Sermons: Upon the Ministry, Worship, and Doctrines of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and Other Subjects |
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... desire better evidence than this , brethren , to convince you of the danger of schism , and the extreme fallacy of imagining that our numerous Christian sects have a happy tendency in pro- moting the interests of religion ? Paul does ...
... desire better evidence than this , brethren , to convince you of the danger of schism , and the extreme fallacy of imagining that our numerous Christian sects have a happy tendency in pro- moting the interests of religion ? Paul does ...
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... desire to put you in possession of every material fact required to arrive at a correct decision in your own minds , and by the expectation of its contributing in some de- gree , however slight , to the prosperity of a Church , built ...
... desire to put you in possession of every material fact required to arrive at a correct decision in your own minds , and by the expectation of its contributing in some de- gree , however slight , to the prosperity of a Church , built ...
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... desire no plainer testimony than this , to prove the in- ability of mere men to establish his Church , and commission his ambassadors , as they would establish a new form of government , and commission its executive , legislative , and ...
... desire no plainer testimony than this , to prove the in- ability of mere men to establish his Church , and commission his ambassadors , as they would establish a new form of government , and commission its executive , legislative , and ...
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... desire to confide in a barren faith , in an orthodox belief of doctrines , which are to have no salutary operation upon your lives , producing in you sobriety , righteousness , and godliness ; here you can obtain no countenance ; here ...
... desire to confide in a barren faith , in an orthodox belief of doctrines , which are to have no salutary operation upon your lives , producing in you sobriety , righteousness , and godliness ; here you can obtain no countenance ; here ...
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... urged in relation to Timothy and Titus , particularly the first , you may however desire some addi- tional evidence from the same source , that they were considered Apostles or bishops , superiour to presbyters , and alone 56.
... urged in relation to Timothy and Titus , particularly the first , you may however desire some addi- tional evidence from the same source , that they were considered Apostles or bishops , superiour to presbyters , and alone 56.
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Page 6 - If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss; but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Page 33 - He said unto them. Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 200 - Works done before the grace of Christ, and the Inspiration of his Spirit, are not pleasant to God, forasmuch as they spring not of faith in Jesus Christ...
Page 33 - When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them ; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
Page 288 - Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
Page 297 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Page 186 - Wherefore, they which be endued with so excellent a benefit of God be called according to God's purpose by his Spirit working in due season : they through Grace obey the calling...
Page 219 - For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Page 98 - But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles ; but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him ; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
Page 201 - Albeit that good works, which are the fruits of faith and follow after justification, cannot put away our sins, and endure the severity of God's judgment; yet are they pleasing and acceptable to God in Christ, and do spring out necessarily of a true and lively faith; insomuch that by them a lively faith may be as evidently known as a tree is discerned by the fruit.