Two Discourses on the Unity of the Church: Her Divisions, and Their Removal ; to which is Subjoined A Short View of the Plan of Religious Reformation Originally Adopted in the Secession |
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... confess and hold it forth to the world . An owning of the whole faith is implied in her reception of the Scrip- ~~ tures ; she is bound to obey the calls of provid- ence in explicitly confessing and contending for particular articles of ...
... confess and hold it forth to the world . An owning of the whole faith is implied in her reception of the Scrip- ~~ tures ; she is bound to obey the calls of provid- ence in explicitly confessing and contending for particular articles of ...
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... confessions of human composure , as public declarations of the faith of a church , and their usefulness as tests of orthodoxy , though conformable in their matter to Scripture , and necessary in times of abounding error among persons ...
... confessions of human composure , as public declarations of the faith of a church , and their usefulness as tests of orthodoxy , though conformable in their matter to Scripture , and necessary in times of abounding error among persons ...
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... confession of the truth , and maintains good order and discipline agree- ably to the laws of Christ , a divisive spirit is evinced by those who factiously exclaim against its severity , enter into schemes , open or covert , for relaxing ...
... confession of the truth , and maintains good order and discipline agree- ably to the laws of Christ , a divisive spirit is evinced by those who factiously exclaim against its severity , enter into schemes , open or covert , for relaxing ...
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... confessed , contributed to bring great scandal on religion ; though this sacred cause can never justly be made respon- sible in any degree for excesses so inconsistent with its spirit and its precepts . But let us not be unjust in ...
... confessed , contributed to bring great scandal on religion ; though this sacred cause can never justly be made respon- sible in any degree for excesses so inconsistent with its spirit and its precepts . But let us not be unjust in ...
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... confessed that their protesting brethren had acted a wiser , and more upright part than themselves . A con- fession honourable to faithfulness , and a thousand times more creditable to the persons who made it , than if they had stood ...
... confessed that their protesting brethren had acted a wiser , and more upright part than themselves . A con- fession honourable to faithfulness , and a thousand times more creditable to the persons who made it , than if they had stood ...
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Page 66 - Ye worship ye know not what. We know what we worship; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 2 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Page 32 - Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; 16.
Page 65 - I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: 15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Page 3 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 2 - Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that they shall no more say, The Lord liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt...
Page 21 - Forbearing one another and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 12 - Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus : that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 61 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all, and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions. But I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them, so shall they be My people, and I will be their...
Page 49 - ... And it shall come to pass in that day, That the Lord shall set his hand again the second time To recover the remnant of his people, Which shall be left, from Assyria, And from Egypt, and from Pathros, And from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.