Methodist Magazine and Quarterly Review, Volume 8; Volume 19Methodist book concern, 1837 - Methodist Church |
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... body of elders , composed of the deacons , presbyters , and president , or angel , forming a college of official members , transacted their business in regular form and order . This view is clearly supported by the account given of the ...
... body of elders , composed of the deacons , presbyters , and president , or angel , forming a college of official members , transacted their business in regular form and order . This view is clearly supported by the account given of the ...
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... body of ministers are to have a voice . And the mere act of ordination by imposition of hands was sometimes omitted ; when used , it was performed mostly or altogether by more than one person , and these , too , sometimes of a grade ...
... body of ministers are to have a voice . And the mere act of ordination by imposition of hands was sometimes omitted ; when used , it was performed mostly or altogether by more than one person , and these , too , sometimes of a grade ...
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... body of presbyters , upon whom its authority reposes , and to whom its incumbents are ac- countable as to their creators and peers . What has been said does not affect the lawfulness , expediency , or Scripture authority of the ...
... body of presbyters , upon whom its authority reposes , and to whom its incumbents are ac- countable as to their creators and peers . What has been said does not affect the lawfulness , expediency , or Scripture authority of the ...
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... body of elders or presbyters were therefore the suc- cessors of the apostles , as those who possessed the supreme rule in the Churches . And though the apostles appointed Timothy or Titus to exercise jurisdiction in Crete and Ephesus ...
... body of elders or presbyters were therefore the suc- cessors of the apostles , as those who possessed the supreme rule in the Churches . And though the apostles appointed Timothy or Titus to exercise jurisdiction in Crete and Ephesus ...
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... Body of Divinity on this subject , and the authorities quoted there . ) How absurd then it is for Romanists , and the members of the English Church , to contend that they are the legitimate and exclu sive successors of the apostles and ...
... Body of Divinity on this subject , and the authorities quoted there . ) How absurd then it is for Romanists , and the members of the English Church , to contend that they are the legitimate and exclu sive successors of the apostles and ...
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Page 220 - Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Page 297 - O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make known; In wrath remember mercy.
Page 184 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at, but now commandeth all men every where to repent : because he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 181 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 2 - AND in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Page 179 - But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 6 - For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee : 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
Page 196 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...
Page 275 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 179 - And he shall speak great words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and think to change times and laws ; and they shall be given into his hand, until a time and times, and the dividing of time.