Letters Concerning the Constitution and Order of the Christian Ministry: Addressed to the Members of the Presbyterian Churches in the City of New York. To which is Prefixed, a Letter on the Present Aspect and Bearing of the Episcopal Controversy |
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... afterwards officiated on a similar occasion . Before the coming of Christ , the regular line of hereditary succession was repeatedly broken ; yet this was not considered as affecting the validity of PRELIMINARY LETTER . XV.
... afterwards officiated on a similar occasion . Before the coming of Christ , the regular line of hereditary succession was repeatedly broken ; yet this was not considered as affecting the validity of PRELIMINARY LETTER . XV.
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... afterwards . This is so unequivocally testified by the laborious and impartial Episcopal historian , Strype , and by the candid Bishop Burnet , as well as other historians of undoubted reputation , that it can be doubted by no one who ...
... afterwards . This is so unequivocally testified by the laborious and impartial Episcopal historian , Strype , and by the candid Bishop Burnet , as well as other historians of undoubted reputation , that it can be doubted by no one who ...
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... afterwards terminated in his decapitation . In the course of these conflicts the king was urged to consent to a proposed act of the parliament for abolishing Episco- pacy . This he utterly refused , alleging among other things , that ...
... afterwards terminated in his decapitation . In the course of these conflicts the king was urged to consent to a proposed act of the parliament for abolishing Episco- pacy . This he utterly refused , alleging among other things , that ...
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... afterwards . And , on the other hand , that , by modern Bishops , and modern Episcopacy , is meant that government of the Church by prelates , which took its rise from ecclesiastical ambition , long after the days of the apostles , and ...
... afterwards . And , on the other hand , that , by modern Bishops , and modern Episcopacy , is meant that government of the Church by prelates , which took its rise from ecclesiastical ambition , long after the days of the apostles , and ...
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... afterwards divided ; and that , while some retained the whole , others were invested with only a part of these powers . In other words , that the same commission , since the days of the apostles , makes some Bishops , clothed with the ...
... afterwards divided ; and that , while some retained the whole , others were invested with only a part of these powers . In other words , that the same commission , since the days of the apostles , makes some Bishops , clothed with the ...
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Page 31 - Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 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 25 - Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
Page 29 - As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
Page 142 - It is not lawful for any man to take upon him the office of public preaching, or ministering the sacraments in the congregation, before he be lawfully called, and sent to execute the same. And those we ought to judge lawfully called and sent, which be chosen and called to this work by men who have public authority given unto them in the congregation, to call and send ministers into the Lord's vineyard.
Page 295 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith...
Page 121 - The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed.
Page 291 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 120 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Page xiv - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 260 - They also are to be had accursed that presume to say, That every man shall be saved by the Law or Sect which he professeth, so that he be diligent to frame his life according to that Law, and the light of Nature. For Holy Scripture doth set out unto us only the Name of Jesus Christ, whereby men must be saved.