Life of John Edward Nassau Molesworth: An Eminent Divine of the Nineteenth CenturyLongmans, Green, 1915 - 244 pages |
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... dissenters of Southwark to shrink with horror from my opinions . You attempted to excite religious animosity and rancour against me . Like an inquisitor of old , you presumed to question me on my religious belief , and to summon me ...
... dissenters of Southwark to shrink with horror from my opinions . You attempted to excite religious animosity and rancour against me . Like an inquisitor of old , you presumed to question me on my religious belief , and to summon me ...
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... dissenters look to themselves , and consider which of their sects will be able to stand in the breach . What sect will they allow to take the foremost rank and present an organised front to the phalanx of Romish encroachment ? The fault ...
... dissenters look to themselves , and consider which of their sects will be able to stand in the breach . What sect will they allow to take the foremost rank and present an organised front to the phalanx of Romish encroachment ? The fault ...
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... dissenters not only proclaimed it a religious duty to excite the passions of the populace , in opposition to Church rates or other laws , as suited their party purposes or political war - cry , but also seemed to think that their ...
... dissenters not only proclaimed it a religious duty to excite the passions of the populace , in opposition to Church rates or other laws , as suited their party purposes or political war - cry , but also seemed to think that their ...
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... dissenters , as it is quietly going on its way , unduly interfering with no one , is something astounding . Dr. Molesworth thought that those who lived in glass houses should not throw stones ; hence Common Sense , ' in which he showed ...
... dissenters , as it is quietly going on its way , unduly interfering with no one , is something astounding . Dr. Molesworth thought that those who lived in glass houses should not throw stones ; hence Common Sense , ' in which he showed ...
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... dissenters themselves , by the publication of a work entitled ' Common Sense . ' . The following extracts from the introduction to this work will explain its tendency : Our belief is , that a great deal of the hostility and clamour ...
... dissenters themselves , by the publication of a work entitled ' Common Sense . ' . The following extracts from the introduction to this work will explain its tendency : Our belief is , that a great deal of the hostility and clamour ...
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Page 200 - THE Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith...
Page 70 - Transubstantiation (or the change of the substance of Bread and Wine) in the Supper of the Lord, cannot be proved by holy Writ; but is repugnant to the plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature of a Sacrament, and hath given occasion to many superstitions.
Page 199 - But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
Page 144 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 114 - Father, to raise' us from the death of sin unto the life of righteousness ; that when we shall depart this life we may rest in Him...
Page 81 - All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient : all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Page 197 - These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind , and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
Page 216 - For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers ; and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 70 - For the Sacramental Bread and Wine remain still in their very natural substances, and therefore may not be adored; (for that were Idolatry, to be abhorred of all faithful Christians;) and the natural Body and Blood of our Saviour Christ are in Heaven, and not here; it being against the truth of Christ's natural Body to be at one time in more places than one.
Page 71 - The Romish doctrine concerning Purgatory, Pardons, Worshipping, and Adoration, as well of Images as of Reliques, and also Invocation of Saints, is a fond thing vainly invented, and grounded upon no warranty of Scripture, but rather repugnant to the Word of God.