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... perpetual . The objections to that argument have been already stated ; but the fact upon which it is founded , we agree with our op- ponents in asserting . We maintain , with them , that there are no ministerial functions now existing ...
... perpetual . The objections to that argument have been already stated ; but the fact upon which it is founded , we agree with our op- ponents in asserting . We maintain , with them , that there are no ministerial functions now existing ...
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... perpetual apostleship . The proof of that opinion rests , almost exclusively , upon the fact , that Timothy and Titus are directed to ordain and discipline presbyters , from which it is inferred that they were something more themselves ...
... perpetual apostleship . The proof of that opinion rests , almost exclusively , upon the fact , that Timothy and Titus are directed to ordain and discipline presbyters , from which it is inferred that they were something more themselves ...
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... perpetual only proves that that of Elder was designed to be perpetual , which all admit . If , on the other hand , the Apostolic office was a temporary one , it matters not how far it may have been superior to that held by Presbyters ...
... perpetual only proves that that of Elder was designed to be perpetual , which all admit . If , on the other hand , the Apostolic office was a temporary one , it matters not how far it may have been superior to that held by Presbyters ...
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... perpetual ? By some Presbyterian writers both these questions have been answered in the negative , while all Episcopalians , who assert the jus divinum of prelatical episcopacy , answer both affirmatively . In the remainder of the ...
... perpetual ? By some Presbyterian writers both these questions have been answered in the negative , while all Episcopalians , who assert the jus divinum of prelatical episcopacy , answer both affirmatively . In the remainder of the ...
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... perpetual for the sake of those functions which were not bestowed on Presbyters , and yet were es- sential to the being of the Church . But when we find that the lower office was invested with those powers . which possess a necessary ...
... perpetual for the sake of those functions which were not bestowed on Presbyters , and yet were es- sential to the being of the Church . But when we find that the lower office was invested with those powers . which possess a necessary ...
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Page 112 - If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
Page 32 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God which He hath purchased with His own blood.
Page 30 - And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons...
Page 121 - Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins : keep thyself pure.
Page 43 - 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 125 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Page 124 - 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 104 - ... brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia.
Page 43 - Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind ; neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
Page 8 - And the king went up into the house of the Lord, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great : and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the Lord.