The Reasons of the Protestant Religion: a Discourse1815 |
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... rejecting , and cursing all sentiments whatsoever which she " condemns , rejects , and curses . ' Implicit faith in ALL which the priests tell the laity that the church believes , whether known or unknown ; and blind obedience to the ...
... rejecting , and cursing all sentiments whatsoever which she " condemns , rejects , and curses . ' Implicit faith in ALL which the priests tell the laity that the church believes , whether known or unknown ; and blind obedience to the ...
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... reject the commandment of God , that ye may keep your own tradition ! " † 66 REASON VI . The Roman Catholic system is favourable to the worst descriptions of TYRANNY , both public and private . The prostration of reason and conscience ...
... reject the commandment of God , that ye may keep your own tradition ! " † 66 REASON VI . The Roman Catholic system is favourable to the worst descriptions of TYRANNY , both public and private . The prostration of reason and conscience ...
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... reject as the gradual corruptions of ignorance , or the inventions of daring usurpers . That those inventions are of high antiquity , is no recommendation of them to us . There is an " old way , which wicked men have trodden . " The ...
... reject as the gradual corruptions of ignorance , or the inventions of daring usurpers . That those inventions are of high antiquity , is no recommendation of them to us . There is an " old way , which wicked men have trodden . " The ...
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... rejected , if they had possessed more intelligence and penetration . The general decline of sound knowledge and true taste affected religion as well as literature ; and the irruptions of victorious barbarism increased the growth of ...
... rejected , if they had possessed more intelligence and penetration . The general decline of sound knowledge and true taste affected religion as well as literature ; and the irruptions of victorious barbarism increased the growth of ...
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... reject the authority of the Pope and Church of Rome , -because it is an usurped authority ; - because its tendency is to destroy the very essence of real religión ; -because it demands belief in doctrines palpably absurd , unscriptural ...
... reject the authority of the Pope and Church of Rome , -because it is an usurped authority ; - because its tendency is to destroy the very essence of real religión ; -because it demands belief in doctrines palpably absurd , unscriptural ...
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Page 12 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 1 - Let no man deceive you by any means, for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition...
Page 39 - For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups : and many other such like things ye do, 9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep
Page 17 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 36 - All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness : That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
Page 6 - I do acknowledge the holy Catholic and apostolic Roman Church to be the mother and mistress of all Churches; and I do promise and swear true obedience to the Bishop of Rome, the successor of St Peter, the prince of the apostles, and vicar of Jesus Christ.
Page 20 - And as to that imperfect contrition, which is called attrition, because that it is commonly conceived either from the consideration of the turpitude of sin, or from the fear of hell and of punishment...
Page 23 - Catholic" (meaning the Romish) " faith teaches us that every virtue is good, and that every " vice is evil; but if the Pope should err in commanding " vices and forbidding virtues, the church would be bound " to believe that VICES ARE GOOD, AND VIRTUES EVIL, " unless she wished to sin against conscience.
Page 34 - Sundays, and all holidays of obligation. 2. To fast and abstain on the days commanded. 3. To confess our sins at least once a year.
Page 8 - He loved the church, and gave himself for it, that he might sanctify and cleanse it and present it to himself, &c.