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... law and testi- mony they constantly referred their own and other men's opinions . " The supreme judge , ( say they , in their Platform ) by which all controversies in religion are to be determined , and all decrees of councils ...
... law and testi- mony they constantly referred their own and other men's opinions . " The supreme judge , ( say they , in their Platform ) by which all controversies in religion are to be determined , and all decrees of councils ...
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... laws and governments , to say nothing of their churches , -institutions which all men admire , liberties which all men are breathing after , a state of society which , for its intelligence and morals , has no parallel in any country ...
... laws and governments , to say nothing of their churches , -institutions which all men admire , liberties which all men are breathing after , a state of society which , for its intelligence and morals , has no parallel in any country ...
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... law , and order , and virtuous morals . If in some degree they have declined from the strictness of former times , it may yet be said , that they are among the most strict of the existing de- nominations . If , as a body , they keep the ...
... law , and order , and virtuous morals . If in some degree they have declined from the strictness of former times , it may yet be said , that they are among the most strict of the existing de- nominations . If , as a body , they keep the ...
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... laws , that were proposed by their rulers , in their assemblies ; they excluded proffigate and lapsed brethren , and restored them ; they decided the con- troversies and disputes that arose ; & c . " And this order of things , the same ...
... laws , that were proposed by their rulers , in their assemblies ; they excluded proffigate and lapsed brethren , and restored them ; they decided the con- troversies and disputes that arose ; & c . " And this order of things , the same ...
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... laws of Christ ; and that the powers requisite to this are likely to be used as conscientiously and judiciously , and are as little lia- ble to abuse or neglect , in their hands , as in the hands of church officers alone . Power in the ...
... laws of Christ ; and that the powers requisite to this are likely to be used as conscientiously and judiciously , and are as little lia- ble to abuse or neglect , in their hands , as in the hands of church officers alone . Power in the ...
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Page 120 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page 67 - Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 61 - Lord: 15 looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; " lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. " For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 27 - The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Page 180 - For it is written in the law of Mo-ses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Page ix - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Page 97 - For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
Page 68 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 180 - Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
Page 125 - But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.