The Life of Dr. George Bull, Lord Bishop of St. David's: With the History of Those Controversies in which He was Engaged and an Abstract of Those Fundamental Doctrines which He Maintained and Defended in the Latin Tongue

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W. Baxter, 1816 - Bishops - 438 pages

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Page 93 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Page 414 - ... that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding ; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God...
Page 56 - And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
Page 42 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 380 - ... the holy eucharist, or sacrament of the Lord's supper; which consent is indeed wonderful. All the ancient Liturgies agree in this form of prayer, almost in the same words, but fully and exactly in the same sense, order, and method ; which whosoever attentively considers, must be convinced that this order of prayer was delivered to the several churches in the very first plantation and settlement of them.
Page 179 - preachers should be careful, that they should never teach aught in a sermon, to be religiously held and believed by the people, except that which is agreeable to the doctrine of the Old and New Testament, and which the Catholic Fathers and ancient Bishops have collected from that very doctrine.
Page 414 - ... filled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding ; that ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God ; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness...
Page 89 - For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
Page 86 - Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Page 49 - A defence of the book of Psalms, collected into English metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others ; with critical Observations on the New Version, compared with the Old,

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