| David Stuart - Christian union - 1835 - 152 pages
...minister the sacraments, in a tongue not understanded of the people. ARTICLE XXV. OF THE SACRAMENTS. 1 Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession ; 2 but rather they be certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace and God's good-will towards... | |
| Algernon Sydney Thelwall - 1835 - 492 pages
...and have no just view of them as ' sure witnesses, and effectual signs of Grace, and God's good will towards us, by the which He doth work invisibly in us,' and in all those ' who rightly, worthily, and with faith, receive the same.' If the Sacraments be bat bare... | |
| Charles Richard Cameron - Dissenters, Religious - 1836 - 424 pages
...above. This head may be dismissed with the following quotations from our formularies. ARTICLE XXV.—" Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or...sure witnesses and effectual signs of grace and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also... | |
| Richard Claridge - Quakers - 1836 - 350 pages
...20.) — That the sacraments are not only badges, or tokens of Christian men's profession ; but rather certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's goodwill towards us. (Art. 25.) — That evil ministers do minister by Christ's commission and authority. (Art. 26.) If... | |
| Richard Claridge - Quakers - 1836 - 346 pages
...20.)—That the sacraments are not only badges, or tokens of Christian men's profession ; but rather certain sure witnesses, and effectual signs of grace, and God's goodwill towards us. (Art . 25.)—That evil ministers do minister by Christ's commission and authority. (Art. 26.) If so,... | |
| Christopher Bethell (bp. of Bangor.) - Baptism - 1836 - 284 pages
...that " we receive the Holy Ghost in Baptism." In the twenty-fifth Article Sacraments are defined to be " not only badges or tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather certain sure witnesses and efficacious signs of grace, and God's good will towards us." This is precisely... | |
| Caroline Wilson - 1837 - 320 pages
...word of God. Our own church thus defines them : ' Sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges and tokens of Christian men's profession, but rather they...witnesses, and effectual signs of grace and God's good will towards us, by the which he doth work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but also... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - Baptism - 1837 - 152 pages
...means partakers of Christ : ' they are so in no sense or manner. In Art. XXV, it is stated that ' the sacraments ordained of Christ be not only badges or...of Christian men's profession ; but rather they be 1 The outward and visible signs are here, as in the Catechism, called the sacrament. So again, in the... | |
| Henry O'CONNOR (Barrister-at-Law) - 1837 - 376 pages
...sure witnesses and EFFECTUAL signs of GOD'S good will towards us, by which he doth invariably work in us, and doth not only quicken, but also strengthen and confirm owe faith in him." These are the old scholastic tenets, by which the dreaming monks of the dark ages... | |
| John Dick - Presbyterian Church - 1838 - 588 pages
...England says, in the twenty-fifth Article, " Sacraments ordained of Christ, be not only badges and tokens of Christian men's profession ; but rather,...work invisibly in us, and doth not only quicken, but •ActsiTiH. tlCoi.w.7. also strengthen and confirm our faith in him." The doctrine of our own Church... | |
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