Two Treatises: One of the Christian Priesthood, the Other of the Dignity of the Episcopal Order. Formerly Written, and Now Published to Obviate the Erroneous Opinions, ... in a Late Book, Entituled, The Rights of the Christian Church. ... All Written by George Hickes D.D.

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W.B., 1707 - Bishops - 335 pages

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Page clxi - Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
Page clxi - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands.
Page 2 - For every high priest taken from among men, is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins...
Page 200 - Whose sins thou dost forgive, they are forgiven ; and whose sins thou dost retain, they are retained. And be thou a faithful Dispenser of the Word of GOD, and of His Holy Sacraments; in the Name of the FATHER, and of the SON, and of the HOLY GHOST. Amen.
Page 31 - I have no pleasure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 200 - OUR Lord Jesus Christ, who hath left power to his Church to absolve all sinners who truly repent and believe in him, of his great mercy forgive thee thine offences : And by his authority committed to me, I absolve thee from all thy sins, in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Page 254 - O Lord, with whom do live the spirits of them that be dead, and in whom the souls of them that be elected, after they be delivered from the burden of the flesh be in joy and felicity: Grant unto this thy servant, that the sins which he committed in this world be not imputed unto him, but that he, escaping the gates of hell...
Page 82 - Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.
Page 3 - And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them : for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Page xxi - Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils : ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

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