Pastoral address on the institution of a prayer meeting in connexion with the established Church1834 - 80 pages |
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Aaron abuse admitted admonition ADVANTAGES apostles appointed attend avoid the evil Bishop bodily brethren CAUTIONS cherished CHRIST JESUS christian church and ministry closet CONNEXION consider consti conversation cordial DANGERS and EVILS delusion devotion doubt ducted edified ence essential esteem excitement exhortation Exod feel flock gift in prayer God's blessed groanings hallowed Hence Holy hope humility important increased infirmities ings inquirer instance INSTITUTION intercourse irrever judgement learnt Matt Mediator minister Moses neglect or shortening once a quarter outward expressions PASTORAL ADDRESS peace person Phil piety pray prayer-meetings preach present preside proceedings proper rules rebuke REGULATIONS relation religion religious experience religious meetings religious profession Remember reply respect responsibility result Sabbath saints scarce schism Scripture self-conceit sobriety social prayer souls speak spirit of prayer strengthen sympathy tend thing tion tute unduly union Unsoundness vanity watched Whilst wish XVIII Yourselves
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Page 2 - 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. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Page 9 - 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 11 - God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints
Page 7 - ... Scott of Aston Sandford, and the late Mr. Robinson of St. Mary's, Leicester. Such is the practice reprobated by the Apostle, of a number of persons coming together, with each his psalm, his prayer, his exhortation ; the effect of which is, not only, often confusion, but what is worse than confusion, selfconceit and rivalry, each labouring to excel his brother in the choice of his expressions and the outward earnestness of his address — and the bad effects of emulation mixing with actions, in...
Page 9 - No ; the one body has many members, and all members have not the same office.