Letters to a Dissenting Minister, of the Congregational Independent Denomination: Containing Remarks on the Principles of that Sect, and the Author's Reasons for Leaving It, and Conforming to the Church of England |
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... tion . He is ( if a Christian may employ such a term ) proud to say , that he loves his Church ; being so intimately con- nected with his best , his eternal interests , no object on earth is so dear to his heart ; and , therefore , it ...
... tion . He is ( if a Christian may employ such a term ) proud to say , that he loves his Church ; being so intimately con- nected with his best , his eternal interests , no object on earth is so dear to his heart ; and , therefore , it ...
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... tion of the points which I intend to examine , and en- gage your attention to the arguments which appear to me to be so weighty , I will make a few remarks , and lay before you a few facts connected with the history of my own opinions ...
... tion of the points which I intend to examine , and en- gage your attention to the arguments which appear to me to be so weighty , I will make a few remarks , and lay before you a few facts connected with the history of my own opinions ...
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... tion , and idolatry , and neither more nor less than a slightly modified system of Popery . I , therefore , hated it , and thought that no person could be spiritually safe in communion with it . I looked upon all Churchmen as mere ...
... tion , and idolatry , and neither more nor less than a slightly modified system of Popery . I , therefore , hated it , and thought that no person could be spiritually safe in communion with it . I looked upon all Churchmen as mere ...
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... tion , and at length got to arguing upon the merits and demerits of the Church and Dissent . I , of course , ex- tolled the principles and practices of Dissent , and de- cried those of the Church ; and , feeling so thoroughly convinced ...
... tion , and at length got to arguing upon the merits and demerits of the Church and Dissent . I , of course , ex- tolled the principles and practices of Dissent , and de- cried those of the Church ; and , feeling so thoroughly convinced ...
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... tion either in the Established Church , or among Dis- senters . " Now the Home Missionary Society has been repeatedly challenged to produce proof of this assertion , but has never yet done so . It is , there- fore , evidently a ...
... tion either in the Established Church , or among Dis- senters . " Now the Home Missionary Society has been repeatedly challenged to produce proof of this assertion , but has never yet done so . It is , there- fore , evidently a ...
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Page 26 - For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ, and no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light ; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end shall be according to their works.
Page 128 - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Page 331 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself...
Page 156 - I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil : and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars : and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
Page 180 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Page 269 - We therefore commit his body to the deep, to be turned into corruption, looking for the resurrection of the body when the sea shall give up her dead...
Page 43 - And the word of God increased ; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Page 70 - Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Page 353 - 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 331 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers, and for the praise of them that do well.