A Dissent from the Church of England Fully Justified: And Proved to be the Genuine and Just Consequence of the Allegiance which is Due to Jesus Christ, the Only Lawgiver in the Church : Being the Dissenting Gentleman's Letters, &c. in Answer to the Letters of the Rev. Mr. White on that Subject |
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Page xxiii
... active scenes of life , how to live , he now taught them how to die . If any thing were capable of en- creasing the affection of his friends , it must have been the patience and contentment with which he supported his ( xxiii )
... active scenes of life , how to live , he now taught them how to die . If any thing were capable of en- creasing the affection of his friends , it must have been the patience and contentment with which he supported his ( xxiii )
Page xxviii
... bestow on the work now recommended . PROTESTANT DISSENTERS likewise , who wish thoroughly to understand their principles , would do well to stir up their pure minds by way of remembrance . We live in a degenerate age , in ( xxviii )
... bestow on the work now recommended . PROTESTANT DISSENTERS likewise , who wish thoroughly to understand their principles , would do well to stir up their pure minds by way of remembrance . We live in a degenerate age , in ( xxviii )
Page xxix
... live in a degenerate age , in which too many nonconformists have departed from the principles , and the piety of their ancestors . Parents , by neglecting to instruct their offspring in the genuine grounds of noncon- formity , and who ...
... live in a degenerate age , in which too many nonconformists have departed from the principles , and the piety of their ancestors . Parents , by neglecting to instruct their offspring in the genuine grounds of noncon- formity , and who ...
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... lives ? Or have we ever sworn allegiance to it , or do we owe it any ho- mage , as the counties have sworn and do owe to the King . Amongst the peculiar excellencies of your church , you reckon --- " The use of the three creeds " in ...
... lives ? Or have we ever sworn allegiance to it , or do we owe it any ho- mage , as the counties have sworn and do owe to the King . Amongst the peculiar excellencies of your church , you reckon --- " The use of the three creeds " in ...
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... " and shall direct the subsequent actions of their " lives by the laws of Christ . " A cloud of wit- * Letter I. page 31. Nichols's Defence , & c . Part II . p . 273 . nesses , I believe , can be brought from the ( 34 )
... " and shall direct the subsequent actions of their " lives by the laws of Christ . " A cloud of wit- * Letter I. page 31. Nichols's Defence , & c . Part II . p . 273 . nesses , I believe , can be brought from the ( 34 )
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Page 260 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 137 - ... receive the sacrament of the Lord's supper, according to the usage of the Church of England...
Page 274 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 190 - 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 ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 5 - The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 29 - The FATHER is made of none : neither created, nor begotten. The SON is of the FATHER alone ; not made, nor created, but begotten. The HOLY GHOST is of the FATHER and the SON; neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding.
Page 215 - I verily believe and hope) impartial search of the true way to eternal happiness, do profess plainly that I cannot find any rest for the sole of my foot, but upon this rock only. I see plainly, and with mine own eyes, that there are popes against popes, councils against councils, some fathers against others, the same fathers against themselves, a consent of fathers of one age against a consent of fathers of another age, the church of one age against the church of another age ; traditive interpretations...
Page 308 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
Page 20 - But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Page 215 - I, for my part, after a long, and (as I verily believe and hope) impartial search of the true way to eternal happiness, do profess plainly, that I cannot find any rest for the sole of my foot but upon this rock only.