 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...constituents, ut quce > Isa. xlix. 23 ; 1 Tim. ii. 1, 2 ; 2 Chron. six. • Acts xv. 2, 4, 22, 23, 25. the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his Word.' IV. [III.] All synods or councils since the apostles' times, whether general or particular, may err,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Westminster Assembly - 1719 - 664 pages
...to be received .with Reverence and Submiffion ; not only for their Agreement with the Word, but alfo for the Power whereby they are made, as being an Ordinance of God appointed thereunto in his Word d. IV. All Synods or Councils fince the ApoftlesTimes, whether general or particukr,may err,and many... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1764 - 648 pages
...to be received with Reverence and Submiflion ; not only for their Agreement with the Word, but alfo for the Power whereby they are made, as being an Ordinance of God appointed thereunto in his Word d. . d AclsiJ. 15,19, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. Aftsi6.4Mat. 18. 17, 18, 19, 20. IV. AH Synods and Councils,... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...to be received with reverence and fubmiffion, not only for their agreement with the word, but alfo for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in 4his word d. IV. All fynods or councils fince the apoftles times, whether general or particular, may... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...be received with reverence and fubmiffion, ; 'not only for their agreement with the word, but alfo for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, ' appointed thereunto in his word d. IV. All fyuods or councils fince the apoilles times, whether general or particular, may err, and... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...to be received with reverence and fubmiflion, not only for their agreement with the word, but alfo for the power whereby they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his wordd. III. All fynods or councils fince the apoftles' times, whether general or particular, may err,... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...government of his church ; to receive complaints in cases of mal-administration, and authoritatively to determine the same: which decrees and determinations;;...ordinance of God, appointed thereunto in his word d. IV. AH synods or councils since the apostles' times, whether general or particular, may err, and... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...t. See the note on this Confess) -n, chip, xx. sect. 4. also the f.iv. cote on chap, xxiii. MCI. F. they are made, as being an ordinance of God, appointed thereunto -in his word d. IV. All synods or councilssince the apostles' times, whether general or particular, may err, and... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1815 - 604 pages
...(which is "the principal ground thereof, "and without which they bind "not at all,) but also secondarily "for the power whereby they are "made, as being an...ordinance of "God appointed thereunto in his "word, Acts xv." To conclude, the question whether the decision of a council is obligatory on the conscience,... | |
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God, and government of his church ; to receive complaints in cases of mal-administration, and authoritatively to determine the same : which decrees and determinations, if consonant to the word of God, are to be received with reverence and submission,... 
