 | Legh Richmond - Suffering - 1817 - 726 pages
...faith. 2i. Of the Authority of the Church. It is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one plac* of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another : wherefore, although tbe church be a witness and... | |
 | George Tomline - Bible - 1818 - 608 pages
...AUTHORITY IN CONTROVERSIES OF FAITH :(a) AND YET IT IS NOT LAWFUL FOR THE CHURCH TO ORDAfV ANY THING THAT IS CONTRARY TO GOD'S WORD WRITTEN, NEITHER MAY IT...PLACE OF SCRIPTURE THAT IT BE REPUGNANT TO ANOTHER, WHEREFORE, ALTHOUGH THE CHURCH BE A WITNESS, AND A KEEPER OF HOLY WRIT, YET AS IT OUGHT NOT TO DECREE... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1818 - 538 pages
...confined and hedged in by Holy,Scripture. " It is not lawful " for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary " to God's word written: neither may it...of Scripture, that it be repugnant to " another." Accordingly, in strict agreement with this rational principle, which is evidently propounded by way... | |
 | 1834 - 778 pages
...authority in controversies of faith : and yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may it...place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a witness and a keeper of holy writ, yet, as it ought not to decree... | |
 | Hector Davies Morgan - Calvinism - 1819 - 442 pages
...rity in controversies of faith; and yet it " is not lawful for the Church to ordain " any thing that is contrary to God's word " written; neither may it...place of Scripture, that it be repugnant " to another. Wherefore, although the " Church be a witness and a keeper of " holy Writ, yet as it ought not to decree... | |
 | William Blair - 1819 - 280 pages
...doctrine already delivered in the sixth, denying all right in the Church to " ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written; neither may it...place of Scripture, that it be repugnant, to another." The author of the History of the Jesuits has given a body of irrefragable proof, " that the Church... | |
 | William Blair - Church and state - 1819 - 288 pages
...delivered in the sixth, denying all right in the Church to " ordain any thing that is contrary to God^s word written ; neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another." The author of the History of the Jesuits has given a body of irrefragable proof, " that the Church... | |
 | 1840 - 772 pages
...not lawful," — these are her words, — " it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it he repugnant to another." But then, surely, it hehoves us, in common modesty, to pause long, and to... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Anglican Communion - 1819 - 558 pages
...is not lawful" for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written; iu-ither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it be repugnant to another. Wherefore, although the Church be a Witness and a Keeper of Holy Writ, yet as it ought not to decree... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1820 - 494 pages
...authority i'.i controversies of faith; and yet it is not lawful for the church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's word written, neither may it...place of scripture that it be repugnant to another; wherefore although the church be a witness and a keeper of holy writ, yet as it ought not to decree... | |
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The Church hath power to decree Rites or Ceremonies, and authority in Controversies of Faith: And yet it is not lawful for the Church to ordain any thing that is contrary to God's Word written, neither may it so expound one place of Scripture, that it... 
