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. On Confirmation: a sermon - Page 16by Joseph Benson (D.D.) - 1835Full view - About this book
| Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance,...things that of necessity are requisite to the same. XIV. OF PURGATORY. The Romish doctrine concerning purgatory, pardon, worshiping, and adoration, as... | |
| Church orders, Ancient - 1675 - 314 pages
...must be saved. 19. Of the Church. The visible Church of Christ, is a Congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached ; and the Sacraments be duly ministred according to Christs Ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the... | |
| Church of England articles - 1855 - 76 pages
...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. As the Church of Jerusalem, Alexandria, and Antioch, have erred ; so also the Church of Rome hath erred,... | |
| Thomas Bennet - 1715 - 228 pages
...contaips Three .Propofitions. ,'. ,'i ^ TThe Vifible Church of Chrift is a Congregation of Faithful Men, in which the pure Word of God is .preached, and the Sacraments be duly miniftred according to Chrift?s Ordinance.,; in all th.ofq things that of negeffity are Fequifite to... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1747 - 410 pages
...that is defcribcd in the i9th Article of the Church of England (viz.) " A Congregation of faithful Men in which " the pure Word of God is preached, and " the Sacraments be duly miniftered, ac" cording to Cbrtffs Ordinance, in all thofe " Things that of Neceffity are requifite... | |
| Missions - 1802 - 596 pages
...defined in one of our own church-articles, Л being " a congregation of faithful men, in which the word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered according to Christ's ordinance in ah thote things that of nccessL-y are requisite to the same." Surty Chapet. R. H THE BRAND PLUCKED... | |
| 1869
...distinctive features, they possess the essential elements of union, and as portions of the " Visible Church, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly administered," are in a position to love one another. If an external conformity be insisted upon as essential, then... | |
| Micaiah Towgood - Dissenters, Religious - 1804 - 376 pages
...A congregation of faithful men, in which " the "pure word of God is preached, and the sa" crarnents be duly administered according to " Christ's ordinance,...things that of " necessity are requisite to the same." But, do you not acknowledge that the pure word of God is so far from being preached in the Romish church,... | |
| Rowland Hill - Christian life - 1806 - 336 pages
...defined in one of our own church articles, as being " a congregation of faithful men in which the word of God is preached, and the sacraments be duly administered...things that of necessity are requisite to the same." * That this is the true import of the term " Schism" in the word of God, see an Essay on the subject... | |
| David Bogue, James Bennett - Dissenters - 1808 - 492 pages
...article of the church of England. " The visible church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preac-hed, and the...administered according to Christ's ordinance." In the epistles to Timothy, and Titus, the gifts and graces, the acquirements and qualifications of the... | |
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