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Page ix
... reformers of the Church of England , " says Dr. Miller , " were substantially Presbyterians in principle . " Now what evidence did they give of their Presbyterianism ? In what could they have declared their principles more deliberately ...
... reformers of the Church of England , " says Dr. Miller , " were substantially Presbyterians in principle . " Now what evidence did they give of their Presbyterianism ? In what could they have declared their principles more deliberately ...
Page x
... reformers of the Church of England , therefore , maintained this view of the office of Deacons , and believed that into such an office St. Stephen , and the rest of the seven Deacons , were chosen by divine inspiration . Presby ...
... reformers of the Church of England , therefore , maintained this view of the office of Deacons , and believed that into such an office St. Stephen , and the rest of the seven Deacons , were chosen by divine inspiration . Presby ...
Page xi
... reformers , and the standards of their Church , attribute episcopacy , none need attempt to carry it , and lower than this origin , none who know the true grounds on which the reformers and the Church stand in this matter , will degrade ...
... reformers , and the standards of their Church , attribute episcopacy , none need attempt to carry it , and lower than this origin , none who know the true grounds on which the reformers and the Church stand in this matter , will degrade ...
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... reformers , and to this day acted upon by the Presbyterian Church of Scot- land - and aware , as every one acquainted with the subject must be , that besides the great essentials of the Christian Church , which are laid down in ...
... reformers , and to this day acted upon by the Presbyterian Church of Scot- land - and aware , as every one acquainted with the subject must be , that besides the great essentials of the Christian Church , which are laid down in ...
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... reformers of the Church of England . In the first part of your second letter , you thus speak : ' In all disputes relating either to the faith or the practice of Christians , the first and the grand question is , What saith the ...
... reformers of the Church of England . In the first part of your second letter , you thus speak : ' In all disputes relating either to the faith or the practice of Christians , the first and the grand question is , What saith the ...
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Page 200 - 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.
Page 133 - Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2. 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 x - It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Scripture and ancient Authors, that from the Apostles' time there have been these Orders of Ministers in Christ's Church — Bishops, Priests, and Deacons.
Page 146 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
Page 146 - 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 201 - England ; no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon in the Church of England, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had formerly Episcopal Consecration, or Ordination.
Page x - Church, no man shall be accounted or taken to be a lawful Bishop, Priest, or Deacon, in this Church, or suffered to execute any of the said Functions, except he be called, tried, examined, and admitted thereunto, according to the Form hereafter following, or hath had Episcopal Consecration or Ordination.
Page 133 - 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." And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Page 187 - Of these two orders only, that is to say, priests and deacons, Scripture maketh express mention, and how they were conferred of the apostles by prayer and imposition of hands ; but the primitive Church afterward appointed inferior degrees, as sub-deacons, acolytes, exorcists, &c.
Page 197 - ALMIGHTY God, giver of all good things, who by thy Holy Spirit hast appointed divers Orders of Ministers in thy Church...