 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...doth set out unto us only the Name of JesusChrist, wherer by men must be saved. XIX. Of tlus Church. The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's... | |
 | Church orders, Ancient - 1675 - 314 pages
...Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ whereby men must be saved. 19. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ, is a Congregation of...Word of God is preached ; and the Sacraments be duly ministred according to Christs Ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the... | |
 | Church of England articles - 1855 - 76 pages
...ППНЕ visible Church of Christ is a CongreJL gation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered...things that of necessity are requisite to the same. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred,... | |
 | Thomas Bennet - 1715 - 228 pages
...the Bifhop of Rome. To obviate this Pretenfe, our Article afferts, that the vifible Church of Chrift is a Congregation of faithful Men, in. which the pure Word of God is preach'd, and the Sacraments be duly miniftred according to Chrift's Ordinance, in all thofe things... | |
 | George Hickes - 1727 - 478 pages
...therefore I need but tranicribe it to confute it. idly, Out of the forefaid Article, the vifible Church is a Congregation of faithful Men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, &c. But in the Roman Catholick Church, according to their T)o£lrine, the pure Word of God... | |
 | Church and state - 1739 - 472 pages
...equally in the laity as in the clergy, by defining, in her ipth article, the vijible church to be, a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the facraments be duly adminifter'd according to Chrijfs ordinance, in all thofe things... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1747 - 410 pages
...others. This is the Church that is defcribcd in the i9th Article of the Church of England (viz.) " A Congregation of faithful Men in which " the pure...Word of God is preached, and " the Sacraments be duly miniftered, ac" cording to Cbrtffs Ordinance, in all thofe " Things that of Neceffity are requifite... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...includes a little more than the Apoftle has expreffed.) " Of the CHURCH. " The vifib!» Church of Chrift is a congregation of faithful men,, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the facramcnts be duly adminiftred." It may be obferved, that at the fame time our Thirty-nine... | |
 | John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 498 pages
...Chrut Jesus, or believers in him : so in the article of the church of England a church is defined, " A congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered." For only faithful men, or believers in Christ, can... | |
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The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same. 
