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... thing that could be written by any one now liv- ing , who , if esteemed by some , is yet in danger of being despised by more . " Accordingly , as it is in general collected from authors , many of whom flourished above a hundred years ...
... thing that could be written by any one now liv- ing , who , if esteemed by some , is yet in danger of being despised by more . " Accordingly , as it is in general collected from authors , many of whom flourished above a hundred years ...
Page xiv
... thing else as totally unimportant . This observation is extremely just , and perfectly applicable to the present times . But let us ab- ply it more explicitly to the respective bodies of those who profess the tenets of Protestancy . The ...
... thing else as totally unimportant . This observation is extremely just , and perfectly applicable to the present times . But let us ab- ply it more explicitly to the respective bodies of those who profess the tenets of Protestancy . The ...
Page xvi
... thing deeply to be thought of by the Is- maels of our time , who forsake the fellowship of the saints , and by a sacrilegious separation break this bond of peace . Little do these men consi- der , how precious the peace of the church ...
... thing deeply to be thought of by the Is- maels of our time , who forsake the fellowship of the saints , and by a sacrilegious separation break this bond of peace . Little do these men consi- der , how precious the peace of the church ...
Page xviii
... things in gross ( as most do ) without exa- mination , and looks upon Bishops as persons dig- nified with titles of honour , possest with lands and revenues , having under them ( as the late Covenant set them out attended ) Deans , Arch ...
... things in gross ( as most do ) without exa- mination , and looks upon Bishops as persons dig- nified with titles of honour , possest with lands and revenues , having under them ( as the late Covenant set them out attended ) Deans , Arch ...
Page xix
... things be so , " and not to give up their rea- son so entirely to their own guides as if they conceived them to be infallible . And , to use the words of Mr Dodwell , for God's sake , for your soul's sake , for the church's sake , I beg ...
... things be so , " and not to give up their rea- son so entirely to their own guides as if they conceived them to be infallible . And , to use the words of Mr Dodwell , for God's sake , for your soul's sake , for the church's sake , I beg ...
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Page 262 - 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 134 - Receive the Holy Ghost for the office and work of a Bishop in the Church of God, now committed unto thee by the imposition of our hands; In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Page 94 - Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Page 97 - There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling ; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Page 22 - Then saith he unto his disciples, ' The harvest truly is plenteous, but ' the labourers are few ; pray ye therefore the ' Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth
Page 119 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Page 21 - Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
Page 137 - For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 311 - God's word or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen, do most plainly testify : but that only prerogative which we see to have been given always to all godly princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be ecclesiastical or .temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil doers.
Page 109 - And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.