The History and Antiquities of Dissenting Churches and Meeting Houses, in London, Westminster, and Southwark: Including the Lives of Their Ministers, from the Rise of Nonconformity to the Present Time : with an Appendix on the Origin, Progress, and Present State of Christianity in Britain, Volume 1author, 1808 - Church history |
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... occasion disputes and seditions in the state . She moreover told him , that it was good for the church to have but few preachers , three or four in a county being sufficient ; and peremptorily commanded him to suppress them . The Arch ...
... occasion disputes and seditions in the state . She moreover told him , that it was good for the church to have but few preachers , three or four in a county being sufficient ; and peremptorily commanded him to suppress them . The Arch ...
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... occasion of this breach seems to have been a difference of opinion with respect to church disci- pline . A second congregation was formed at Amsterdam under the superintendence of Ainsworth , who is said to have • Life of Ainsworth ...
... occasion of this breach seems to have been a difference of opinion with respect to church disci- pline . A second congregation was formed at Amsterdam under the superintendence of Ainsworth , who is said to have • Life of Ainsworth ...
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... occasion to speak hereafter . † It is a circumstance that deserves to be recorded to the ho- nour of Ainsworth , that in the midst of the various contro- versies that employed his pen , he preserved a meek and chris- tian spirit , and ...
... occasion to speak hereafter . † It is a circumstance that deserves to be recorded to the ho- nour of Ainsworth , that in the midst of the various contro- versies that employed his pen , he preserved a meek and chris- tian spirit , and ...
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... occasion was as fol- lows : -Having observed a day of solemn fasting and prayer for a blessing upon their undertaking , each member of the society , towards the close of the solemnity , made a public confession of his faith in Jesus ...
... occasion was as fol- lows : -Having observed a day of solemn fasting and prayer for a blessing upon their undertaking , each member of the society , towards the close of the solemnity , made a public confession of his faith in Jesus ...
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... occasion . It appears that some of the society entertained doubts as to the validity of baptism performed by their own minister ; and one person who indulged these scruples , carried his child to be re - baptized at the parish - church ...
... occasion . It appears that some of the society entertained doubts as to the validity of baptism performed by their own minister ; and one person who indulged these scruples , carried his child to be re - baptized at the parish - church ...
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Page 244 - When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Page 378 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 215 - And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
Page 142 - Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; every man's work shall be made manifest; for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
Page 33 - I charge you, before God and his blessed angels, that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 67 - Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 33 - I beseech you, remember it is an article of your church covenant, " That you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the written word of God.
Page 16 - Harrison, preaching against bishops, ceremonies, ecclesiastical courts, ordaining of ministers, &c. for which $ as he afterwards boasted, he had been committed to thirty-two prisons, in some of which he could not see his hand at noon-day.
Page 304 - As piety predominated in his mind, it is diffused over his works. Under his direction it may be truly said, Theologiae philosophia ancillatur (Philosophy is subservient to evangelical instruction). It is difficult to read a page without learning, or at least wishing, to be better. The attention is caught by indirect instruction; and he that sat down only to reason is on a sudden compelled to pray.
Page 244 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.