...It is not lawful for the church to ordain anything that is contrary to God's word written ; neithfr may it so expound one place of Scripture that it be repugnant to another (a rule •we earnestly recommend to our Dissenting brethren, whose whole system is built with this...

...of course, as it relates to his subject, viz. " It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one place wf Scripture, that it be repugnant to another," &c. That MILTON should have appealed in his old age,...

...authority in controversies of faith ; and yet it is not lawful for the Church to [ordain (instituere) any thing that is contrary to God's word written,...keeper of Holy Writ, yet [as it ought not to decree (decernere) anything against the same, so] besides the same, ought it not to enforce (obtrudere) anything...

...sentence of the Article, 31 •- * Jdra-xx. 2I. +Luke«.18. ..--.. which is this : " and yet it is not lawful for the Church- • to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written," would render it quite unobjectionable ; but then that would defeat the object of such unprincipled...

...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...it ought not to decree any thing against the same, BO besides the same ought it not to enforce any thing to be believed for necessity of salvation. ART....

...to be founded on its not being liable to error. The limit of obedience is distinctly marked. " It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that...place of scripture, that it be repugnant to another." Here the right of private judgment comes in. If a man doubt the interpretation of the church, he may...

...Article of the former says, ' The Church hath . . . authority in controversies of faith : and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that...place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.' This, as far as I can see, a Catholic might accept ; for of course he does not believe that there can...

...Again, in article 20th, after the interpolated passage, (as we must regard it,) it is said, "It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written . . . and as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so, besides the same ought it NOT to...

...Again, in article 20th, after the interpolated passage, (as we must regard it,) it is said, "It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written . . . and as it ought not to decree any thing against the same, so, besides the same ought it NOT to...

...gentlemen, cannot do what your church declares she cannot do. Article xx. "Neither may it [the Church] so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another." In truth, this text of Leviticus is but an enumeration of two new particulars, which though not therein...