Historical Sketch of the Origin of the Secession Church |
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Page 327 - For I determined not to know 'any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified:' and afterwards proceeded to all the other parts of the solemnity according to Scripture; and then the elders, principal managers, and whole body of the people, received
Page 164 - Here 1 protest before God and your Lordships, that I profess and allow with my heart, the true religion presently professed within this realm, and authorized by the laws thereof: I shall abide therein, and defend the same to my life's end; renouncing the
Page 151 - But the men marvelled, saying, what manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him.
Page 304 - I swear by the Lord, if thou go not forth there will not tarry one with thee this night, and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now.
Page 313 - What mean ye to weep and to break my heart ? for I am ready not only to be bound but to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus.
Page 316 - utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, and,
Page 258 - given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake.
Page 56 - Have any of the rulers of the Pharisees believed on him ? But this people who know not the law are accursed." As if the common people had been obliged to follow them and the rulers with whom they connected themselves, by an implicit faith and obedience, without
Page 80 - are suppressing ministerial freedom and faithfulness in testifying against the present backslidings of the church, and inflicting censure upon ministers for witnessing, by protestations and otherwise, against the same: Therefore we do, for these and many other weighty reasons, to "be laid open in due time, protest that we are obliged to make a secession