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... show that any one form of church government is better or worse than another . While the author would have gladly given time , if he had had it , to make his little book more perfect , both as to matter and form ; and to remove defects ...
... show that any one form of church government is better or worse than another . While the author would have gladly given time , if he had had it , to make his little book more perfect , both as to matter and form ; and to remove defects ...
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... show . But , whoever was its founder , it is sunk deep in superstition and its light is buried beneath a mass of ritualism , so that it resembles little that ancient congregation at Antioch which sent forth Paul and Barnabas on the ...
... show . But , whoever was its founder , it is sunk deep in superstition and its light is buried beneath a mass of ritualism , so that it resembles little that ancient congregation at Antioch which sent forth Paul and Barnabas on the ...
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... shows positive intention to destroy all belief and devotion connected with the " catholic " sacrifice at the altar . Penance was repudiated . Intercession of the saints is regarded as profane . Confession is granted merely as a sort of ...
... shows positive intention to destroy all belief and devotion connected with the " catholic " sacrifice at the altar . Penance was repudiated . Intercession of the saints is regarded as profane . Confession is granted merely as a sort of ...
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... shows that Augustine and his forty monks did not establish the English church . " But this writer fails to notice the consequence of this refusal on the part of the old British churches . They were annihiliated . This is the testimony ...
... shows that Augustine and his forty monks did not establish the English church . " But this writer fails to notice the consequence of this refusal on the part of the old British churches . They were annihiliated . This is the testimony ...
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... show the truth of his own , and there- fore the erroneousness of the catholic definition of The Church . All Christians must either come under the dominion of the catholic church , or else all churches must be recognized as ...
... show the truth of his own , and there- fore the erroneousness of the catholic definition of The Church . All Christians must either come under the dominion of the catholic church , or else all churches must be recognized as ...
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Page 105 - Thus saith the Lord, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
Page 105 - And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them...
Page 244 - That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.
Page 107 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters saith the LORD Almighty...
Page 230 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing ? are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 106 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt...
Page 67 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Page 94 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Page 288 - Samuel, and of the prophets : who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 254 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.