The duty of a Christian State to support a national Church establishment, 5 sermons |
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... ages . Shall we not , rather , look with suspicion on opinions and theories , which are chiefly recommended by their novelty and boldness ? Shall we not look with regard and veneration upon institutions , which , in their principle , at ...
... ages . Shall we not , rather , look with suspicion on opinions and theories , which are chiefly recommended by their novelty and boldness ? Shall we not look with regard and veneration upon institutions , which , in their principle , at ...
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... ages , continued unaltered , in its great outlines and form , for the period of 1500 years . From this example of direct divine legislation , we may infer with certainty , that the interference of the civil magistrate or sovereign ...
... ages , continued unaltered , in its great outlines and form , for the period of 1500 years . From this example of direct divine legislation , we may infer with certainty , that the interference of the civil magistrate or sovereign ...
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... ages , we find , that , immediately on the first establishment of the Israelites as an independent nation , there was , at the same time , instituted by the express appointment of the Almighty , a national religious Establishment ...
... ages , we find , that , immediately on the first establishment of the Israelites as an independent nation , there was , at the same time , instituted by the express appointment of the Almighty , a national religious Establishment ...
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... ages in which Christianity became the professed religion of a State , have utterly mistaken the principles of the Word of God ; that they have , from the first , adopted a system inconsistent with the letter and the spirit of the ...
... ages in which Christianity became the professed religion of a State , have utterly mistaken the principles of the Word of God ; that they have , from the first , adopted a system inconsistent with the letter and the spirit of the ...
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... ages , had sanctioned and supported an erroneous , unscrip- tural , and injurious system ; and that Christian States , in securing to all their subjects the means of regular religious worship and of sound religious knowledge , and , at ...
... ages , had sanctioned and supported an erroneous , unscrip- tural , and injurious system ; and that Christian States , in securing to all their subjects the means of regular religious worship and of sound religious knowledge , and , at ...
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Page 86 - The Holy Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 77 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 24 - And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee : for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Page 54 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 104 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes ; for thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
Page 1 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 120 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
Page 100 - ALTHOUGH in the visible Church the evil be ever mingled with the good, and sometimes the evil have chief authority in the ministration of the Word and Sacraments ; yet forasmuch as they do not the same in their own name, but in Christ's, and do minister by his commission and authority, we may use their ministry, both in hearing the Word of God, and in receiving of the Sacraments.