voluntary Works besides, over and above, God's Commandments, which they call Works of Supererogation, cannot be taught without arrogancy and impiety: for by them men do declare, that they do not only render unto God as much as they are bound to do, but that they do more for his sake, than of bounden duty is required: whereas Christ saith plainly, When ye have done all that are commanded to you, say, We are unprofitable servants.
Page 94 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 167 - For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
Page 75 - Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Page 82 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 158 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 12 - We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.