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... holy men from whom they have been transmit- ted down to us , I now commit it , with all its deficiencies , to the charitable consideration of the public , and await in submission the result of their decision . Andover , April , 1841 ...
... holy men from whom they have been transmit- ted down to us , I now commit it , with all its deficiencies , to the charitable consideration of the public , and await in submission the result of their decision . Andover , April , 1841 ...
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... Holy Scriptures . The reading and exposition of these has , from the beginning , been an important part of christian worship . All the instructions and exhortations of the preacher , have been drawn from this source . The prayers , the ...
... Holy Scriptures . The reading and exposition of these has , from the beginning , been an important part of christian worship . All the instructions and exhortations of the preacher , have been drawn from this source . The prayers , the ...
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... holy unto dogs , or casting pearls before swine . These mysteries were particularly - the manner of administering baptism ; the unction or chrism ; the ordination of priests ; the man- ner of celebrating the Lord's supper ; the liturgy ...
... holy unto dogs , or casting pearls before swine . These mysteries were particularly - the manner of administering baptism ; the unction or chrism ; the ordination of priests ; the man- ner of celebrating the Lord's supper ; the liturgy ...
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... Holy Spirit , inasmuch as they are not able to do any thing without the deacons . Presbyters are said to represent the apostles ; and the rank of christian teachers is declared to be higher than that of magistrates and princes . - We ...
... Holy Spirit , inasmuch as they are not able to do any thing without the deacons . Presbyters are said to represent the apostles ; and the rank of christian teachers is declared to be higher than that of magistrates and princes . - We ...
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... Holy Scripture , and by needless re- finements in matters of ceremony . We find several allusions to the events of apostolical times ; but occurrences related exclusively in such a work are altogether devoid of credibility , especially ...
... Holy Scripture , and by needless re- finements in matters of ceremony . We find several allusions to the events of apostolical times ; but occurrences related exclusively in such a work are altogether devoid of credibility , especially ...
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Page 310 - I say to you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
Page 299 - For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
Page 96 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 167 - Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Page 187 - But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Page 95 - Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: 2.
Page 96 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed...
Page 30 - ... party denies himself to be a Christian, and shall make it evident that he is not, by invoking our gods, let him (notwithstanding any former suspicion) be pardoned upon his repentance. Informations without the accuser's name subscribed ought not to be received in prosecutions of any sort; as it is introducing a very dangerous precedent, and by no means agreeable to the equity of my government.
Page 356 - My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
Page 109 - For they that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great, boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.