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... means . In preparing this work for the press , the Author has counted the cost of these things . All that he asks is , candid and honourable treatment . To those of his brethren , who returned answers to his cir- cular concerning the ...
... means . In preparing this work for the press , the Author has counted the cost of these things . All that he asks is , candid and honourable treatment . To those of his brethren , who returned answers to his cir- cular concerning the ...
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... means appointed of God for obtaining saving grace , which means , when diligently used with seriousness , sincerity , and faith of being heard , God has promised to bless with success ; and the going about these means in the foresaid ...
... means appointed of God for obtaining saving grace , which means , when diligently used with seriousness , sincerity , and faith of being heard , God has promised to bless with success ; and the going about these means in the foresaid ...
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... means of the reflex influence which it has exercised upon the national church , it has considerably checked it in its progress of deterioration , and rendered it , in some respects , more efficient . Having thus taken a review of the ...
... means of the reflex influence which it has exercised upon the national church , it has considerably checked it in its progress of deterioration , and rendered it , in some respects , more efficient . Having thus taken a review of the ...
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... means apply to the venerable men with whom it commenced . They were thrust out of the church , at a time when they had no intention of leaving it ; and being thus thrust out , they were placed , in the providence of God , in such ...
... means apply to the venerable men with whom it commenced . They were thrust out of the church , at a time when they had no intention of leaving it ; and being thus thrust out , they were placed , in the providence of God , in such ...
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... means have been used to reclaim them , and to stop the current of the present defection . " Under this head , they complain that the Assembly has obstinately refused to listen to the petitions , representations , complaints , and ...
... means have been used to reclaim them , and to stop the current of the present defection . " Under this head , they complain that the Assembly has obstinately refused to listen to the petitions , representations , complaints , and ...
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Popular passages
Page 380 - The civil magistrate may not assume to himself the administration of the word and sacraments, or the power of the keys of the kingdom of heaven ; yet he hath authority, and it is his duty, to take order, that unity and peace be preserved in the church...
Page 628 - GOD is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea ; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 168 - For the time will come, when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
Page 820 - ... to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus : whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
Page 383 - God alone is lord of the conscience, and hath left it free from the doctrines and commandments of men which are in any thing contrary to his word, or beside it, in matters of faith or worship.
Page 698 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 455 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Page 380 - And because the powers which God hath ordained, and the liberty which Christ hath purchased, are not intended by God to destroy, but mutually to uphold and preserve one another; they who, upon pretence of Christian liberty, shall oppose any lawful power, or the lawful exercise of it, whether it be civil or ecclesiastical, resist the ordinance of Godp.
Page 426 - Scotland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, against our common enemies ; the reformation of religion in the kingdoms of England and Ireland, in doctrine, worship, discipline and government, according to the Word of God. and the example of the best reformed Churches...
Page 695 - British possessions on the north, to the Gulf of Mexico on the south, and from Mississippi River on the east to the Rocky Mountains on the west.