An Inquiry Into the Right to Change the Ecclesiastical Constitution of the Congregational Churches of Massachusetts: With a Preface Addressed to the Rev. Joseph Lyman, D. D. Under the Sanction of Whose Name Such a Change Has Been Proposed to the People of this State : to which is Prefixed Dr. Morse's Report to the General Association of Massachusetts, from the Panoplist of August, 1815 |
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... refusal to do this would be to renounce all fellowship . But what church in Massachusetts now practically claims the right to ask , or recognizes the obligation to give satisfaction . So distracted is the state of our ecclesiastical ...
... refusal to do this would be to renounce all fellowship . But what church in Massachusetts now practically claims the right to ask , or recognizes the obligation to give satisfaction . So distracted is the state of our ecclesiastical ...
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... refuse to hold fellowship with any one invested with the sacred office , however bad his character , they must do it on their own private responsibility , and generally to their own inconve- nience . Now for this matter to be left ...
... refuse to hold fellowship with any one invested with the sacred office , however bad his character , they must do it on their own private responsibility , and generally to their own inconve- nience . Now for this matter to be left ...
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... refusal of a mutual council , the party complaining may elect a council ex parte , that is , without the other . The result of this last council ( for our ancestors were too jealous of power to call it a decree ) is merely ...
... refusal of a mutual council , the party complaining may elect a council ex parte , that is , without the other . The result of this last council ( for our ancestors were too jealous of power to call it a decree ) is merely ...
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... refuse to hold communion with another " is offering vio- lence to decorum ; " " that if a single church should refuse to hold fellowship , it would tend to introduce ecclesiastical despotism and anarchy . " What ! have we forgotten the ...
... refuse to hold communion with another " is offering vio- lence to decorum ; " " that if a single church should refuse to hold fellowship , it would tend to introduce ecclesiastical despotism and anarchy . " What ! have we forgotten the ...
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... refuse him admission to your pulpit . The decision of the orthodox part of the council in that memorable case , has ... refuses to unite in a council , the party complaining has a right to call an ex parte council , the result of which ...
... refuse him admission to your pulpit . The decision of the orthodox part of the council in that memorable case , has ... refuses to unite in a council , the party complaining has a right to call an ex parte council , the result of which ...
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Page 59 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 13 - given the keys of the kingdom of heaven, that what they bind or loose on earth, shall be bound or loosed in heaven,
Page 62 - To afford relief by communication of their gifts in temporal or spiritual necessities, (Rom. xv. 26, 27; Acts xi. 22. 29; 2 Cor. viii. 1. 4. 14.) 3. "To maintain unity and peace, by giving an account one to another of their publick actions, when it is orderly desired, (Acts xi.
Page 3 - Satyre to certain Proposals made in Answer to this Question, What further steps are to be taken that the Councils may have due Constitution and Efficacy in supporting, preserving, and well ordering the Interest of the Churches in the Councils.
Page 12 - Let thy church arise and shine forth, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, beautiful as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, and terrible as an army with banners.
Page 13 - To seek and accept help from, and give help unto each other : 1 . In case of divisions and contentions, whereby the peace of any church is disturbed, Acts xv.
Page 14 - ... with special reference to those churches, which by providence are planted in a convenient vicinity, though with liberty reserved without offence, to make use of others, as the nature of the case, or the advantage of opportunity may lead thereunto. VI. The churches of Christ in this country having so good opportunity for it, it is meet to be commended to them, as their duty thus to consociate.
Page 33 - Apostles, have commanded anything clearly or expressly concerning the external form of the Church, and the precise method according to which it should be governed.
Page 12 - OF ECCLESIASTICAL ORDER. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father •of all: and believers in Christ are all of one family, one brotherhood, one glorious and holy fellowship, Though this general...
Page 12 - Whether, according to the word of God, there ought to be a consociation of churches, and what should be the manner of it?