Merrill's LettersManning & Loring, 1805 - Baptism |
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Page 12
... idea of baptifm ; you have the name , but renounce the thing ; you have not even the shadow . In my next I propofe to define matters more fully , and to mention fome evidence for what is afferted in this . Wishing you as much wif dom ...
... idea of baptifm ; you have the name , but renounce the thing ; you have not even the shadow . In my next I propofe to define matters more fully , and to mention fome evidence for what is afferted in this . Wishing you as much wif dom ...
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... ideas of your own denomination , I have been obliged to re- duce your claims fo much already , and fhall be obliged to reduce them ftill lower in fome of my future letters ; but be affured my inten- tion is to allow you , before I leave ...
... ideas of your own denomination , I have been obliged to re- duce your claims fo much already , and fhall be obliged to reduce them ftill lower in fome of my future letters ; but be affured my inten- tion is to allow you , before I leave ...
Page 30
... ideas as juftly , and stated them with as much precifion , as I could . My requeft is , Should you , or any of your denomination , in future publifh on the prefent fubject , be kind enough to let us have your arguments numbered , and ...
... ideas as juftly , and stated them with as much precifion , as I could . My requeft is , Should you , or any of your denomination , in future publifh on the prefent fubject , be kind enough to let us have your arguments numbered , and ...
Page 38
... idea , that they can mention more eminent men , than were Chrift's forerunner , who was a Baptist ; the man Chrift Jefus , who was a Baptift , and his difciples and apoftles , who were all Baptifts . * This beloved argument is called ...
... idea , that they can mention more eminent men , than were Chrift's forerunner , who was a Baptist ; the man Chrift Jefus , who was a Baptift , and his difciples and apoftles , who were all Baptifts . * This beloved argument is called ...
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... idea of clofe communion , in the prefent controversy , is , The actual communion at the Lord's table is to be con- fined to baptized believers . This definition , you , Sir , and every difputant on your fide of the queftion , ought to ...
... idea of clofe communion , in the prefent controversy , is , The actual communion at the Lord's table is to be con- fined to baptized believers . This definition , you , Sir , and every difputant on your fide of the queftion , ought to ...
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abfurd Abraham Abraham's family affertion againſt alfo anfwer Antichrift apoftles argument baptized becauſe Befides believe Bible bleffings brethren cafe caufe cauſe Chriftian church of Chrift circumcifed clofe communion cloſe common fenfe conclufion confequence confider covenant of circumcifion defire denomination difciples errors evidence expofed faid faith falfe fame fave favour fcriptures feal fecond fentiment fhall fhould fhow firft firſt fome fpeaking fprinkling ftill fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe fupport gofpel baptifm gofpel church hath himſelf Holy Ghoft houſe houſehold immerfed immerfion infant baptifm Irenæus Jefus Chrift Jewish Jews juft juſt kingdom Letters Lord Lord's manifeft miſtake moſt muft muſt obferve open communion Pædobaptifts paffage perfon pillar and ground pleaſed poffefs practice prefent promiſe prove purpoſe queftion reader reafon refpect ſay ſhall ſpeak thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe truth underſtand unleſs unto uſed vifible church waſhing Worceſter Worceſter's word yourſelf
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Page 79 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 11 - Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by Angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.
Page 80 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 76 - And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water; and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Page 24 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah : Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD.
Page 83 - Wherefore, whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
Page 10 - This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Page 76 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Page 37 - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
Page 82 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow ; and continued his speech until midnight.