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... brethren in every city , where they had preached the word of the Lord , Paul went through Syria and Cilicia , confirming the churches2 . It appears , then , that Confirmation , or the laying on of hands , was used in the time of the ...
... brethren in every city , where they had preached the word of the Lord , Paul went through Syria and Cilicia , confirming the churches2 . It appears , then , that Confirmation , or the laying on of hands , was used in the time of the ...
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... brethren ! Again , the encouragement which this rite holds out , is great . The objects which Christians have in view are great and glorious . But between them and these objects there are many obstacles . The ceremony of Confirmation ...
... brethren ! Again , the encouragement which this rite holds out , is great . The objects which Christians have in view are great and glorious . But between them and these objects there are many obstacles . The ceremony of Confirmation ...
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... brethren , were done , and have been written , for our instruction and admonition . And what do they teach us ? If the Apostles neither understood the things which Christ spake unto them , nor were able to withstand trials , un- til ...
... brethren , were done , and have been written , for our instruction and admonition . And what do they teach us ? If the Apostles neither understood the things which Christ spake unto them , nor were able to withstand trials , un- til ...
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... brethren , is one principal object of Confirmation , viz . to pray that God's Holy Spirit may be given to them , who have professed a good profession before many witnesses . Let me entreat your most earnest attention to this . Next to ...
... brethren , is one principal object of Confirmation , viz . to pray that God's Holy Spirit may be given to them , who have professed a good profession before many witnesses . Let me entreat your most earnest attention to this . Next to ...
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... brethren I grieve to say , that this is one of many instances , in which the children of this world are wiser , as our Lord complains , in their generation , than the children of light in theirs . ( See Luke 16. 8. ) In your Friendly ...
... brethren I grieve to say , that this is one of many instances , in which the children of this world are wiser , as our Lord complains , in their generation , than the children of light in theirs . ( See Luke 16. 8. ) In your Friendly ...
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Page 5 - But whoso hath this world's goods, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Page 16 - Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another.
Page 16 - THE visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in the which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 13 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 22 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
Page 7 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Page 13 - This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
Page 35 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Page 14 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.